Riverside Park

Highlights

Hippo Playground

The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious), which can measure up to 16 feet (5 meters) long and weigh almost 4 tons (3600 kilograms), is among the world’s largest… Read More

Hippopotamus Fountain

This piece by artist Robert J. Cassilly, Jr. is an interactive play sculpture featuring 14 hippopotami, two of which function as a spray fountain. The fiberglass hippos… Read More

Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison

This monument along Riverside Drive at 150th Street honors writer Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914–1994), who is best known for writing the epic novel Invisible Man ,… Read More

Joan of Arc

Who is this monument dedicated to? This impressive bronze equestrian sculpture of 15th century French patriot and martyr Joan of Arc (1411–1431). Created by the… Read More

Lajos Kossuth Monument

For many years on March 15th, Hungarian Independence Day has been celebrated on Riverside Drive at the monument to patriot Lajos Kossuth (1802-94). The bronze tableau… Read More

Linda’s Lawn

Linda Stone Davidoff (1941-2003) devoted herself tirelessly to the city and its people as a planner, advocate and public servant. In her lifetime, she headed several… Read More

Ralph Ellison Plaza

What was here before? In the mid-1800s, this hilly area of northern Manhattan was mostly rural. The expansion of the city’s grid plan and extension of public… Read More

Ralph Ellison Plaza

What was here before? In the mid-1800s, this hilly area of northern Manhattan was mostly rural. The expansion of the city’s grid plan and extension of public… Read More

Samuel Tilden Statue

William Ordway Partridge (1861–1930) sculpted this bronze, larger-than-life figure of attorney and public servant Samuel Jones Tilden (1814–1886). It was… Read More

Seventy-Ninth Street Boat Basin

Parks & Recreation created this Boat Basin for the people of New York and the recreational boaters of the world. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s 1875… Read More

Know Before You Go

Riverside Park

West 79th Street Boat Basin

Riverside Park (79th Street)