Captain Oliver Triangle
This triangle, located at the junction of East 161st Street, Third Avenue, and St. Anne’s Avenue in the Bronx neighborho...

Captain Rivera Playground
This playground honors Captain Manuel Rivera, Jr. (1959-1991), a South Bronx native and one of the first casualties of the Per...

Captain Roscoe Brown, PH.D. Plaza
Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. was a decorated Air Force Veteran and member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War...

Carlos J. Lozada Playground
What was here before? In 1938, a site adjacent to this playground was surveyed and acquired by the City. At that time,...

Castle Hill Park
Castle Hill Park lies at the tip of Castle Hill Neck, a peninsula named by English settlers for a fortified Indian village loc...

Castle Hill Playground
This playground, like the adjacent school, takes its name from the surrounding neighborhood, Castle Hill. The area was named ...

Cedar Playground
What was here before? This site was once part of the estate of Hugh N. Camp 1827-1895), a leading figure in the sugar refin...

Cedar Playground - Beavers in New York City
In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company sent navigator Henry Hudson westward to discover the Northwest Passage...

Charles C. Pinn Triangle
What was here before? Originally home to the Lenape, this site eventually became part of the Lefferts family property. The ...

Charlton Garden
What was here before?Originally inhabited by the Lenape, this parcel was later part of Welsh merchant Richard Morris’s (...

Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
What was here before? This park is in Unionport, which in the early 1900s was one of the Westchester towns that became part...

Church Triangle
According to the 1925 photograph on the wall of the landmarked Joe and Joe’s Restaurant on Castle Hill Avenue in the Bro...

City Island Park
City Island’s history of European settlement began around 1614, when Adriaen Block claimed the land for the Dutch. Colo...

City Island Wetlands
City Island consists of 230 acres, surrounded by the Long Island Sound and Eastchester Bay. Although a bridge connects this m...

Claremont Community Park
The neighborhood of Claremont derives its name from a mansion that once stood in what is now Claremont Park. The park was ori...

Claremont Park
What was here before?The area that is now Claremont Park was once part of the Morris family estate, founded in 1679. Aware of ...

Clark Playground
This playground and the adjacent junior high school honor a dedicated Bronx educator and administrator, Elijah D. Clark. ...

Clark Playground - Beavers in New York City
In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company sent navigator Henry Hudson westward to discover the Northwest Passage...

Clason Point War Memorial
This monument honors the residents of Clason Point who gave their lives during World War I. The seven-foot high bronze sculptu...

Classic Playground
Playgrounds and play equipment have always been designed with the goal of developing child creativity and improvisation. C...