Cadwallader Colden Playground
Located at the intersection of Union Street and 31st Road, this playground takes its name from nearby Public School 214, the...

Calvary Veterans Park
What was here before? This site, in a triangle formed by First Calvary, Green Avenue, and Gale Street within Calvary Cemete...

Calvert Circle
This circle honors Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) the English architect who spent 40 years of his distinguished career in New York C...

Captain Dermody Triangle
What was here before?During the 1800s this area was originally part of the W.L. Titus Farm before becoming the O'Donnell estat...

Captain Gerald MacDonald Statue
This bronze sculpture depicts Captain Gerald MacDonald (1882–1929), a Forest Hills resident who served in the 22nd and 1...

Captain Mario Fajardo Park
What was here before? This site is adjacent to Kissena Creek which is currently buried beneath the park and surrounding nei...

Captain O’Sullivan Plaza
Christopher J. O’Sullivan (1936-1965) was born and raised in Astoria, not far from this triangular plaza at Astoria Boul...

Captain Tilly Park
What was here before?The Tilly family once owned the land on which this park sits. At the turn of the 20th century the bulk of...

Cardozo Playground
This playground and the neighboring J.H.S. 198 are named for Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870-1928), a United States Supreme Court Ju...

Carlos R. Lillo Park
How did this site become a park? The land, which was formerly used as an industrial storage area, was acquired by NYC Parks i...

Carman Green
Situated in Weeping Beech Park, this plot was named in memory of Margaret I. Carman in 1976. A Flushing native, Carman taught...

Carter Playground
"Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the ...

Casey Stengel Plaza
This plaza, in front of Gate D at Shea Stadium, is named for Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel (1890-1975), Hall of F...

Castlewood Playground
What was here before? This site was once part of a large parcel of land owned by John Harrison, who sold it to Dutch settler ...

Cedar Grove Playground
Cedar Grove Playground, located just east of Cedar Grove Cemetery, is sandwiched between the City University of New York Schoo...

Centerville Playground
Centerville Playground is bounded by 96th Street, Albert Road and its namesake, Centerville Street. The street itself was nam...

Challenge Playground
What was here before? Originally settled as farmland in the 1640s, this area of Queens retained its largely rural character u...

Chaplain Rock Triangle
This triangle is named in honor of Chaplain James E. Rock (1880-1941), who served for six years as Chaplain for the Sacred Hea...

Chappetto Square
What was here before? This site was previously occupied by residential buildings, which were condemned to make way for the ...

Charybdis Playground
What was here before?This site was originally inhabited by the Canarsee tribe. Local inhabitants grew crops, fished in the Eas...