E.M.T. Christopher J. Prescott Playground
What was here before? Staten Island’s South Shore was formed by clay, sand, and gravel deposited by the Wisconsin gla...

Eae J. Mitchell Park
Eae J. Mitchell Park is named for a community activist, Eae J. Mitchell. When fires devastated parts of the southeastern Bron...

Eagles and Prey Statue
Eagles and Prey, by Christophe Fratin (1800-1864), is the oldest known sculpture in any New York City park. Cast in Paris in ...

East Coast Memorial
Facing the Statue of Liberty across New York harbor, the East Coast Memorial is located at the southern end of Battery Park. T...

East Flatbush Children’s Playground
This playground is named for the East Flatbush community, and for the Dutch colonial settlement of Flatbush, founded in 1652 a...

East Fourth Street Community Garden
The dedicated local residents of the East Fourth Street Garden Association have tended this site, formerly known as the Windso...

East Harlem Art Park
East Harlem Art Park is located at the corner of East 120th Street and Sylvan Place, a small road between Lexington and 3rd Av...

East River 60th Street Pavilion
This small pavilion, located at the intersection of York Avenue, Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, East 60th Street, and East 61st ...

East River Esplanade
Acquired in 1939 as a result of the construction of the East River Drive (later renamed the Franklin Delano Roosevelt East Riv...

East River Playground
What was here before? Now known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, the East Harlem neighborhood was settled in the late 19th c...

East River Roundabout
This 80-foot long aluminum helix is by artist Alice Aycock (b.1946). Dedicated on November 6, 1995, the highly visible and sig...

East Springfield Playground
This playground’s name is derived from its position in relation to nearby Springfield Boulevard. Originally part of ...

Eastchester Playground
This playground bears the name of one of the earliest settlements to have existed in the Bronx area. Eastchester was original...

Eastern Parkway
Eastern Parkway follows the course of Jamaica Pass, a low area or valley resting between terminal moraines left here by the Wi...

Echo Triangle
This park and the adjacent Echo Place derive their name from a wooded glen, once situated on nearby Webster Avenue, which was ...

Edenwald Playground
What was here before?From 1900 to 1913, John H. Eden owned a north central Bronx estate called Edenwald, which in German means...

Ederle Amphitheater
This amphitheater honors Gertrude Ederle, an Olympic swimmer, who began her career in the cold waters off the coast of Brookl...

Edgar Allan Poe
Sculptor Edmond Thomas Quinn (1868–1929) created this bronze portrait bust of Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the est...

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
This one-and-a-half story, three room farmhouse with attic, porch, and basement was built by John Wheeler around 1812. The woo...

Edith Deacon Martin Birdbath
This decorative marble birdbath was donated by the family of Edith Deacon Martin (1898–1941). Italian-born sculptor Oro...