L/Cpl. Thomas P. Noonan Playground
Bounded by Greenpoint and 42nd Avenues and 47th and 43rd Streets, this site was acquired December 18, 1936 as part of Thomson ...

La Guardia Playground
What was here before? The site of this playground was acquired by the City of New York for the creation of the Williamsburg...

Lady Moody Triangle
What was here before? Prior to the arrival of European settlers, this area was inhabited by the Canarsee tribe. Gravesend w...

Lafayette Gardens
Lafayette Gardens is named in honor of the prominent French statesman and military leader Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert ...

Lafayette Playground
Lafayette Square is named in honor of the prominent French statesman and military leader Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert D...

Lafayette Playground - House Sparrows in New York City Parks
If you look around Lafayette Playground, you will probably see house sparrows (Passer domesticus). This small, brown bird has...

Lefferts Playground
Lefferts Playground honors an influential Dutch family that resided in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. The Lefferts tr...

Leif Ericson Drive
Leif Ericson (c.960-c.1020), for whom this stretch of the Belt Parkway (from Fort Hamilton Parkway to Knapp Street) is named, ...

Leif Ericson Park and Square
Leif Ericson was probably the first European to set foot on the American continent, nearly 500 years before Christopher Columb...

Lena Horne Bandshell
What was here before? Planning for Prospect Park started in 1859; it was designed in 1866 by Fredrick Law Olmsted (1822-190...

Lenape Playground
This beautiful playground honors the Lenape, who were the original inhabitants of New York City and the surrounding territory....

Lentol Garden
This Williamsburg garden is named for Greenpoint resident Edward S. Lentol (1909-1981), who devoted thirty years of his life t...

Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Park
What was here before? This property was part of the many pieces of land that the prominent Lott family owned in Brooklyn. The...

Lincoln Terrace Park
This park is one of only two New York City parks named for our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Lincoln was born i...

Linden Park
What was here before? The southern, waterfront edge of what is now East New York was originally inhabited by the Jameco (...

Linden Sitting Area
This small sitting space takes its name from the adjacent Linden Boulevard which in turn takes its name from the American lind...

Lindower Park
This park honors Alex Lindower (d. 1965) a community activist in the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn. An attorney by professio...

Lindsay Triangle
This triangle is named for New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay (1921-2000, Mayor 1965-1973). Lindsay, a twin in a family ...

Linwood Playground
Beneath the elevated train tracks and under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, this playground shares the...

Lion’s Pride Playground - House Sparrows in New York City Parks
If you look around Lion’s Pride Playground, you will probably see house sparrows (Passer domesticus). This small, brown...