Ralph Bunche Park
This oasis opposite the United Nations honors a titan of 20th century diplomacy. It was named in 1979 for Ralph Johnson Bun...
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Ramon Aponte Playground This playground honors Ramon Aponte who as president of the West 47th (now 47th/48th) Street Block Association initiated the l...
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Randall’s Island Dutch Governor Wouter Van Twiller purchased Randall's Island, then known as Minnahanonck, from Native Americans in 1637. Over ...
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Raoul Wallenberg Forest What was here before?This was the site of a rambling brick mansion erected in 1890 on a grassy hillside estate overlooking the...
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Raoul Wallenberg Playground Raoul Gustav Wallenberg (1912-?) grew up in one of Sweden’s wealthiest and most prominent families. Fluent in Engli...
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Rapkin-Gayle Plaza What was here before?
Lenapehoking, the homelands of the Lenape, encompassed territory from Connecticut to Delaware. The vi...
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Recreation Center 54 East 54th Street Recreation Center opened in 1911 as a public bathhouse with 79 showers for men and 59 for women. Built during...
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Reginald A. Nero Courts
Reginald A. Nero (1920-2010), an Assistant Gardener at Wingate Park for 34 years, contributed to the life of the park and c...
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Renaissance Playground P.S. 194, also known as the Countee Cullen Literacy Academy, was built in 1939. The school playground opened on November 19, ...
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Rev. Linnette C. Williamson Memorial Park
The Reverend Linnette C. Williamson (1923-1990) of the Christ Community Church of Harlem, a native of Jamaica, was ordained...
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Richard Toussaint Pathway What was here before?
East Harlem was heavily industrial in the late 1800s to early 1900s. In 1894, the Harlem River Sp...
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Richard Tucker Located in a small park triangle known formerly as Empire Park North and adjacent to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, t...
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Riverside Park Riverside Park is one of only eight officially designated scenic landmarks in the City of New York. Rugged bluffs and rocky o...
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Riverside Park South What was here before?
Built on the former site of the New York Central Railroad’s 60th Street Yard, Riverside Park So...
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Rivington Street Playground This playground, along with the adjacent street honors London born James Rivington (1724-1802), gambler, bookseller, rumored s...
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Robert Burns Statue This statue of Scottish national poet Robert Burns (1759–1796), companion to the 1872 Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)...
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Robert Moses Playground "Parks are the outward visible symbol of democracy."
--Robert Moses, 1956
In five decades of public servic...
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Robert Wagner Greenstreet United States Senator Robert F. Wagner (1877-1953) was born in Nastatten, Germany and immigrated with his family in 1886. He ...
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Romeo and Juliet This bronze piece in front of the Delacorte Theater depicts the doomed lovers of celebrated playwright and poet William Shakes...
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Roosevelt Triangle Acquired and dedicated in 1941, this park is named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), the 32nd President of the United...
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