Vaccaro Playground
Located on 18th Avenue in the northwest corner of the 6.379-acre Gravesend Park, this playground honors the Borough Park commu...

Valhalla Courts
This site is part of Leif Ericson Park and is named for the hall in Norse mythology where the most valiant warriors, the Einhe...

Van Alst Playground
Van Alst Playground, bounded by 14th and 21st Streets and 29th and 30th Avenues, is named after Peter G. Van Alst. Born i...

Van Cortlandt Forest - the Forests of New York City
More than half of Van Cortlandt Park’s 1,146 acres consists of forest. A varied topography of high, rocky ridges altern...

Van Cortlandt Golf Course
The Van Cortlandt Golf Course opened on July 6, 1895, as the first public municipal golf course in the United States. That ...

Van Cortlandt House Museum
As the Bronx’s oldest house, the Van Cortlandt House Museum testifies to the vivid and eclectic history of New York&rsqu...

Van Cortlandt Park
What was here before? Some twenty thousand years ago, New York was buried beneath massive glaciers. When the ice receded, i...

Van Cortlandt Park - Glaciers in New York City
The characteristic sketch of Van Cortlandt Park—steep ridges, smooth hillsides, and open flats—was carved by glaci...

Van Cortlandt Park - the Wetlands of New York City
Tibbett’s Brook cuts through soft Inwood marble on its way from Westchester to Spuyten Duyvil.  Before dividing int...

Van Cortlandt Stadium
Located along Broadway and West 242 Street, Van Cortlandt Stadium takes its name from the Van Cortlandt Family who occupied th...

Van Dyke Playground
What was here before?This property was formerly owned by Christopher Lott (1758-1803), of the prosperous, early farming family...

Van Dyke 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...

Van Nest Park
Van Nest Park began as a triangle with a monument honoring World War I soldiers from the Van Nest neighborhood who gave their ...

Van Voorhees Park
This park honors Tracy S. Voorhees (1890-1974), an attorney and decorated World War II veteran, and his family’s early c...

Van Wyck Expressway
The Van Wyck Expressway, named for former Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck (1849-1918), was built to connect John F. Kennedy Airport ...

Vault Hill
My body I commit to the earth, to be buried in a family vault which I intend to build on my plantation. If I do not cause the ...

Verdi Monument
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813–1901), one of the world’s most renowned composers, is immortalized by suc...

Verdi Square
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901), one of the world’s most renowned composers, is immortalized by such oper...

Vernam Barbadoes Preserve (Terrapeninsula Preserve)
Vernam Barbadoes Preserve occupies the greater part of the Terrapeninsula, which extends into Jamaica Bay in the Rockaway sect...

Vernon Mall
Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757) was a storied naval commander whose name graces many streets and locations in this count...