The Conservancy’s recommendation to create a raised pedestrian path. ( Photo: Central Park Conservancy) Central Park Conservancy Reveals Plans to Add Protected East/West Bike Lane, More Bike Lanes on Loop, and Removal of Traffic Lights The Central Park Conservancy says it wants to remove traffic lights and make the six mile park loop more bike and pedestrian... News 02 Dec 2024 | 01:56
NYC’s first pizza box recycling bin has been installed in Central Park. ( Credit: Central Park Conservancy) Finally, Pizza Boxes Fit in the Recycling Bin There’s nothing more New York than enjoying pizza in Central Park. There’s also nothing more awkward for a New Yorker than... News 21 May 2024 | 02:10
A sign on the fence surrounding the Great Lawn indicates that the area is closed for restoration. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen.) Central Park’s Great Lawn Closed Due to ‘Significant Damage’ from Global Citizen Fest After a rainy Global Citizen Festival, the Great Lawn in Central Park is closed to the public until April for “seeding, sodding,... News 05 Oct 2023 | 06:34
The Central Park dog killer suspect walking away from the crime, as seen in footage aired by ABC7. He remains at large. ( Photo via ABC7) Central Park Dog Slasher Remains At Large As Unlucky Pup Is Euthanized Brian and Melanie were out for an evening stroll with their two dogs–a pit bull and German Shepard mix named Eli, and a miniature... News 19 Jun 2023 | 05:21
Team USA coach Don Landolphi, author of two baseball books and a former teacher and Hall of Fame baseball coach at Brooklyn College, gives the sight challenged and blind youths a pep talk before leading them onto the field. Photo: Lighthouse Guild Team USA for Blind Baseball Players Kicks off Clinic for Kids in Central Park When Ed Plumacher went blind at forty-nine years old, baseball was the last thing on his mind. Though he had loved playing... News 12 May 2023 | 04:28
Police release the above sketch of a man they said attacked a 55 year old woman in Central Park on April 6 and are seeking the public’s help in capturing him. Photo: NYPD Police Seek Public Help to Nab Man Who Attacked Woman on Central Park Reservoir Police are seeking the public’s help in trying to track down a suspect they said attacked a 55 year old woman on April 6th... News 10 Apr 2023 | 11:01
Melissa Benoit, who formerly starred as Kara Danvers in the CW Series “Supergirl” was caught filming in Central Park last week for her next starring role--playing a journalist named Sadie McCarthy in an upcoming HBO Max Special, The Girls on the Bus. The film is loosely based on New York Times reporter Amy Chozick’s bestselling book, Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Tow Presidential Campaigns, and One Glass Ceiling Intact.” Chozick, who lives in Seward Park Cooperative on the Lower East Side with her husband and son, is executive producing the film along with Julie Plec. Photo: Steve Sands/NY Newswire. Star Watch 3/02/23 News 27 Feb 2023 | 02:55
The suspect has not yet been apprehended, according to police. Photo via the NYPD Police Name Suspect In Central Park Antisemitic Attack On Thursday, Jan. 5, police named a suspect in an end-of-year antisemitic attack in Central Park. Perin Jacobchuk, 32, is... News 09 Jan 2023 | 10:30
Nature-loving New Yorkers take part in the nation’s longest-running community science bird project. Photo: Meryl Phair How Many Birds are in Central Park? At the Southern Pump House in Central Park, the volunteers of the 123rd Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count begin to arrive... News 21 Dec 2022 | 10:58
Mayor Eric Adams (at podium) and NYS Senator Cordell Cleare (left) delivered remarks. Photo: Abigail Gruskin ‘Gate Of The Exonerated’ Honors Central Park’s ‘Exonerated Five’ Central Park’s entrances bear names intended to represent the people of New York: Scholars’ Gate, Artists’ Gate, Engineers’... News 20 Dec 2022 | 05:00
Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages. Photo: Sofia Cipriano Debate Rages Over Central Park Horses Last month, Queens Council Member Robert Holden introduced a bill that would replace the 68 horse carriages in Central Park... News 12 Aug 2022 | 04:03
A spotted lanternfly sighting in Times Square, documented on Twitter by @SaveInsectsA The Bad Bugs Are Back Spotted lanternflies, those pesky dotted bugs, are back. Midway through the summer, the invasive insects have made appearances... News 09 Aug 2022 | 11:07
Sara Cedar Miller’s book, “Before Central Park,” was published on June 28 and was featured in a Zoom talk hosted by Friends of the Upper East Side on Tuesday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin A Historical Walk Through Central Park — Before It Was A Park Beloved as a destination for tourists and a refuge for city dwellers, Central Park has a “millennia” of history inhabited... News 28 Jul 2022 | 01:08
Ellen Jovin awaits questions at the Grammar Table in Central Park near West 72nd Street. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Putting The Grammar Table On the Page In Verdi Square, on the Upper West Side, Ellen Jovin once met a “footnote fetishist,” a “fashionably dressed young woman”... News 08 Jul 2022 | 11:33
A group of kids play a ball game in the grass. Photo: NYC Parks / Daniel Avila The Return of Adventures NYC in Central Park Two girls slide through the trees of Central Park, the buildings of midtown behind them, and the green lawns of the Sheep... Home 22 Jun 2022 | 03:16
