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Parks of New York City
New York City has 113 km² of municipal parkland in about 1,700 parks within five boroughs. Central Park is the most famous, but there are other great parks in the City like Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Clove Lakes Park, Battery Park, Astoria Park, Pelham Bay Park, Prospect Park, Riverside Park and others. Some parks are are privately owned, like Gramercy Park.
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The Unisphere at the Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in Queens. This park was the site of two twentieth century World's Fairs. The Unisphere was commissioned for the New York World's Fair of 1964-65 (photo: Christopher Postlewaite / NYC & Company).
Below, Bethesda Terrace in Spring, Central Park (credit: Brittany Petronella / NYC & Company).
New York pleasure garden of the 18th century.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
(credit: Tagger Yancey IV / NYC & Company).
Parks of New York City
Winter in Central Park (credit: Tagger Yancey IV / NYC & Company).
Bronx Zoo (credit: Julienne Schaer / NYC & Company).
Running in Central Park (credit: Will Steacy).
Transmitter Park, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Manhattan is seen in the background (credit: Julienne Schaer / NYC & Company).
