2024 Holiday Events in Central Park
Central Park in December transforms into a winter wonderland, offering a variety of holiday events for locals and visitors alike. Whether you’re looking for festive performances, enchanting light displays, or family-friendly activities, there’s something for everyone.
NYPD posts drones in Central Park as part of new program
NYPD announced on Wednesday that a new drone first responder program will be deployed in Central Park and other areas of NYC. The drones will be deployed above Central Park and will patrol the area until a 911 call is received or a shotspotter alert is activated. The drones themselves will be piloted at all times by the NYPD.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Viewing – Central Park
Time for the Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade and all the insane fun of watching it live from the streets of Manhattan. The parade celebrates its 97th anniversary this year, taking over the streets of Manhattan on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Here are the best places to watch from around Central Park.
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This Week in Central Park
Time to enjoy the beautiful autumn weather all around Central Park! From s stroll through the Ramble to Ice Skating st Wollman Rink the park offers a variety of seasonal activities that the entire family can enjoy safely.
The Ramble
Iconic Central Park Poster
Available Now!
Two years in the making Iconic Central Park© features over 2,000 colorful icons that form a multi-hued mosaic of beloved park features – from the Duke Ellington Monument in Harlem to Columbus Circle to the Penguins in the Central Park Zoo!
Just like its namesake Iconic Central Park© will provide countless hours of diversion and inspiration and will enable viewers to enjoy the pleasures of visiting the heart of New York City, no matter where they are.
Central Park Top Ten
- Top Ten Central Park Movies
- Top Ten Flower Spots
- Top Ten Most Romantic Spots in Central Park
- Top Ten Attractions in Central Park
Movies have been shot in Central Park for over a century now (the first was “Romeo and Juliet” in 1908) and the park has played an iconic part in countless films over the years – from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to “Home Alone 2” to “The Avengers”. The park has provided the romantic backdrop for countless classic New York City Rom – Coms like “When Harry Met Sally” and “Serendipity”, and also been used to set the stage for sinister plotting in films like “In the Still of the Night” and “The Spanish Prisoner”. There is perhaps no more versatile and emblematic movie set in all of New York City as Central Park – and everyone has a favorite movie set in its leafy confines. The criteria we used in the selection process were admittedly biased, but we did use the results of the best Central Park movie poll that we’ve run in the past. Other factors in judging the results were how the park was depicted in the movie, and, of course, the quality of the film itself. Here is our Top Ten.Springtime in Central Park
While Central Park offers a welcome respite all year round from the surrounding cacophony of urban life, it is during spring that the park really sparkles. Starting at the middle of March, sometimes before the snows of winter have even completely disappeared, you can find snowdrops and crocuses poking up between the leaves and tree roots. These are soon followed by daffodils and tulips as the entire park erupts in a fragrant display of early flowering pastels. By mid April the Central Park landscape is awash in cherry blossoms and magnolia flowers that signal the completed transformation from dreary winter to spring celebration. Here is a countdown of our picks for the ten very best places in the park to view this amazing floral display.
Shakespeare Garden
“Away before me to sweet beds of flowers. Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.”
– Count Orsino in Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene I
A fitting quote to introduce our next pick, one of Central Park’s hidden gems: the Shakespeare Garden. Nestled between Belvedere Castle and The Swedish Cottage, the Shakespeare Garden first came into existence in 1913. Known as the Garden of the Heart, it was patterned after Victorian era rock gardens. Then, in 1916, to celebrate the tercentennial of Shakespeare’s death, it was rechristened in honor of the Bard and only plants mentioned in his plays were planted there. These include columbine, primrose, wormwood, quince, lark’s heel, rue, eglantine, flax and cowslip, many of which sound as if they would be right at home boiling and bubbling in a cauldron. It is in the spring and early summer that the garden comes into its own, bursting with blooms and fragrant blossoms. The Shakespeare Garden also offers a variety of secluded rustic benches, perfect for the timeless art of canoodling.
Top Ten Attractions in Central Park
Angel of Waters – Bethesda Fountain
Central Park features an amazing array of attractions and points of interest that engage and inspire the over 25 million annual visitors. Bethesda Fountain rises high above Bethesda Terrace, looking over the hundreds of visitors that come every day to enjoy the view of the Lake and relax at the “heart” of Central Park. The sculpture that tops it, Angel of Waters, was designed by Emma Stebbins in 1873 and is one of the most recognizable icons in the entire park. It is also number four on our list of the top ten Attractions in Central Park.
From Columbus Circle to Grand Army Plaza to Duke Ellington Circle the park features gardens, world famous performance venues, historic statuary, lakes, ponds and pools. There are more than thirty bridges and arches, two iconic restaurants, a wildlife refuge, a marionette theater and a real life castle – not to mention the Central Park Zoo. Trying to pick a top ten from the myriad of choices is next to impossible, but here is our list of the Top Ten Attractions in Central Park.