Halloween on Central Park’s Harlem Meer
Central Park Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Sail Date: Thursday October 30, 2025, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Celebrate Halloween in Central Park with a family-friendly event full of magic, entertainment, and music, featuring the Central Park Conservancy’s signature Pumpkin...
2025 Fall Foliage Guide to Central Park
Central Park in New York City is a truly enchanting place to witness the fall foliage. As the summer heat gradually gives way to the crisp, cool air of autumn, the park transforms into a vibrant tapestry of reds, oranges, and yellows. This annual spectacle draws...
2025 Central Park Conservancy Film Festival – August 12th – 15th
WHAT: Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy the magic of the movies under the stars at the 19th annual Central Park Conservancy Film Festival, a beloved summer tradition. Sponsored by EY, the 2019 Film Festival features a sci-fi classic, a beloved romantic comedy, and an...
Shakespeare in the Park Will Return with ‘Twelfth Night’ In Summer 2025
Peter Dinklage, Lupita Nyong’o, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sandra Oh Return With Free Shakespeare in the Park in 2025! They will head a new production of Twelfth Night, reopening Central Park’s Delacorte Theater. The Public Theater has assembled an all-star...
PickleBall at Wollman Rink
New York City is the world’s center for a lot of things. Now it can add pickleball to the list. The largest pickleball installation in the Northeast is now open at Wollman Rink. The rink has been converted into 14 Pickleball courts offering 196 hours of play a...
Delacorte Theater Revialization
COMING SUMMER 2025 Nestled under a canopy of majestic trees, The Delacorte Theater is a unique destination in the heart of Central Park. It provides hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and visitors with the transformative experience of The Public Theater’s Free...
‘The Gates’ returns (digitally) to Central Park
“The Gates” returns to Central Park – Virtually. In February 2005, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude unveiled “The Gates,” a monumental public art installation in Central Park. This project featured 7,503 saffron-colored gates with...
Seneca Village – Central Park’s Lost Community
What we now know as Central Park has a rich social history that dates back to well before the current urban oasis was constructed in the mid-nineteenth century. One such example is the story of Seneca Village. It was one of the very first African American...