Central Park Updates
ANNUAL CENTRAL PARK HOLIDAY LIGHTING
Celebrate the season at the Annual Holiday Lighting in Central Park. Meet Santa and friends, sing carols on the Plaza, and warm up with hot cocoa and cookies. The evening concludes with lighting a flotilla of trees on the Harlem Meer. Event is rain, snow, or shine....
Central Park Season Two
Apple+ TV’s Animated Central Park series is back – with the continued saga of the Tillerman Family along with an amazing cast, guest stars and an incredible array of original music. Season Two takes off from season one with streamlined story telling and continues with the astonishing attention to detail that will wow the park’s millions of fans.
Shakespeare in the Park returns for 2021!
The Public Theater eill return to the stage at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater with a performance of Shakespeare’s MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.
Central Park Pride
Celebrating LGBTQ Pride in Central Park – Emma Stebbin’s iconic Angel of the Waters
Central Park has a long and celebrated history with the LGBTQ community, starting with the commission of Bethesda Fountain from artist Emma Stebbins. It was the earliest public artwork by a woman in New York City history. It was also the only sculpture included in the original plans for Central Park.
Take a Virtual Walk Around Turtle Pond
Starting at the amazing view from Belvedere Castle overlooking northeast over the Great Lawn take a snowy, winters walk around Turtle Pond.
Snow Monkey Hot Tub – Central Park Zoo
Central Park Zoo Snow Monkeys (or Japanese Macaques) enjoy their "Hot Tub", much as they do the volcanic baths that keep them warm in their native Japan. Fun Macaque Facts The Japanese...
Monumental Women
On August 26th, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, Meredith Bergmann’s Monumental Women sculpture took its place on Literary Walk as the first sculpture in Central Park honoring historical women.
Central Park Zoo Reopens
After being closed for months due to the pandemic crisis the Central Park Zoo is Reopening!
July 20th — 23rd Members only (Member tickets and ID required)
Beginning July 24th Open to all (Advanced tickets required for all days)
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
Central Park remains open to the public and the Central Park Conservancy staff remains committed to caring for the Park. They are diligently cleaning and conducting routine maintenance of landscapes, water bodies, and benches in order to keep the Park open as a place...
Apple TV+ Central Park Show Premieres May 29th
Absolutely Brilliant!!!! “Central Park,” which was created by “Bob’s Burgers” duo Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith and Josh Gad, centers on the Tillerman family, who live in and manage Central Park. Owen, the park manager, and Paige, his journalist wife, raise their kids Molly and Cole in the world’s most famous park while fending off hotel heiress Bitsy Brandenham.
