Central Park

Central Park ({{coor dms|40|46|59|N|73|58|20|W|}}) is a large urban public park (843 acres or 3.41 km²; a rectangle 2.5 miles by one-half mile, or 4 km × 800 m) in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. An oasis for Manhattanites escaping from their skyscrapers, the park is well-known worldwide after its appearance in many movies and television shows, which has made it one of the world's most famous city parks.

See also

• The Gates, a land art project realised by Christo and Jeanne Claude in Central Park in the first two months of 2005.