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NYC parks map
New York parks map. NYC parks map (New York - USA) to print. NYC parks map (New York - USA) to download. NYC has over 28,000 acres (110 km2) of municipal park land and 14 miles (23 km) of public beaches as its shown in NYC parks map. This parkland complements tens of thousands of acres of federal and state parkland. Gateway National Recreation Area is over 26,000 acres (10,521.83 ha) in total, most of it surrounded by NYC; the New York State portion includes the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Brooklyn and Queens, over 9,000 acres (36 km2) of salt marsh, islands and water that includes most of Jamaica Bay.
Major parks in NYC include Central Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Forest Park, and Washington Square Park as its mentioned in NYC parks map. The largest is Pelham Bay Park, followed by the Staten Island Greenbelt. NYC City Parks Foundation offers more than 1200 free performing arts events in parks across NYC each year, including Central Park Summerstage, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and dance, theater, and children arts festivals.
Prospect Park in Brooklyn, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, has a 90 acre (360,000 m²) meadow thought to be the largest meadow in any U.S. park. Flushing Meadows Park in Queens is NYC third largest park and hosted the World Fair in 1939 and 1964 as you can see in NYC parks map. Manhattan Central Park, also designed by Olmsted and Vaux, is the most visited city park in the United States. The park of NYC offers hundreds of spaces and places for relaxation and cultural experience, including free concerts, dance, spoken word, and film events at Summerstage, and performances for children at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre.