New York State Legislature passed the act establishing the Park. &nbsp;

The design by Olmsted and Vaux included internal roads for open-air driving and a grassy stretch - aptly called Sheep Meadow - where sheep grazed until 1934.

Central Park is the fifth largest park in the city, covering 843 acres and the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually. This massive green space at the center of Manhattan spans 51 city blocks from north to south and three avenues from east to west.

The entire area bounded by 60th and 110th Streets and Central Park West and Fifth Avenue

Central Park

Ross Lewis, NYC artist, discusses his temporary piece that was once located at Belvedere Castle in Central Park.

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe talks about the history of Morningside Park, Harlem's southernmost historic park, and some of its notable design features and amenities. The park was designed by the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and took years to complete; Benepe charts the difficult construction of this New York City landmark and how it has evolved over the years, including the controversial 1968 Columbia University plan to build a gymnasium on the park's edge.

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The Central Park Zoo was the nation's second publicly owned zoo. 

In Central Park at Fifth Avenue and 63rd Street.

Central Park Zoo

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an art museum in New York City. It is the largest art museum in the Americas and fourth-largest in the world.