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.
New York State Legislature passed the act establishing the Park.
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.
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