Treasures of New York: City Parks brings to life the history of the five representative parks of each borough. Both engineering marvels and distinctive natural oases in an urban setting, these public green spaces have transformed the City’s landscape and enriched New Yorkers from all walks of life. Here are just a few of the highlights each park has to offer.

An aerial view of Manhattan's Central Park. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Central Park's Bethesda Terrace. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Central Park's Alice in Wonderland statue, constructed in 1959 by José de Creeft. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.

Gardeners from the Central Park Conservancy keep the park green. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Central Park's Great Lawn. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
One of Central Park's many walking paths. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.

Central Park's famous Loeb Boathouse. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
An aerial view of Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Prospect Park's boathouse. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.

An aerial view of Prospect Park's Grand Army Plaza. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
A memorial in Prospect Park. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Prospect Park Lake. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.

An underpass in Prospect Park. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
An aerial view of Queens' Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
"Freedom of the Human Spirit" sculpture by Marshall Fredericks in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.

The New York Hall of Science in Queens occupies one of the few remaining structures of the 1964 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Archival image from the 1964 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, taken July 30, 1964. Photo courtesy of Parks Photo Archive, City of New York Parks & Recreation.

In Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, what was once a crowded mass of summer cottages on the shore of Long Island Sound was converted into a vast sandy public beach when the water between Rodman's Neck and Hunter Island was filled to create Orchard Beach's wide crescent. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Bath houses on Pelham Bay Park's Orchard Beach. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Pelham Bay Park's Bartow-Pell Mansion. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.

Pelham Bay Park's Orchard Beach. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
Pelham Bay Park's Hunter Island Preserve. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
A hiker walks through the Staten Island Greenbelt. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.

A lake in the Staten Island Greenbelt. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art in Staten Island. Photo courtesy of NYC Media.

 

 

 

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Treasures of New York is a documentary series exploring New York City's premier cultural establishments, from Lincoln Center, to the Park Avenue Armory, and beyond.
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