But the pavement is now a bumpy path. When the paved sidewalks were originally being installed in the 1930s, over 70 years after the first section of the park opened to the public, there were no ...

A carriage horse ran wild through Central Park without its driver, sending panicked parkgoers scrambling to safety – even jumping over wire fences and into the park’s greenery – Sunday evening.

Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, fell in love with the Hill Country—and mimicked aspects of its beauty in Central Park and his other renowned urban designs.

Tucked at the end of a circuitous path on the east side of the park near 72nd Street, the boathouse is known as much for its swanky dining scene as for its 100 boat rentals, which are available ...