HARLEM, NY — After more than four years of construction and $160 million to revamp the eyesore that was Lasker Rink and Pool at the northernmost end of Central Park, the Davis Center is ...

The ribbon cutting for the Davis Center at Harlem Meer in Central Park on April 25, 2025. Patricia Burmicky The Davis Center replaces the old Lasker Rink, a facility built in the 1960s that was ...

Davis, the new swimming pool, is the capstone of efforts to heal some of these wounds and rectify mistakes in the redesign of the park. For decades, the Central Park Conservancy , a private ...

Belmont Park also hosted the Breeders’ Cup in 1990, 1995 and 2001 before falling out of the rotation as the facility aged further. “It’s big for New Yorkers,” NYRA CEO/president David O ...

The Davis Center’s completion marks the culmination of a decades-long effort to revitalize Central Park’s northern end, where the Conservancy has invested more than $310 million since the 1980s.