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.

It’s set to make a big splash. A massive, free city pool will open at the northern tip of Central Park Friday after years of construction — and following a record-breaking heat wave this week.

The sidewalks surrounding Central Park were designed to help you escape. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the landscape architects behind the landmark, proposed in their 1858 planning ...

"Rest assured, all potential park-goers should feel safe using the park." At least five attacks in recent days have New Yorkers and police on alert in Central Park. News 4's Erica Byfield reports.