Places / Park / Upper East Side
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Carl Schurz Park
The mayor's front garden, on a promenade over the East River.
- Where
- East End Ave at E 86th St, Manhattan, Upper East Side Open in Google Maps ↗
- Cost
- Free
- Good with
- Family · A date · Solo
- Go when
- Early evening
A beautiful park, and bigger than you expect: there is real exploring to do here, and it stays calm and serene the whole way through.
Gracie Mansion sits at the north end and the rest is a raised esplanade over the FDR, looking at Hell Gate and the bridges stacking up behind it. The traffic is underneath you and mostly inaudible.
It is the quietest good river walk in Manhattan, largely because it is not on the way to anything.
What to know
Free. The promenade at the north end is the view.