They don't know it, but this couple, rowing leisurely in Central Park's lake on a summer Sunday, is about to float past one of the park's lesser-known features: a cave, hidden beneath a tumble of boulders on the shore of a leaf-shrouded inlet.
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Central Park is owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation but has been managed by the Central Park Conservancy since 1998, under a contract with the municipal government in a public–private partnership.
The Central Park Conservancy is responsible for the management, restoration, and enhancement of Central Park and raises the Park's nearly $74 million annual operating budget. Since its founding in 1980, the Central Park Conservancy has overseen the investment of more than $1 billion into Central Park.
First off, it's never a good idea to go through Central Park at night. While Central Park is an idyllic tourist attraction during the day, it is technically supposed to be closed late at night and in the early hours of the morning. The vast majority of cases of crime and violence in the park occur at night.
Central Park is—as a whole, of course—one of New York City's most beautiful free things to explore, but we'd like to specifically highlight all the statues there are to see.