How long is Central Park?

Built between 1858 and 1873, the park comprises six percent of Manhattan's land area (843 acres) and is 2.5 miles long and a half-mile wide. The most frequented urban park in the nation, it attracts over 15 million visitors yearly. It is the largest work of art in New York City.



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A half-day visit of 3-4 hours provides enough time to explore some of Central Park's most iconic attractions and engage in a few leisure activities. This timeframe is perfect for those who want to experience the park's beauty without spending an entire day there.

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The outline-overlay image was made by a self-storage site, Sparefoot, using mapping software MAPfrappe, to learn about the scale of other places in the world and think of them in terms of City blocks. Objectively, Central Park is 2.5 (51 blocks!) miles long and 1/2 a mile wide.

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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.

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At only 0.78 square miles, Monaco is smaller than New York's Central Park. It's second only in size to the Vatican City, but it also holds the distinction of being the world's most densely populated country.

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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.

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To ensure a safe experience, it's important to use common sense and avoid visiting the park alone at night. Central Park is open daily from 6 AM to 1 AM, and it is forbidden and highly not recommended to be in the park outside of these hours.

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The best way to see most, is to do as the locals and ride a bike. Central Park is extremely bike friendly, and the bike paths weave in and out of the major attractions. For a guided experience, there are Central Park bike tours for $29. Biking around Central Park is the perfect way to spend a day in the Big Apple!

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The distance between Times Square and Central Park is 2 miles.

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Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park influenced the development of urban parks nationwide and is widely regarded a masterpiece of landscape architecture. Central Park is a National Historic Landscape (1963) and a Scenic Landscape of the City of New York (1974).

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Before Central Park was built, the area from West 82nd to West 89th Street was home to Seneca Village, the largest community of African-American property owners in New York.

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Central Park is 848 acres, which translates to over 39 million square feet. At US$1,000/square foot, Central Park is worth over 39 trillion dollars.

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Stay on the paved roads, designated paths, and wide open spaces, and do not venture to the wooded areas such as the Rambles and North Woods. Have a plan. Even if you're wandering through parts of the park, know where your ultimate destination is so that you are wandering in the right direction.

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Smoking. Smoking is not permitted in Central Park, including electronic cigarettes.

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Overnight camping is only permitted on select nights and you must win a lottery spot to be able to do so. Kids are also a requirement. Online registration for most of the parks starts next week (more details here).

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Safest Places To Walk At Night In New York City. Places like Greenwich Village, Williamsburg, Upper East Side, Midtown Manhattan, and Brooklyn Heights are all considered fairly safe at night. Tourists want to stay in well-lit, busy areas at night to avoid pickpocketing and other crime.

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Both in terms of size and population, Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. At only 109 acres, it's one-eighth the size of Central Park in New York City. The majority of the city-state is encircled by the Vatican Walls, which share a two-mile border with Italy.

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