City Hall Park

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17 Park Row (btwn Broadway & Centre St) New York , NY 10038 United States

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Stefany Melendez

New York squirrels have never been any friendlier in any park except this one. These girls are amazing you can literally stay there the whole time they feel like they're your own personal squirrel .

Michelin Travel & Lifestyle

The perfect place to rest before your walk over the bridge , where wooden benches surround a tree-lined fountain . Stop by City Hall , NYC's second, which was finished in 1811. - Green Guide Editor

Carlos Altahona

Its bike path , which leads directly to the Brooklyn Bridge , offers a different type of scenic view to cyclists pedaling through picturesque panoramas of some of the City 's iconic public architecture .

Snap Dog

Hot dogs are a NYC tradition loved by everyone, both private and public sector. Grab a Snap Dog from the cart near NYC City Hall at 258 Broadway and enjoy it in the park - yum!

John A

A quiet sanctuary of a park . Mature trees and bushes absorb the noise of the city , while classic old buildings offer architectural eye candy . Plenty of benches to sit and enjoy.

Marcos Antonio

Lindo lugar com prédios históricos, praças, esquilos pretos e wi fi junto a ponte do Brooklyn. Explorem! Nice place with History buildings, squares, black squirrels , wifi colide with Brooklyn bride.

Untapped Cities

Bridewell Prison used to occupy the north end of the park , and was one of the deadliest British prisons in Revolutionary-era New York. Bones were found here during the 1990's renovation of City Hall .

NYC Parks

Lightness of Being is a new group exhibition whose work displays a playful and irreverent attitude toward the formal ideals of classical sculpture . On view through December 13, 2013. Read more

ArtNerdNewYork

A beautiful little park amongst the governmental and financial buildings, City Park is a great place to bring a packed lunch , and sit around the fountain , surrounded by old timey oil lit lanterns. Read more

David Milberg

Look up the history of this park . It's been a meeting place since the 1600s and is one of the many remnants of our colonial history downtown!

Ben Fortney

If you can't make it to either river , this is the nicest park in the neighborhood . Quiet compared to the hustle and bustle of Lower Manhattan.

Pete Webb

Historic Downtown Park with Lush Landscaping & Soothing Fountain - Perfect Spot for Coffee or Tea #NYC2015

RobinJ Mobley

Its Great place for enjoying golden breath around the world currentpackages.com team interesting to visit such place.

William Studart

The view is very pretty, and close to the Brooklin Bridge . Great place to sit down and enjoy, and make some squirrel friends

Jordan Taylor

A nice place to stroll around - and I loved the friendly black squirrels !

MEL BROWN STUDIOS

Managed to find the most amazing fruit juice place here. Really nice guy and fabulous juices .

Pete Webb

Winter or Summer - The majestic fountain still commands attention and awe of downtown visitors #NYC

Mike Bloomberg

Yesterday, I was here to launch Citi Bike , the largest bikeshare system in the nation: http://bit.ly/15bYEmY

Alan Murray

I saw this man making noise at some squirrels behind a fense, they approached him, he then bent over and hand feed the black squirrel some food as the other gray squirrels followed looking to be fed.

DoubleDeuce

This is my favorite park in NYC.

Gabriel Rainville

Very nice place to hang out and put your hands in the fountain to cool off.

Carlos Bagasan

Eating lunch at City Hall Park and took a train tour to see an old abandoned subway station .

Wladimir Coutinho Mesquita

So many spots to be visited nearby ! ????

Raymond Torres

This is a great place to hang, whether u're having lunch , getting someone's phone number, chatting w/ powerful NYC politicians, chilling w/ the friendly squirrels , or getting beat by chess hustlers.

Mike Bloomberg

Today, I was here to announce the start of NYC's expanded recycling program that will include all rigid plastics: http://bit.ly/12iiegD

The Corcoran Group

Great place to do some work outside on a nice sunny day - free wifi makes it easy!

Halana Mendonça

I loved to walk every day in this park , there's always a place to sit and have lunch

Courteney Cardona

Hold out food and the black squirrels will eat from your hand! (Most adorable way to get rabies ever!!!)

Chamal Rathnayake

Escape from the concrete jungle for few seconds to admire the nature (by nature I mean squirrels and the greens)

Percy Holmes

If your in the area, stop and take a break and listen to the water fall!!

Kimmie Ohh

Great place to sit & people watch .

Queens Library

Join us here 4/18 11am-2pm for Library Day with Speaker Christine Quinn, & Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer & Vincent J. Gentile. Feat. music from Queens Library 's "Dewey and the Decimals" & Z100

saharat s

Like the bike / pedestrian path that cuts through the park to the Brooklyn Bridge

JoAnne Kao

You're in between FiDi, TriBeCa, City Hall and landmark buildings! Look up! Ping me 4 > info!

Lubin School of Business

We love this park ! Free wifi + a beautiful setting = great place to read, relax, or hang out with friends.

Pete Webb

Beautiful downtown park - Historic Fountain

Karl de Jong-Schouten

Lovely place ????

Elisabeth Moody

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Richard Schouten-de Jong

Just a lovely park !!!!

funky flavor

Even in the wonter time it is magestic to see the park with the cold colors

Leigh Anne Zinsmeister

A little oasis in the concrete jungle of downtown Manhattan

Espiranza Bint Abdulla

A park with a fountain . U can get on the hop on and off bus from there

Katherine Corson

Features the Liberty Pole, a point of conflict between the the Sons of Liberty and the British authorities.

The New York Daily News

PHOTO: President Ford made the front page in October, 1975 with the headline "Ford to City : Drop Dead," which he later said cost him the following election. See the paper at the link! Read more

Scott Kleinberg

A great place to just sit by the fountain and relax.

Billy Baires

The center civic of capital of world is New York City

nikki

crowded by the fountain , but back roads provide calm seating with lots of shade

Loraine Santana

Great place to meet friendly squirrels , they love grapes .

Luc Doan

Nice place to have an outdoor park bench brown bag lunch

Mike Bloomberg

Today, I was here with T. Boone Pickens to unveil NYC's first mobile food truck fully-powered by compressed natural gas.

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