Site (current name) | Location | Type | Class | Year | Notes |
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Adventure Playground | West Side at 68th Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
Ancient Playground | East Side at 84th Street | N | A | 1936 | (marginal) |
Alice in Wonderland Statue | James Michael Levin Playground | N | C | 1935 | Moved from Heckscher Playground |
Arsenal | East Side at 64th Street | R | D/C | 1934 | NYC Parks Department headquarters |
Arsenal Murals | Inside the Arsenal | N | A | 1936 | |
Bernard Family Playground | Harlem Meer, 5th Ave and 108th St | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) |
Bicycle path | South end of park | N | D | 1941 | Announcement |
Billy Johnson Playground | East Side at 67th Street | N | D | (marginal) | |
Bridle Path | North Meadow | R | D | 1934 | |
Bridle Path | Around the Reservoir | R | D | 1934 | |
Bridle Path | Lower park | R | D | 1934 | |
Columbus Monument Restoration | Columbus Circle | R | A | 193x | (somewhere between 1934 and 1937) |
Conservatory Garden | East Side at 106th Street | N | B | 1937 | |
Diana Ross Playground | West Side at 81st Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
East 72nd Street Playground | East side at 72nd Street | N | D | (marginal) | |
East 96th Street Playground | East Side at 96th Street | N | D | (marginal) | |
East 110th Street Playground | Harlem Meer | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) |
Great Lawn | Behind Metropolitan Museum | N | A | 1936 | Includes 8 new ballfields |
Great Lawn Game Courts | NE corner of Great Lawn | N | D | 1936 | Announcement |
Harlem Meer | Northeast corner of park | R | A | 1943 | |
Harlem Meer Boathouse | Northeast corner of park | N | E | 1947 | Completion delayed by WWII |
Heckscher Playground | Southwest corner | R | D/E | 1936 | Includes 6 ballfields, some new |
James Michael Levin Playground | East Side at 77th Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
Maine Monument Restoration | Columbus Circle | R | A | 193x | (somewhere between 1934 and 1937) |
Mariners' Playground | West Side at 84th Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
Mother Goose Statue | East Side at 72nd Street | N | A | 1938 | |
North Meadow | North of 97th Street Transverse | R | C/D | 1935 | Includes 12 new ballfields |
North Meadow Recreation Center | 97th Street Transverse | R | D | 1935 | Announcement |
Pat Hoffman Friedman Playground | East Side at 79th Street | N | D | (marginal) | |
Pinetum Playground | West Side at 84th Street | N | D | 1936 | Just above the Great Lawn |
Robert Bendheim Playground | East Side at 100th Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
Rudin Family Playground | West Side at 96th Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
Rumsey Playfield | East Side at 72nd Street | N | D | 1937 | (marginal) Announcement |
Safari Playground | West Side at 91st Street | R | E | (marginal) | |
Seventh Regiment Monument | West Side at 67th Street | R | C | 1937 | (restoration) Announcement |
Still Hunt Statue | East Drive at about 77th Street | R | D | 1937 | (restoration) |
Tarr Family Playground | West Side at 100th Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
Tavern on the Green | West Side at 66th Street | R | A | 1934 | |
Tots Playground | West Side at 68th Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
(VANISHED PLAYGROUND) | West Side at 76th Street | N | A | 1941 | (marginal) Announcement |
West 86th Street Playground | West Drive at 86th Street | N | E | (marginal) | |
West 110th Street Playground | Northwest corner of park | N | D | (marginal) | |
Wild West Playground | West Side at 93rd Street | N | D | 1936 | (marginal) Announcement |
Zoo (Central Park Zoo) | E 64th Street behind Arsenal | N | A | 1934 |
A = | Solid New Deal credit by Parks Dept in press release or website, and/or other NYC government website. |
B = | Work done during New Deal by Parks Department; New Deal credited by credible source, e.g. the NY Times or a reputable book. |
C = | No explicit credit to New Deal but a New Deal architect, engineer, or sculptor was credited by name. |
D = | No explicit credit to New Deal but records show that nearly all work done in Central Park 1934-1943 was with New Deal funding and labor [explain]. |
E = | Probable New Deal project but exact date is uncertain. Or project was begun during New Deal and completed later (like the Harlem Meer Boathouse*). Or the project was supposedly funded privately but did not specify where the labor came from, so it was probably "relief labor". Or the information is simply missing, as for many of the playgrounds, all of which but one we can deduce were built during the New Deal because we have counts, if not explicit lists. |
* | The original Harlem Meer Boathouse was torn down and replaced by a new one about 1994. |