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Bryant Park Review
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Bryant Park
Parks, Midtown West
Fodor's Review:
An oasis amid skyscrapers, this is one of Manhattan's favorite parks. Lining the perimeter of the sunny central lawn, tall London plane trees cast welcome shade over stone terraces, formal flower beds, gravel pathways, and kiosks selling everything from sandwiches to egg creams. In the afternoon the garden tables scattered about fill with lunching office workers and folk enjoying the park's free Wi-Fi ("how-to" signs show you how to log on). In summer you can check out live jazz and comedy concerts and free outdoor film screenings on Monday at dusk. At the east side of the park, near a squatting bronze cast of Gertrude Stein, is the stylish Bryant Park Grill, which has a rooftop garden, and the adjacent open-air Bryant Park Café, open April 15-October 15. In February and early September giant white tents spring up here for the New York fashion shows. On the south side of the park is an old-fashioned carousel ($1.75) where kids can ride fanciful rabbits and frogs instead of horses. Come late October, the park rolls out the artificial and frozen "pond (Late Oct.-mid-Jan., Sun.-Thurs. 8 AM-10 PM, Fri.-Sat. 8 AM-midnight) " for ice-skating. Rental for skates and locker will run you $12.50. Surrounding the ice rink are the Christmas marketlike stalls of the Holiday Shops (Late Nov.-Jan. 1), selling handcrafted and designer goods from around the world.
INFO
- Address: 6th Ave. between W. 40th and W. 42nd Sts., Midtown West, New York, NY
- Phone: 212/768-4242
- Web site
- Open: Oct.-Apr., daily 7-7; May-Sept., weekdays 7 AM-8 PM, weekends 7 AM-11 PM
- Subway: B, D, F, V to 42nd St.; 7 to 5th Ave.
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