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Upcoming Events

Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival Comes To Morningside Park

Ongoing Events

Farmers' Market

  • Every Saturday 9am - 5pm. Rain or Shine through late November at the entrance to the park at 110th Street and Manhattan Ave. The Market now boasts a vendor of organic nuts and another with a fabulous selection of meats as well as ever popular vendors that provide a full complement of fruits, vegetables and baked goods. Stop by and check it out.

Site Highlights

Morningside Park Receives Historic Designation!

  • 113 years after its completion and 25 years after the last such designation in NYC, Morningside Park was recognized on July 15, 2008 as an official scenic landmark of New York City. The vote of the NYC Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) was unanimous with a number of commissioners expressing chagrin that the city had not made this designation years ago. Today's LPC is to be commended for rectifying this omission.

    The park was designed by arguably the most illustrious names in US landscape design history, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who virtually invented the profession of landscape architecture in this country and also designed both Central and Prospect Parks. At the time of its completion in 1895, Morningside was hailed as the "consummate" achievement of Calvert Vaux. At end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th, Morningside, along with Central and Prospect parks, was repeatedly cited as being one of the premier parks of the city.

    As anyone who has visited recently knows, the revitalization of the park in the last few years has been remarkable. Here is link to the complete LPC report on the park's designation.

New Playground Nears Completion

  • Morningside's new playground at 116th Street is almost complete. The Dept. of Parks and Recreation informs us that as soon as the work passes their inspection the construction fence will come down and the playground will be open for use. This could happen as early as the week of July 21 - 25 but could be a bit later. The official ribbon cutting is tentatively scheduled for July 30th, 2008 at 11:00am!