Chelsea Park
Public park in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chelsea Park is a park in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, that dates back to 1910. The park has sports fields, basketball and handball courts, a children's playground and space for sitting. The surface is mostly tarmac or artificial turf, with pits for the plane trees and some plots with annual flower plantings. There is a statue to a World War I soldier, the "Doughboy Statue", erected in 1921. The process of approval, funding and clearing the tenements that occupied the site was protracted. The park has since been upgraded several times by the Works Progress Administration and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Chelsea Park | |
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Type | Urban park |
Location | Bounded by Ninth & Tenth Avenues and West 27th & 28th Streets |
Nearest city | New York City |
Coordinates | 40.750030°N 74.000923°W / 40.750030; -74.000923 |
Created | 1910 |
Operated by | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |