The Lake
The Lake is a lake in Manhattan, New York. The Lake is situated nearby to the area Strawberry Fields, as well as near the neighborhood Lincoln Square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.
Central Park
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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.
Bow Bridge
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The Bow Bridge is a cast iron bridge located in Central Park, New York City, crossing over the Lake and used as a pedestrian walkway. It is decorated with an interlocking circles banister, with eight planting urns on top of decorative bas-relief panels.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Upper West Side.
Lincoln Square
Neighborhood
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Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Lincoln Square is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.
Upper West Side
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The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the east.
Upper East Side
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The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of Central Park, the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.
The Lake
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.77633° or 40° 46′ 35″ northLongitude
-73.97205° or 73° 58′ 19″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
87G8Q2GH+G5GeoNames ID
5123871
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Localities in the Area
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