Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground
Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground is a 0.35-acre public park in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Located at the northwest corner of Second Avenue and East 29th Street, the property was originally acquired by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority in 1965 as right-of-way to construct the proposed Mid-Manhattan Expressway.Photo: Transpoman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
March 2nd—October 31st: 6:00 AM—9:00 PM
November 1st—March 1st: 6:00 AM—6:00 PM - Type: Park
- Description: park in Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Empire State Building and Flatiron Building.
Empire State Building
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Empire State Building is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground.
Flatiron Building
Photo: Imelenchon, Public domain.
The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, is a 22-story, 285-foot-tall steel-framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the eponymous Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Flatiron Building is situated 3,100 feet west of Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground.
Bellevue Hospital Center
Hospital
Photo: ajay suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Bellevue Hospital is a hospital in New York City and the oldest public hospital in the United States. One of the largest hospitals in the United States by number of beds, it is located at 462 First Avenue in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Bellevue Hospital Center is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kips Bay and Rose Hill.
Kips Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: jim.henderson, GFDL.
Kips Bay, or Kip's Bay, is a neighborhood on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by 34th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 23rd Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.
Rose Hill
Neighborhood
Rose Hill is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, between the neighborhoods of Murray Hill to the north and Gramercy Park to the south, Kips Bay to the east, the Flatiron District to the southwest, and NoMad to the northwest.
Murray Hill
Neighborhood
Murray Hill is a neighborhood on the east side of Manhattan in New York City. Murray Hill is generally bordered to the east by the East River or Kips Bay and to the west by Midtown Manhattan, though the exact boundaries are disputed.
Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.74194° or 40° 44′ 31″ northLongitude
-73.97839° or 73° 58′ 42″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
87G8P2RC+QJOpenStreetMap ID
way 378359193OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q119985098
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