Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground is a playground in Manhattan, New York. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground is situated nearby to the apartment building Harry F. Sinclair House, as well as near the bookstore Albertine Books.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Central Park
Photo: Ed Yourdon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Museum
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground.
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. American Museum of Natural History is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper East Side and Lenox Hill.
Upper East Side
Photo: Alex Proimos, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood
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Lenox Hill is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.
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.
Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
- Type: Playground
- Also known as: “Pat Hoffman Friedman Playground” and “Three Bears Playground”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.77769° or 40° 46′ 40″ northLongitude
-73.96401° or 73° 57′ 50″ westOperator
New York City Department of Parks and RecreationOpen location code
87G8Q2HP+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 387216147OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=playground
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Harry F. Sinclair House and Payne Whitney House.
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