Diana Ross Playground

Diana Ross Playground is a playground in Manhattan, New York. Diana Ross Playground is situated near the apartment building The Beresford, as well as near the metro station 81st Street–Museum of Natural History station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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. American Museum of Natural History is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Diana Ross Playground.

Hayden Planetarium

Museum

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The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space is a part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The main entrance is located on the northern side of the museum on 81st Street near Central Park West in Manhattan's Upper West Side. Hayden Planetarium is situated 750 feet southwest of Diana Ross Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Upper East Side.

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.

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.

Diana Ross Playground

Opening hours: dawn–dusk
Type: Playground
Category: recreation area
Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.78227° or 40° 46′ 56″ north

Longitude

-73.97088° or 73° 58′ 15″ west

Open location code

87G8Q2JH+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 388310490

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=playground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Diana Ross Playground and The Beresford.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Central Park West & West 81st Street and 81st Street–Museum of Natural History.

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Worth a closer look: Central Park and Upper East Side.

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