Central Park Carousel
The Central Park Carousel, officially the Michael Friedsam Memorial Carousel, is a vintage wood-carved carousel located in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, at the southern end of the park, near East 65th Street.- Type: Carousel
- Description: carousel in Manhattan, New York
- Also known as: “Michael Friedsam Memorial Carousel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park and Museum of Modern Art.
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.
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. Museum of Modern Art is situated 3,100 feet south of Central Park Carousel.
Carnegie Hall
Arts center
Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its namesake, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the venue is one of the most prestigious in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Central Park Carousel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Lenox Hill.
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.
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.
Diamond District
Neighborhood
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A diamond district is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including: It may also refer to Diamond District, an American hip-hop group formed by Oddisee, Uptown XO & Yu.
Central Park Carousel
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.76994° or 40° 46′ 12″ northLongitude
-73.97525° or 73° 58′ 31″ westHeight
27 feet (8.2 metres)Operator
Central Amusement InternationalOpen location code
87G8Q29F+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 585788256OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=carouselOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5061605
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Central Park Carousel” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “セントラルパーク・カルーセル”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ballplayers House and Heckscher Ballfield 1.
Nearby Places
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