NYC Walking Tour - Central Park Middle

NY sunrise over central park, originally uploaded by inajeep.

To get there: take the 6 to E. 69 street, and walk west to Fifth Avenue. Enter the Park there.

Central Park is huge, and needs to be consumed one bite at a time. Each part is an environment onto itself. You will never be sorry to have a bicycle in Central Park.

One good place to enter is - in the middle of the park, around 73rd street. From here you can see a great deal without wearing yourself out.

If it were me, I would start at the castle, and then stroll the 200 yards back to the lake. I would hang out with the hoards of people and hot dog vendors on the plaza by the lake, and then I would stroll down the shakespeare statues (moving south) until I hit the pond where the miniature sailboats can be found (near Fifth Avenue).

The restaurant there has music on busy weekends. A nice place to stop.