NYC Walking Tour - Central Park North

Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, originally uploaded by Frank Lynch.

To get there: take the 6 to 96 street, and walk west to Fifth avenue. Walk north on 5th (noting museums and Mt Sinai Hospital as you go).

Central Park is huge, and needs to be consumed one bite at a time. Each part is an environment onto itself. I personally love Central Park North, from E. 103 street to E. 110 street on the Fifth Avenue side. See the Conservation Garden (with its formal ailees and fountains), and then the magnificent Harlem Meer, a pond, which is a great place to stroll in the summer. Bathrooms can be found on the 110 street side of the lake, in the Dana Discovery Center (which is itself interesting and may well have activities for kids).