Madison Square Park Review

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Madison Square Park

  • Address: E. 23rd to E. 26th Sts., between 5th and Madison Aves., Flatiron District, New York, NY, 10010 | Map It
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The benches of this elegant tree-filled park afford great views of some of the city's oldest and most charming skyscrapers (the Flatiron Building, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower, the New York Life Insurance Building, and the Empire State Building) and serve as a perfect vantage point for people-, pigeon-, dog-, or squirrel-watching. Baseball was invented across the Hudson in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the city's first baseball games were played in this 7-acre park in 1845. On the north end an imposing 1881 statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens memorializes Civil War naval hero Admiral Farragut. An 1876 statue of Secretary of State William Henry Seward (the Seward of the term "Seward's folly"—as Alaska was originally known) sits in the park's southwest corner, though it's rumored that the sculptor placed a reproduction of the statesman's head on a statue of Abraham Lincoln's body.

  • Subway: R, W to 23rd St.
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Reviewed by bachslunch from US on 12/14/08
One of Manhattan's pleasant small parks, adjacent to the Flatiron Building. Nice statuary, has a pleasing mix of green and concrete -- good spot to relax.

Member Rating: 3.6
Ratings details: Experience: 4.0 Ease: 4.0 Value: 3.0 Don't Miss: 3.0
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