NYC Parks

Police broke up a dangerous scene in Central Park on Sunday afternoon after dozens of people strolled onto the lake beneath Bow Bridge. People appeared to disregard large red warning signs placed around the lake warning of thin ice. Those on the lake were mostly snapping photos with children, seemingly unaware of the danger. Eventually police used loud speakers to…

A dangerous scene in Central Park on Sunday when dozens of people walked out onto the lake underneath Bow Bridge.

Oases in the best of times, New York City’s parks have served as essential refuges through the hard times of the pandemic — havens for the city’s millions who yearn to escape their locked-down apartments, to breathe fresh air and enjoy some elbow room. Parks Department spokesperson Crystal Howard said that in the depths of the city’s near-death experience...

Move over Mandarin duck: there’s a new fowl that has bird-watchers on the prowl. John Chandler reports on a rare snowy owl sighting in Central Park.