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Before 9 a.m. dogs are free to run without leashes in Central Park. Last week, Fred Balboni took some shots of his dogs Ralph and Stella enjoying the sprinklers in the park around 70th street. Below, check out the scene from another angle. Photos by Avi.

The Tots Playground, a small playground in Central Park around 67th street, has been rebuilt in a completely new circular format. The new playground is the first to be completed in a $40 million restoration project undertaken by the Central Park Conservancy. Eventually, all 21 playgrounds in the park will ...

Shakespeare in the Park is putting on a production of The Tempest at the Delacorte Theater on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and it just might blow your mind. For one thing, as many as 200 people will be on the stage at the same time. The Public Theater reached out ...

There have been some disturbing reports in the past few days about crimes in Central and Riverside Parks. Bicyclists have been attacked twice in Riverside Park in the past couple of weeks by thugs wielding ropes, bats and brass knuckles. The attacks happened along the Hudson above 160th street, according ...

Central Park is once again holding its summer film festival on the lawn between Sheep Meadow and 72nd street cross drive starting on Thursday, and this year viewers got to choose all of the films. So, if you don't like the movies, only you and your neighbors are to blame! ...

Shakespeare in the Park's latest show Love's Labour Lost remains a very hot ticket, as evidenced by the line stretching almost to the Reservoir this morning at 9 a.m. The play is a musical that modernizes Shakespeare's play about four men who swear off romance. The reviews we've seen were ...

Critters were making news in Central Park this week.

In 1857, the city held a contest for the design of a massive park called Central Park. The winner got $2,000, about enough to afford a month of rent in a studio apartment today. There were 33 entries

Police arrested 21-year-old Saul Alvarez for an attempted rape in Central Park last month, but he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday. Investigators said that Alvarez told him he was playing a prank late at night on June 28 when he allegedly grabbed the jogger from behind near Lasker ...

One of the great Central Park traditions is back. The New York Philharmonic will play a concert on Central Park's Great Lawn on Monday night at 8  followed by fireworks. Led by Alan Gilbert, the philharmonic will play Dvorak's cello concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony Number 5. To get to the ...

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will perform a free concert on Tuesday night at 7:30 at the Naumberg Bandshell in the middle of Central Park around 72nd street. The concert, which is part of a series that's been going on for 108 years, tends to draw very large crowds. There will ...

The city is blocking cars from driving on the loop road North of 72nd street starting today through the end of the summer. Before the change, cars could drive on the West Drive from 8 to 10 a.m., and on the East Drive from 3 to 7 p.m. on weekdays. ...

A 30-year-old woman fought off a man who she said attempted to rape her in Central Park around 64th street early on Tuesday morning. Police released minimal official details about the crime. The Daily News and DNAinfo say the woman, an actress, met the man after drinking at a bar. ...

It's not Washington Square Park, but Central Park has been known to attract people looking to achieve more than just a fresh-air high. So far this year the city has been cracking down on drug use at an increasing rate

After giving free tours for years, the Central Park Conservancy is now charging for many of them in order to raise money. The conservancy, a nonprofit organization that manages Central Park for the city and contributes about 85% of its budget, offers all sorts of guided tours. They range from ...

Check out some recent stories about an attempted rape, a lawsuit and lots of other issues in the neighborhood from the past week.

Editor's Note: Tech company Pensa recently installed solar-powered cell-phone-charging stations in Riverside Park and at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park (69th street off of 5th Avenue). Jillian Gray checked out the Riverside Park station, which is near Pier 1 cafe around 70th street inside the park, and sent in the ...

A nanny walking with two children in Central Park near Tavern on the Green was assaulted Tuesday afternoon around 12:30 p.m. by a man who hit her butt and then grabbed her, according to police. Another woman reportedly intervened and the attacker ran off, CBS reported. Tavern is inside the ...

On this Father's Day, let your inner child out. Just find another way to do it, because climbing trees in city parks is totally illegal.

A tourist from Indiana was hit by a falling tree branch in Central Park around 86th street on Tuesday around 3:40 p.m. and sustained serious injuries. The woman, who is said to be in her 50's, was taken to St. Luke's Hospital and listed in serious condition with head injuries, ...