The largest green space in the neighborhood, this three-block-long park is a hive of activity on warm weekends, with basketball courts, a small soccer pitch (with synthetic turf) and a well-loved playground (just north of Hester St). Tai chi practitioners, vegetable sellers (on the nearby cross streets), and strollers of all ages and ethnic backgrounds add to the ever-evolving scene.
Sara D Roosevelt Park
East Village & Lower East Side
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
4.25 MILES
What started with a handful of paintings brought over from Europe or donated by a coterie of philanthropically minded robber barons in the 19th century…
4.42 MILES
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2.96 MILES
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1.88 MILES
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1.27 MILES
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4.59 MILES
A New York icon, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, more commonly known as the Guggenheim, is an internationally-renowned art museum and one of the most…
3.56 MILES
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National September 11 Memorial Museum
1.29 MILES
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Nearby East Village & Lower East Side attractions
1. New Museum of Contemporary Art
0.09 MILES
The New Museum of Contemporary Art is a sight to behold: a seven-story stack of ethereal, off-kilter white boxes (designed by Tokyo-based architects…
0.1 MILES
This raw space is the Bowery branch of an Upper East Side gallery and its location beside the New Museum makes it a key player in the downtown art scene…
0.14 MILES
The Sperone Westwater gallery represents heavy hitters such as William Wegman and Richard Long. Its new home was designed by the famed Norman Foster, who…
0.2 MILES
This small gallery specializes in documentary photography and photojournalism. Expect evocative, thought-provoking works covering subjects such as poverty…
5. Basilica of St Patrick's Old Cathedral
0.21 MILES
Though St Patrick’s Cathedral is now famously located on Fifth Ave in Midtown, its first congregation was housed here, in this restored Gothic Revival…
6. Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue & Museum
0.21 MILES
This small synagogue is home to an obscure branch of Judaism, the Romaniotes, whose ancestors were slaves sent to Rome by ship but rerouted to Greece by a…
7. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
0.21 MILES
This museum allows visitors to briefly inhabit the Lower East Side's heartbreaking, hardscrabble but unexpectedly inspiring heritage. Two remarkably…
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Known for its excellent installations, this 4000-sq-ft gallery is an anchor of the downtown art scene with monthly solo and group shows.