Fort Tryon Park
Fort Tryon Park is a city, state, and national landmarked park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and his brother for John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Rockefeller acquired the 67 acres, developed it as a public park, and presented it to the city as a gift in 1935.
Containing one of the highest points in Manhattan, Fort Tryon Park towers above the Hudson River, offering magnificent views of the Palisades and the lower Hudson Valley that challenge the notion that Manhattan’s best vistas are experienced from its skyscrapers. The most notable horticultural feature is the three–acre Heather Garden, which has year–round interest and panoramic views of the Hudson River. On the park’s eastern ridge is the recently rediscovered Alpine Garden, an intimate three–acre garden and collection of stone staircases that traverse the slope down to Broadway.
Fort Tryon Park is also home to the Cloisters Museum, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features one of the finest collections of Medieval Art. The park has two playgrounds, multiple lawns, eight miles of meandering paths, an array of cultural and recreational programs, and a delightful full–service restaurant, the New Leaf Café.
