Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City, located between the Upper West Side and the Upper East Side. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 37.5–38 million visitors annually, and one of the most filmed locations in the world. Central Park is the fifth-largest park in New York City by area, covering 843 acres (3.41 km2).

Central Park was first approved in 1853 as a 778-acre (3.15 km2) park. In 1857, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and architect/landscape designer Calvert Vaux won a design competition to construct the park with a plan they titled the “Greensward Plan”. Construction began the same year, and the park’s first areas were opened to the public in late 1858. Additional land at the northern end of Central Park was purchased in 1859, and the park was completed in 1876. After a period of decline in the early 20th century, New York City parks commissioner Robert Moses started a program to clean up Central Park. Another decline in the late 20th century spurred the creation of the Central Park Conservancy in 1980, which refurbished many parts of the park during the 1980s and 1990s.

Here is something they dont tell you :

 Before Central Park was built, a predominantly African American community was torn down to make room for it. Now a monument is being made to commemorate the village.
Seneca Village was New York’s first free black community. One family that lived there, the Lyons, fought to make New York City a more just place as the country worked to overcome centuries of slavery.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office announced the plans for a monument to honor the Lyons family , the monument will showcase Albro Lyons, Mary Lyons and their daughter Maritcha Lyons
The addition of the Lyons monument is part of an effort to make public art in New York City more diverse and representative. It will be the first commemorative sculpture placed within Central Park’s borders since the 1950s, according to a news release.