Open Road Park, New York City

Name: Open Road Park
Address: New York City, United States

#219 among attractions in New York City

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Open Road Park is a small park in East Village, Manhattan, New York City, located east of First Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets. It is among the larger green spaces created in the East Village as a result of community organizing. The site of this park was taken over in 1993 by Open Road, a neighborhood nonprofit that developed the lot into a community garden and playground. Prior to its use as a park, the site was used for many purposes that reflect on the history of the surrounding neighborhood. ()

Elevation: 16 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 40°43'46"N, 73°58'59"W

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Downtown Manhattan (East Village)New York City United States

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Open Road Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Club Cumming, SideWalk Cafe, Tompkins Square Park, Death & Co..

~1460 ftS
Nightlife, Dancing
Club Cumming, New York City
8 min walk • Nestled in the vibrant heart of New York City's East Village, Club Cumming is an eclectic and welcoming nightlife venue that has garnered a reputation for its unique blend of entertainment and inclusivity. This intimate bar and performance space, co-owned by actor Alan...
~1450 ftS
Nightlife, Dancing
SideWalk Cafe, New York City
7 min walk • The SideWalk Cafe was a music venue and restaurant/cafe in East Village, New York City founded in 1985. It became a known venue for its underground music scene, and in particular, was known as being the center for Anti-folk in the United States.
~1000 ftS
Park, Performing arts
Tompkins Square Park, New York City
5 min walk • Tompkins Square Park is a 10.5-acre public park in the Alphabet City portion of East Village, Manhattan, New York City. The square-shaped park, bounded on the north by East 10th Street, on the east by Avenue B, on the south by East 7th Street, and on the west by Avenue A, is abutted by St.
~1340 ftS
Nightlife
Death & Co., New York City
7 min walk • Death and Company is a cocktail bar located in East Village, Manhattan, New York, United States. Established in January 2007, the bar is owned by David Kaplan and Ravi DeRossi. The bar is known for its lengthy cocktail menu, which contained about 50 selections prior to late 2016, when the list was shortened to 30.
~1210 ftW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Sacred and religious sites
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York City
6 min walk • St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery is a parish of the Episcopal Church located at 131 East 10th Street, at the intersection of Stuyvesant Street and Second Avenue in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
~580 ftS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, James Renwick, Jr.
St. Nicholas of Myra Church, New York City
3 min walk • The St. Nicholas of Myra Church is an American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese church dedicated to Saint Nicholas, located at 288 East 10th Street, on the corner of Avenue A in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, across from Tompkins Square Park. The church was built in 1883 as the Memorial Chapel of St.
~600 ftSW
Theater, Concerts and shows
Theater for the New City, New York City
3 min walk • Theater for the New City, founded in 1971 and known familiarly as "TNC", is one of New York City's leading off-off-Broadway theaters, known for radical political plays and community commitment. Productions at TNC have won 43 Obie Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
~610 ftSW
Theater
Performance Space New York, New York City
3 min walk • Performance Space New York, formerly known as Performance Space 122 or P.S. 122, is a non-profitable arts organization founded in 1980 in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in an abandoned public school building.
~1210 ftW
Street
St. Marks Place, New York City
6 min walk • 8th Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan that runs from Sixth Avenue to Third Avenue, and also from Avenue B to Avenue D; its addresses switch from West to East as it crosses Fifth Avenue.
~1550 ftSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Middle Collegiate Church, New York City
8 min walk • The Middle Collegiate Church is a dually aligned United Church of Christ and Reformed Church in America church located at 112 Second Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
~1090 ftS
Street
Avenue A, New York City
6 min walk • Avenue A is a north–south avenue located in Manhattan, New York City, east of First Avenue and west of Avenue B. It runs from Houston Street to 14th Street, where it continues into a loop road in Stuyvesant Town, connecting to Avenue B.

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Which popular attractions are close to Open Road Park?

Nearby attractions include Immaculate Conception Church, New York City (3 min walk), Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses, New York City (3 min walk), St. Nicholas of Myra Church, New York City (3 min walk), Theater for the New City, New York City (3 min walk).

How to get to Open Road Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Open Road Park:

Metro

1st Avenue • Lines: L (4 min walk)
3rd Avenue • Lines: L (8 min walk)

Bus

1st Avenue & East 9th Street • Lines: M15 (4 min walk)
Saint Marks Place & 1st Avenue • Lines: M8 (5 min walk)