City Hall Park

City Hall Park NYC (Sean Pavone/Dreamstime)

City Hall Park is the public park around New York City Hall in Manhattan’s Civic Center.

The home of New York City Hall, the Tweed Courthouse and the iconic Jacob Wrey Mould Fountain, is a popular downtown lunch spot.


Visit City Hall Park

City Hall Park
Broadway & Centre St

Subways
(N)(R)(W) to City Hall
(4)(5)(6) to Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall
(J)(Z) to Chambers St
(2)(3) to Park Place
(E) to World Trade Center

The Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway is across the street from the Park.


City Hall Park NYC (Sean Pavone/Dreamstime)
City Hall Park NYC (Sean Pavone/Dreamstime)

Broadway was the old Lenape trail to the Lenape village in what is now Inwood, and further upstate along the Hudson River.

In the English tradition of communal property, the area was known as The Commons from 1653 to 1699. It was a livestock pasture.

City Hall was built in 1812.

Tweed Courthouse was completed in 1881. Boss Tweed infamously used the construction to skim government funds for twenty years.

The park is managed by the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, better known as NYC Parks.