Owen T. Carroll Field is the home field of the baseball team of Seton Hall University. The stadium has been designed quite conveniently as it has a huge playing field and can accommodate 1800 spectators. After renovations, the stadium now has a dugout for players, huge field lights and also works as a soccer stadium for the men’s and women’s team. Opened in 1907 and named after Owen T. Carroll who coached the university team, this stadium is worth visiting and watching a game of baseball.
This diminutive park located in between 106th and 107th Streets bordered by Broadway and West End Avenue is dedicated to Ida and Isador Straus, two prominent New Yorkers who perished upon the RMS Titanic that fateful April night. The manicured space is maintained by the Friends of Straus Park and it provides a nice respite when shopping or walking around West End Avenue.
Soho Square is a small plaza that sits on the border of the eponymous trendy neighborhood and the Village. This park is one of many along Sixth Avenue (no self-respecting New Yorker, calls it Avenue of the Americas), that pay homage to South American revolutionary heroes. Soho Square presents the one that honors Uruguayan patriot and statesman, José Gervasio Artigas. It's a small park, but it provides a nice place of respite when traversing Soho to the West Village.
The Grand Chapiteau is more of a pop-up venue that is housed in the Randall Island Park. It hosts a number of events, especially circus shows by the popular entertainment company called the Cirque Du Soleil. Catch some spectacular shows as well as acrobats performing their best at this venue if you are in town.
Central Park has many wonders and it takes quite some time to see them all if you are just visiting, however if you live here, one of the best, hidden secrets to escaping the bustle is the Ramble. This 36-acre trail space will definitely make you feel as if you left the concrete jungle and entered a nature wilderness. Along with the lake that surrounds it, the Ramble has many meandering trails that lead from the Loeb Boathouse to Belvedere Castle and through to Strawberry Fields on the other side of the lake. As with many attractions in Central Park, you could easily spend a day here and wonder where the time went.
Located in the trendy enclave of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the Front Room promotes local artists that display their wares in photography, contemporary painting, abstract sculpture, mixed-media and other works of art. Most of the work is created by local artists, however on occasion visitors will see an internationally known one. Also of note, the gallery is only open on the weekends and only for a few hours.