Tompkins Square Park is a 10.5-acre (4.2 ha) 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. Marks Place to the west. The park opened in 1834 and is named for Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President of the United States.
The main lawn of the park
Snow in February 2008
People relaxing and sunbathing on the park's central knoll
The Hare Krishna Tree 40°43′33.9″N 73°58′54.8″W / 40.726083°N 73.981889°W / 40.726083; -73.981889 (Hare Krishna Tree)
Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names. It is bounded by Houston Street to the south and 14th Street to the north, and extends roughly from Avenue A to the East River. Some famous landmarks include Tompkins Square Park, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and the Charlie Parker Residence.
Avenue C was designated Loisaida Avenue in recognition of the neighborhood's Puerto Rican heritage
Preserved salt marsh on Long Island comparable to ecosystem of Alphabet City area before urbanization in the 1820s
Depiction of shipyards in 1848 from across East River
Tompkins Square branch of the New York Public Library on E 10th St.
