Beautiful park at the banks of the East River...with the Mayor's bungalow in the premises! It's a really pretty park - popular with residents from the neighborhood - either for a run with their dogs, a child in the stroller or simply to chat at the benches overlooking the East River. Come evening and you will see children playing basketball... More

Nice dog run. Pleasant to walk along the river. Nice playground for our granddaughter.

I wouldn't venture up here if you are a tourist that just wants to see the well touristed sites. If you enjoy getting amongst the locals, seeing where they live and how they relax, this is a nice place to do that. Carl Schurz Park is along the East River, right at the very end of 86th Street. The promenade... More

Nice, quiet park next to the East river with a great view across to Queens, used mainly by locals for walking, jogging, exercising the dog. Apparently the house near the entrance is where the mayor of NYC always lived, though I don't think recent mayors have used it as their home. There's not much else in this residential area, but... More

While I was here in 2004 this was one of my favorite spots near where I was staying. I bought a cup of coffee and sat on a bench or walked the paved path along the East River every morning I was there. Unlike Central Park, there really nothing going on in Carl Schurze Park except people taking walks, walking... More

This is a great park that runs alongside the east river on the upper east side. If I were a tourist, I don't think that I would go up there, though. It's really nice, but not really much else to see up there.