Sara Delano Roosevelt Park
Sara Delano Roosevelt Park is a 7.8-acre park in Downtown
Manhattan, New York City. The park, named after
Sara Roosevelt, the mother of President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and stretches north-south between
East Houston Street on the
Lower East Side and
Canal Street in
Chinatown, between
Chrystie Street on the west and
Forsyth Street on the east.
The park cuts off
Stanton,
Rivington,
Broome and
Hester Streets between Chrystie and Forsyth streets, but is interrupted at
Delancey and
Grand Streets.
The park offers playing surfaces for several sports, including a
basketball court,
roller skating rink and a
soccer field.
Land between Chrystie and Forsyth Street was originally acquired to by the City of New York in 1929 for the purpose of widening Chrystie and Forsythe Streets and building low-cost housing, but was instead used for parkland, and dedicated to Sara Roosevelt in
1934.
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Sara D Roosevelt Park information at the
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Website.
