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Theodore Roosevelt Park

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Central Park W, Columbus Av, W 77 To W 81 Sts

Manhattan

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Acres: 17.57

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

This Upper West Side park surrounding the American Museum of Natural History is named to honor Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). Roosevelt served as New York City Police Commissioner, Governor of New York State, Vice-President under William McKinley, and following McKinley’s assassination, the youngest man to serve as President of the United States.

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