Morningside Park (New York City) West 121st Street, going west from Morningside Drive to Amsterdam Ave was renamed "George Carlin Way" For a variety of reasons it was controversial. Notes Further reading Morningside Park (New York City) Morningside Park is a public park in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The area occupies 110th to 123rd Streets from Morningside Avenue to Morningside Drive at the border between Harlem and Morningside Heights. Much of the park is adjacent to Columbia University. Morningside Park's natural geography contains a cliff of Manhattan schist rock, with manmade features in the park such as an ornamental pond and
New York City Hall in favor of Greek Revival style and created Brooklyn City Hall, which is now called Brooklyn Borough Hall in 1848. The New York City Police riot occurred in front of New York City Hall between the recently dissolved New York Municipal Police and the newly formed Metropolitan Police on June 16, 1857. Municipal police fought with Metropolitan officers who were attempting to arrest New York City Mayor Fernando Wood. The cornerstone of the new City Hall was laid in 1803. Construction was delayed after the City Council objected that the design was too extravagant. In response, McComb and Mangin reduced