Morningside Park (New York City) on September 16, 1776. Year later, during the War of 1812 three blockhouse fortifications were built on the land. The park was first proposed by the Central Park Commissioners in 1867, after Andrew Haswell Green, Commissioner and Comptroller of Central Park, proposed that a park be built in Morningside Heights to avoid the expense of expanding the Manhattan street grid across difficult terrain. In 1870, the City of New York obtained jurisdiction of the property. The original design for the park, submitted by Parks Engineer-in-Chief M.A. Kellogg in 1871, was rejected by the Board of Commissioners for Public Parks. In
Garden City Park, New York Garden City Park, New York Garden City Park is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 7,806 at the 2010 census. From about 1787 until about 1874, when the area was known as Clowesville, the county seat of Queens County was located here, along with the county courthouse and jail. Garden City Park is located at (40.743011, -73.662842). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. It is a