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==Parks and recreation== [[File:St. Vartan Park Turf Field.jpg|thumb|St. Vartan Park]] Manhattan Community District 6, which includes Murray Hill, has the lowest ratio of public park space per capita of all community districts in the borough and also ranks second to last among all community districts in New York City with regards to the percentage of district land that is parkland.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 2005 |url=http://cbsix.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CB6-197-A-Plan-.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927072149/http://cbsix.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CB6-197-A-Plan-.pdf |archive-date=2020-09-27 |url-status=live |title=197-a Plan for the Eastern Section of Community District 6 |publisher=Manhattan Community Board 6 |page=3 |access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ny4p.org/client-uploads/pdf/District-Profiles-2021/NY4P-Profiles_MN6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918141831/http://www.ny4p.org/client-uploads/pdf/District-Profiles-2021/NY4P-Profiles_MN6.pdf |archive-date=2021-09-18 |url-status=live |title=2021 Open Space Profiles – Manhattan Community District 6 |website=New Yorkers for Parks |access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref> [[St. Vartan Park]] occupies the block bounded by First and Second avenues and East 35th and 36th streets. The {{Convert|2.76|acre|ha|adj=on}} park originally opened in 1906 as St. Gabriel's Park<ref>{{cite report |year=1907 |title=The City of New York Department of Parks Report for the Year 1906 |url= https://www.nyc.gov/html/records/pdf/govpub/4101annual_report_nyc_dept_parks_1906.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215181108/http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/pdf/govpub/4101annual_report_nyc_dept_parks_1906.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-15 |url-status=live |location=New York |publisher=Martin B. Brown Company |page=42 |access-date=April 9, 2023}}</ref> and was renamed St. Vartan Park in 1978.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 5, 1978 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/05/archives/metropolitan-briefs-plo-will-be-heard-guards-sue-sheriff-park-name.html |title=Metropolitan Briefs; Park Name Changed |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref> [[Robert Moses Playground]], located on the east side of First Avenue between East 41st and 42nd streets, was created in 1941 in exchange for taking a part of St. Gabriel's Park for the construction of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Moses Playground Highlights|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M158/highlights/6496|publisher=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation|access-date=March 5, 2011}}</ref> It lies opposite [[Trygve Lie Plaza]], located on the west side of First Avenue between East 41st and 42nd streets, which was created in 1948 as part of the widening of First Avenue for the development of the United Nations headquarters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/trygve-lie-plaza/history |title=Trygve Lie Plaza Highlights |website=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |access-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref> Parks along the East River in Murray Hill include the East River Esplanade Park from 36th to 38th streets and Waterside Pier from 38th to 41st streets; both of which form part of the [[East River Greenway]].
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