Cheat Sheet for Small Events/Weddings in Central Park

Couples need to  apply for a Special Events permit if they have 20 or more people with the Manhattan Borough Office.

It takes 30 days to process your permit.

• No Balloons get caught up in trees and they are not good for the environment.

• Allow two small folding chairs and folding card table. The public must be able to have access to the park.

• Absolutely any vehicles on Park land. Petty cabs are allowed to drop off at Cherry Hill Only 

• No amplified sound 

• No Staking in the ground – cost effective.... to fix all the holes from the staking. • No Alcohol – 

• Clean up – The Park should be in the same condition before the event.Suggested Locations for Weddings in Central Park

LOCATIONS

Cop Cot (Gazebo, 10-30 ppl.) – 60th Street, close to CPS – center of park)

Ladies Pavilion (Gazebo, 10 – 20 ppl.) – 72nd & West Drive 

Wagner Cove (Gazebo, 10 – 20 ppl.) – 72nd, west of Cherry Hill at the edge of lake

Cherry Hill (100 ppl.) – off of 72nd Street Tranverse, a little east of West Drive

Harlem Meer (100 ppl.) – 110th Street & Adam Clayton Powell 

Shakespeare Garden (10 – 20 ppl.) – Quiet zone, no music – 79th & West Drive 

Bethesda Terrace / Bethesda Fountain – (25 ppl) - off of 72nd Street Tranverse; center of Park Cedar Hill (50 ppl.) – 77th & 79th Eastside of park 

Great Hill (100 ppl.) – W. 103rd 

Gapstow Bridge – (10 ppl) 59th Street Pond, off of CPW & 5th Avenue 

Belvedere Plaza (20 ppl) 

Bow Bridge (15 ppl)

The Pool – Between West 101st & 102nd street - North Lawn of pool (10-15ppl)

South Lawn of Pool ( 20-25ppl) 

 Swedish Cottage 

Central Park Modle Yacht Club (20 ppl)

The Conservatory Garden Reservations and  Additional Fees Apply(No alcohol, set-up, tables, chairs, amplified sound, soliciting, staking to the ground, no vehicles). 

*Areas Never to Permit:

Sheep’s Meadow Great Lawn (only ballfield permits are given out)

 Playgrounds (permit lawn outside of playground only)

 East Green Belvedere Castle

To Book Your Central Park Wedding

Reach out to NancySweizyEvents.com

RomanticCentralParkWeddings.com

nancysweizyevents@gmail.com

 917 355 0689