Chelsea Park

Chelsea Park
Artificial turf soccer field
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TypeUrban park
LocationBounded by Ninth & Tenth Avenues and West 27th & 28th Streets
Nearest cityNew York City
Coordinates40°45′00″N 74°00′03″W / 40.750030°N 74.000923°W / 40.750030; -74.000923
Created1910
Operated byNew York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Chelsea Park is a park in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, that dates back to 1910. The park has sports fields, basketball and handball courts, a children's playground and space for sitting. The surface is mostly tarmac or artificial turf, with pits for the plane trees and some plots with annual flower plantings. There is a statue to a World War I soldier, the "Doughboy Statue", erected in 1921. The process of approval, funding and clearing the tenements that occupied the site was protracted. The park has since been upgraded several times by the Works Progress Administration and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.