Gorman Park

Not to be confused with Gorman's Park.
Upper plaza of Amelia Gorman Park in winter, at Wadsworth Terrace.

Gorman Park (or Amelia Gorman Park) is a 1.89-acre (0.76 ha) park in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City.[1] It is bounded by Broadway on the west and Wadsworth Terrace on the east, lying between 188th and 190th Streets.

The upper plaza of the park, along Wadsworth Terrace, is situated at an elevation of about 210 feet (64 m). At Broadway, at the bottom of the park, the elevation is about 120 feet (37 m).[2] The land rises in a steep incline from Broadway to Wadsworth Terrace, and the park features a stone stairway and path that winds upward among trees, an important thoroughfare connecting Broadway and Wadsworth.

However, most of the park and the connection from the lower to upper sections of 188–190th Street have been closed since 2017.[3] As of January 2024, due to the city's failure to complete repairs of the retaining wall, only the upper plaza is open.[4] The closure ended residents' access between the upper and lower neighborhoods without going many blocks north or south, so what was once a walk of 330 feet now requires walking one-third of a mile.

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