Article on Bellevue-Garten and Landmann's Hamilton Park

[This article, “The Lungs of Manhattan,” is a continuation of the long description of Jones’s Wood.]

BELLEVUE GARDEN.

     This charming locality is situated on the East River, about three-quarters of a mile above Jones’s Wood. It is a beautiful grove of elms, hickory and walnut trees, and is daily growing more popular. The Hotel (Enberstein’s) is one of the best of its kind. The dancing platform in the rear is capacious, firm, smooth, breezy and inviting, and the grounds are generally well supplied with the apparatus which usually go to while away the hours of the excursionist. It is almost directly opposite the upper extremity of Blackwell’s Island, whose handsome buildings and greenery, together with the varied cries that float upon the river, send an additional charm to the prospect. The garden is capable of accommodating upward of 10,000 guests. In pleasant weather the usual number resorting hither is about 2,000.

HAMILTON PARK

     Landman’s Hamilton Park, corner Third-ave. and Sixty-sixth-st., has long been a popular resort for Sunday excursionists. The grounds are about ten acres in extent; they contain a hotel better than the average, with the usual appurtenances of swings, hobby-horses, etc. Persons of both sexes repair here in large numbers. There are plenty of shady bowers, delightful groves and lawns. A brook meanders near. There are fountains that sparkle in the sunshine, when there is any, and in the moonshine and starlight when there is not. There is a dancing floor, where the fair Dutch maiden may disport herself at will, and lager beer stands, where her plethoric lover may drink his fill. The Park was long ago a favorite place of resort, but, though still much frequented, is not so popular as it was.”