Damrosch Park

Damrosch Park is a 2.44-acre park on the campus of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, located at Amsterdam Avenue and West 62nd Street. The park is named for Leopold Damrosch and his sons Frank and Walter Damrosch, a family of conductors and musicians who played a foundational role in establishing New York's classical music institutions.

Leopold Damrosch founded the New York Symphony Society in 1878, and his son Walter later led the organization until its merger with the New York Philharmonic in 1928. Walter Damrosch was also a pioneer of music broadcasting, introducing classical music to millions of Americans through radio programs in the 1920s and 1930s.

The park includes a large bandshell that serves as a performance venue for Lincoln Center's outdoor programming, including concerts, dance performances, and community events. The open lawn in front of the bandshell can accommodate large audiences for summer performances.

Damrosch Park's location within the Lincoln Center campus places it at the heart of one of the world's greatest concentrations of performing arts institutions, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, and the Juilliard School.

The park serves as both a functional event space and a quieter daytime park where workers, students, and residents of the Upper West Side can enjoy a lunch break or a moment of rest amid the cultural energy of Lincoln Center. Its bandshell performances extend the Center's mission of making the arts accessible to the widest possible audience.