Bellevue South Park
Bellevue South Park is a public park in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Located on the west side of Mount Carmel Place between East 26th and 28th streets, the park was originally planned as part of the Bellevue South Urban Renewal Area approved by New York City in 1964. The park did not open until 1979 due to a lack of municipal funding during the city's fiscal crisis and local community groups were originally responsible for the park's upkeep before maintenance was transferred over to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation in 1986. History Establishment of park Bellevue South Park is located within the Bellevue South Urban Renewal Area, an urban renewal project that was approved by New York City Planning Commission and New York City Board of Estimate in 1964 and encompassed the area between First Avenue and Second Avenue from East 23rd to 30th streets. Although the park and urban renewal area are both located to the west of Bellevue Hospital, the name "Bellevue South" reflects its location to the south of another urban renewal area—the NYU-Bellevue Urban Renewal Area—that covered the area between First and Second avenues from East 30th