Theodore Roosevelt Park

Not to be confused with the Theodore Roosevelt birthplace, which is on East 20th, or the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which I've been to, in North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt Park is a lovely little idyll abutting Central Park West (at 81st) and the American Museum of Natural History. Like most Manhattan parks, this one is lushly maintained, with a dog run and benches and manicured lawns that you can look at but not touch. Instead of emulating the many people who cut through the park on the way to Central Park across the street, we like to stop and sit there with a beverage, purchased at a nearby bodega/deli, for a spell.