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{{Short description|Neighborhood and park in New York City}}
{{about|a place in New York City|the place of the same name in Los Angeles|Gramercy Park, Los Angeles}}
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'''Gramercy Park'''<ref group="note">Sometimes misspelled as '''Grammercy'''</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|r|æ|m|ər|s|i}}) is the name of both a small, fenced-in [[private park]],<ref name="Kugel">{{cite news |last=Kugel |first=Seth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/travel/23weekend.html?sec=travel&pagewanted=all |title=The Ultimate Neighborhood Park |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 23, 2006 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |quote=A visit to the Gramercy Park neighborhood, on the East Side of Manhattan, can be frustrating ... But the easily walkable neighborhood deserves a tour ...}}</ref> and the surrounding neighborhood (which is also referred to as '''Gramercy'''),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/realestate/articles/neighborhoods/gramercypark.htm |title=Gramercy & Flatiron |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=March 10, 2003 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011704/https://nymag.com/realestate/articles/neighborhoods/gramercypark.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="nymag">{{cite web |editor-last=Bonanos |editor-first=Christopher |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/realestate/columns/gothamrealestate/9186/ |title=Gotham Real Estate: No Walk in the Park |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=May 21, 2005 |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref>

The approximately {{convert|2|acre|ha|adj=on|1}} park, located in the '''Gramercy Park Historic District''',<ref name="lpc" /> is one of two private parks in New York City – the other is [[Sunnyside Gardens, Queens|Sunnyside Gardens Park]] in [[Queens]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/nyregion/19gramercy.html?pagewanted=all | title=The Guardian of Gramercy Park | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 19, 2008 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |last=Konigsberg |first=Eric |quote=Gramercy is one of two private parks in New York City (the other, in Queens, is Sunnyside Gardens Park) and a key is required not only to enter, but to leave through a gate in its wraparound wrought-iron fence.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Christina |url=https://forgotten-ny.com/2005/09/sunnyside-queens/ |title=Sunnyside, Queens |work=Forgotten New York |date=September 12, 2005 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |quote=Sunnyside Gardens Park is one of only two private residential parks in the city. The other is Gramercy Park in Manhattan, which is much more elite and whose owners would probably scoff at the idea of extending access to outsiders.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Vitullo-Martin |first=Julia |url=https://www.nysun.com/real-estate/pioneering-queens-garden-community-flourishes-anew/16589/ |title=A Pioneering Queens Garden Community Flourishes Anew |newspaper=[[New York Sun]] |date=July 7, 2005 |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> – as well as one of only three in [[New York (state)|the state]];<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Hearst Corporation |work=Times Union |last=Lisi |first=Michael |title=Washington Park, Troy |date=December 5, 2010 |url=https://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Washington-Park-Troy-856725.php |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> only people residing around the park who pay an annual fee have a key,<ref name="Thinking" /> and the public is not generally allowed in.  The sidewalks of the streets around the park are a popular [[jogging]], strolling, and dog-walking route.

The neighborhood is mostly located within [[Manhattan Community Board 6|Manhattan Community District 6]],<ref name="NYCPlanning6"/> with a small portion in [[Manhattan Community Board 5|Community District 5]].<ref name="NYCPlanning5"/> It is generally perceived to be quiet and safe.<ref name="Thinking">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Joyce |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E3DF163BF93AA1575BC0A96F958260 |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Gramercy Park; A Long Sense of History, And a Private Park |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 29, 1999 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |quote=Most distinctive of all is that Gramercy Park itself is the only private park in the city. Landscaped and leafy, the park defines the neighborhood, which runs from 14th to 23d streets and Park Avenue South to Third Avenue. The gates are locked for all but one afternoon a year, usually the first Saturday in May, when the park is open to the public.}}</ref>

The neighborhood, associated historic district, and park have generally received positive reviews. Calling it "a Victorian gentleman who has refused to die", Charlotte Devree in ''[[The New York Times]]'' said in 1957 that "There is nothing else quite like Gramercy Park in the country."<ref>{{cite news |last=Devree |first=Charlotte |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/08/archives/private-life-of-a-park.html |title=Private Life of a Park |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 8, 1957 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |quote="More or less at the center of New York's current binge of tearing down the old and putting up the new, a small sector successfully resists, much like a Victorian gentleman who has refused to die."}}</ref> When the New York City [[Landmarks Preservation Commission]] created the Gramercy Park Historic District in 1966, they quoted from John B. Pine's 1921 book, ''The Story of Gramercy Park'':

{{quote|The laying out of Gramercy Park represents one of the earliest attempts in this country at 'City Planning'. ... As a park given to the prospective owners of the land surrounding it and held in trust for those who made their homes around it, Gramercy Park is unique in this City, and perhaps in this country, and represents the only neighborhood, with possibly one exception, which has remained comparatively unchanged for eighty years – the Park is one of the City's Landmarks.<ref name="lpc" />}}

==Boundaries==
Gramercy Park itself is located between [[20th Street (Manhattan)|East 20th Street]] (called Gramercy Park South at the park), and [[21st Street (Manhattan)|East 21st Street]] (called Gramercy Park North), and between Gramercy Park West and Gramercy Park East, two mid-block streets which lie between [[Park Avenue South]] and [[Third Avenue]]. [[Irving Place]] commences at the southern end of Gramercy Park, running to [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]], and [[Lexington Avenue (Manhattan)|Lexington Avenue]], a major north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of Manhattan, terminates at the northern end.

The neighborhood's boundaries are [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]] to the south, [[First Avenue (Manhattan)|First Avenue]] to the east, [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]] to the north, and [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue South]] to the west.<ref name="Thinking" /> Nearby are the [[Flatiron District, Manhattan|Flatiron District]] to the west, [[Union Square (New York City)|Union Square]] to the southwest, the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] to the south, [[Stuyvesant Town]] and [[Peter Cooper Village]] to the east, [[Rose Hill, Manhattan|Rose Hill]] to the northwest, and [[Kips Bay, Manhattan|Kips Bay]] to the northeast.<ref group="note">Neighborhoods in New York City do not have official status, and their boundaries are not specifically set by the city. (There are a number of [[Community Boards of Manhattan|Community Boards]], whose boundaries are officially set, but these are fairly large and generally contain a number of neighborhoods, and the [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neighbor/neigh.shtml neighborhood map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915134408/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neighbor/neigh.shtml |date=September 15, 2012 }} issued by the Department of City Planning only shows the largest ones.)</ref>

The boundaries of the Historic District, set in 1966<ref name="lpc" /> and extended in 1988,<ref name="lpcext" /> are irregular, lying within the neighborhood, and can be seen in the map in the provided infobox. A proposed extension to the district would include more than 40 additional buildings on Gramercy Park East and [[21st Street (Manhattan)|North]], [[Lexington Avenue]], [[Park Avenue South]], [[22nd Street (Manhattan)|East 22nd]] and [[19th Street (Manhattan)|East 19th]] Streets, and Irving Place.<ref name="propext" />

==Etymology==
The area received its name as an anglicization of ''Crommessie'',<ref name="streetbook">{{cite streetbook}}, ''s.v.'' "Gramercy Park": "Crommessie, the Dutch for 'crooked little knife', which described the shape of a brook and hill on the site. Judith Stuyvesant, widow of Governor [[Peter Stuyvesant]] referred to "Cromessie" in a deed she signed in 1674."</ref> which is derived from the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] {{lang|nl|Krom Moerasje}}, meaning 'little crooked swamp',<ref name=encnyc>Davis-Krum, Harriet. "Gramercy Park" in {{cite enc-nyc}} p.497</ref> or {{lang|nl|Krom Mesje}}, meaning 'little crooked knife',<ref name=NYMag /> describing the shape of the swamp, brook and hill on the site. The brook, which later became known as ''Crommessie Vly'',<ref name=gotham>{{cite gotham}}; page 577</ref> flowed in a 40-foot gully along what is now 21st Street into the [[East River]] at 18th Street. {{lang|nl|Krom Moerasje}}/{{lang|nl|Krom Mesje}} became corrupted to ''Crommessie'' or ''Crommashie''.<ref name=streetbook /><ref name=NYMag>Ramos, Sandra. [http://nymag.com/listings/attraction/gramercy_park/ Gramercy Park profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617075557/http://nymag.com/listings/attraction/gramercy_park/ |date=June 17, 2009 }}, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''. Accessed September 30, 2007.</ref><ref name=gotham /><ref name=fednyc>{{cite fednyc}}, pp.191–198</ref> Mayor [[James Duane]] – for whom the city's Duane Street is named – acquired the site in 1761 from Gerardus Stuyvesant and named it ''Gramercy Seat''.<ref>Brown, Henry Collins (ed.) (1920) [https://archive.org/stream/valentinesmanual1920brow/valentinesmanual1920brow_djvu.txt ''Valentine's Manual of Old New York''] (No. 4, New Series) New York: Valentine's Manual Inc.</ref><ref>Wilson, Rufus Rockwell (1902) [https://books.google.com/books?id=qD8WAAAAYAAJ ''New York: Old & New; Its Story, Streets, and Landmarks''] New York: Lippincott.</ref><ref name=times1909>Jackson, Robert McLeod. [https://www.nytimes.com/1909/03/01/archives/gramercy-and-crummassievly.html "'Gramercy' and Crummassie-Vly. (letter)], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 1, 1909. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref> ''Gramercy'' is an archaic English word meaning 'many thanks'.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gramercy "Gramercy"], Merriam-Webster.com. Accessed June 26, 2024. "Middle English grand mercy, from Anglo-French ''grand merci'' great thanks"</ref>

==History==
[[File:Flagstone near west gate to Gramercy Park.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Flagstone near west gate to Gramercy Park bearing the words "Gramercy Park Founded By Samuel B. Ruggles 1831 Commemorated By This Tablet Imbedded in the Gramercy Farm By John Ruggles Strong 1875]]

===Origin and development===
The area which is now Gramercy Park was once in the middle of a [[swamp]]. In 1831 [[Samuel Bulkley Ruggles|Samuel B. Ruggles]], a developer and advocate of open space, proposed the idea for the park due to the northward growth of Manhattan. He bought the property,<ref name=Kugel /> 22 acres of what was then a farm called "Gramercy Farm", from the heirs of James Duane, son of the former mayor, father of Army engineer [[James Chatham Duane]], and a descendant of [[Peter Stuyvesant]]. Ruggles then deeded the land on December 17, 1832 to five trustees, who pledge to hold 42 lots in trust to be used as parkland.<ref name=chrono68>{{cite chrono|page=68}}</ref> To develop the property, Ruggles spent $180,000 to landscape it, draining the swamp and causing about a million horsecart loads of earth to be moved.<ref name=encnyc /><ref name=gotham /> He then laid out "Gramercy Square", deeding possession of the square to the owners of the 66 parcels of land he had plotted to surround it, and sought tax-exempt status for the park, which the city's [[New York City Council|Board of Aldermen]] granted in 1832.  It was the second private square created in the city, after [[Hudson Square]], also known as [[St. John's Park]], which was laid out by the parish of [[Trinity Church (New York City)|Trinity Church]].<ref name=lpc /> Numbering of the lots began at No. 1 on the northwest corner, on Gramercy Park West, and continued counter-clockwise: south down Gramercy Park West, then west to east along Gramercy Park South (East 20th Street), north up Gramercy Park East, and finally east to west along Gramercy Park North (East 21st Street).<ref name=lpc />

As part of his overall plan for the square, Ruggles received permission on January 28, 1833 from the Board of Alderman to open up Fourth Avenue, which had been limited to use by trains, to vehicular traffic.<ref name=chrono71>{{cite chrono|page=71}}</ref> He also brought about the creation by the state legislature of [[Lexington Avenue]] and [[Irving Place]],<ref group=note>Ruggles named Irving Place after [[Washington Irving]], but Irving never lived there, although he frequently visited a nephew who lived nearby.</ref> two new north-south roads laid out between Third and Fourth Avenues and feeding into his development at the top and bottom of the park.<ref name=gotham /> The new streets reduced the number of lots around the park from 66 to 60.<ref name=inside>{{cite inside}}, p.69</ref>

[[File:1-4 Gramercy Park townhouses.jpg|thumb|Some of the original [[townhouse]]s surrounding the park, these at No. 1 through No. 4 Gramercy Park were built between 1844 and 1850]]

Gramercy Park was enclosed by a fence in 1833, but construction on the surrounding lots did not begin until the 1840s,<ref name=gotham /><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1921/07/03/archives/gramercy-park.html "Gramercy Park"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 3, 1921. Accessed March 28, 2017. Editorial on the 90th anniversary of the dedication of Gramercy Park.</ref> due to the [[Panic of 1837]].<ref>{{cite gotham}}; page 612</ref> In one regard this was fortunate, since the opening of the [[Croton Aqueduct]] in 1842 allowed new townhouses to be constructed with indoor plumbing.<ref name=inside />

The first formal meeting of the park's trustees took place in 1844 at 17 Union Square (West), the mansion of James W. Gerard, which is no longer extant, having been demolished in 1938.<ref name=times2012 /> By that time, landscaping had already begun with the hiring of James Virtue in 1838, who planted [[privet]] inside the fence as a border; by 1839 pathways had been laid out and trees and shrubs planted.<ref name=tourflat /> Major planting also took place in 1844<ref name=lpc /> – the same year the park's gates were first locked<ref name=times2012 /> – followed by additional landscaping by Brinley & Holbrook in 1916.  These plantings had the effect of softening the parks' prim formal design.<ref name=tourflat />

===Later 19th century events===
In 1863, in an unprecedented gesture, Gramercy Park was opened to [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] soldiers involved in putting down the violent [[Draft riots]] which broke out in New York, after [[conscription]] was introduced for the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name=encnyc /> Gramercy Park itself had been protected with [[howitzers]] by troops from the Eighth Regiment Artillery, while the 152nd New York Volunteers encamped in nearby [[Stuyvesant Square]].<ref name=gotham />

At No. 34 and No. 36 Gramercy Park (East) are two of New York's first apartment buildings, designed in 1883 and 1905.<ref name=access /> In addition, No. 34 is the oldest existing co-operative apartment building in the city.<ref>{{cite inside}}, p.151</ref> Elsewhere in the neighborhood, nineteenth century [[brownstone]]s and [[carriage house]]s abound, though the 1920s brought the onset of tenant apartments and skyscrapers to the area.

[[File:Players Club.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Exterior of [[The Players (New York City)|The Players]], a club founded in 1888 by actor [[Edwin Booth]], at No. 16 Gramercy Park (South)]]

In 1890 an attempt was made to run a [[Cable car (railway)|cable car]] through the park to connect Irving Place to Lexington Avenue.<ref name=lpc /> The bill passed the [[New York State Legislature]], but was vetoed by Governor [[David B. Hill]].<ref name=fednyc /> Twenty-two years later, in 1912, another proposal would have connected Irving Place and Lexington Avenue, bisecting the park, but was defeated through the efforts of the Gramercy Park Association, now called Gramercy Neighborhood Associates.<ref name=fednyc /><ref name=Garmey>{{cite book |last=Garmey |first=Stephen |year=1984 |title=Gramercy Park: An Illustrated History of a New York Neighborhood |location=New York |publisher=Balsam Press |isbn=0-917439-00-7}}</ref>

In the late 19th century, numerous charitable institutions influential in setting social policy were located on 23rd Street, and some, such as the [[Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies]], still remain in the area. [[Calvary Church (Manhattan)|Calvary Church]] on Gramercy Park North has a food pantry that opens its doors once a week for one hour, and the Brotherhood Synagogue on Gramercy Park South served as an [[Underground Railroad]] station before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], when the building was a [[Quaker]] meeting house, established in 1859.<ref name=access />

===20th and 21st centuries===

The Hotel Irving, at 26 Gramercy Park South, was constructed c.1903.<ref>[http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=8&p=988224,207804&c=GISBasic&s=a:26,GRAMERCY+PARK+SOUTH,MANHATTAN New York City Geographic Information System map]</ref> Among its guests was a young [[Preston Sturges]], who stayed there in 1914 while his mother lived with [[Isadora Duncan]] at the [[Ritz-Carlton Hotel]].  A townhouse on the north side of the Park was provided for Duncan's dancing school, and their studio was nearby on the northeast corner of Park Avenue South (then Fourth Avenue) and [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]].<ref>{{cite sturges}}, p.120</ref> The Hotel Irving was converted to a co-op in 1986.<ref>[http://evansnye.com/listings/26-gramercy-park-south-2/ "26 Gramercy Park South"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902034618/http://evansnye.com/listings/26-gramercy-park-south-2/ |date=September 2, 2013 }} on the Evans & Nye website</ref>

In the center of the park is a statue of one of the area's most famous residents, [[Edwin Booth]], which was dedicated on November 13, 1918.<ref>Staff.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/11/14/97043420.pdf "Booth Statue Unveiled"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 14, 1918. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref><ref name=boothstat>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/11/17/98275311.pdf "Booth Statue in Gramercy Park"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 17, 1918. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Staff (1919) [http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/booth002.html "New York Honors Edwin Booth"] ''Theatre Magazine'' (v.29 n.1)</ref> Booth was one of the great Shakespearean actors of 19th Century America, as well as the brother of [[John Wilkes Booth]], the assassin of [[Abraham Lincoln]]. The mansion at No. 16 Gramercy Park (South) was purchased by Booth and renovated by [[Stanford White]] at his request to be the home of the [[Players' Club]], which Booth founded.  He turned over the deed to the building on New Year's Eve 1888.<ref name=access>{{cite accessnyc}}</ref><ref name=boothstat /> Next door at No. 15 Gramercy Park (South) is the [[National Arts Club]], established in 1884 in a [[Samuel J. Tilden House|Victorian Gothic mansion]] which was originally home to the New York Governor and 1876 Presidential Candidate, [[Samuel J. Tilden]].  Tilden had steel doors and an escape tunnel to East 19th Street to protect himself from the sometimes violent politics of the day.<ref name=access />

On September 20, 1966, a part of the Gramercy Park neighborhood was designated an historic district,<ref name=lpc>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/GRAMERCY_PARK_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.pdf "Gramercy Park Historic District"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019024015/http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/GRAMERCY_PARK_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.pdf |date=October 19, 2012 }} at the NYC [[Landmarks Preservation Commission]] "Unlike any other district in New York, Gramercy Park, which was planned as a fashionable residential neighborhood, has always remained a fashionable residential neighborhood."</ref> the boundaries of which were extended on July 12, 1988.<ref name=lpcext>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/gramercy_park.pdf "Gramercy Park Historic District and Extension"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019024044/http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/gramercy_park.pdf |date=October 19, 2012 }} map at nyc.gov</ref> The district was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris"/> A proposed extension of the district would include nearby buildings such as the [[Manhattan Trade School for Girls]], now the [[School of the Future (New York City)|School of the Future]], and the Children's Court and Family Court buildings, now part of [[Baruch College]], all on East 22nd Street.<ref name=propext>[http://www.preserve2.org/gramercy/proposes/ext/ension.htm "Proposed Gramercy Park Historic District Extension"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991116190449/http://www.preserve2.org/gramercy/proposes/ext/ension.htm |date=November 16, 1999 }} on the Gramercy Neighborhood Associates website</ref>

In 1983, ''Fantasy Fountain'', a {{Convert|4.5|st}} bronze sculpture by [[Greg Wyatt]] was installed in the park.<ref>Zimmer, Amy. [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110420/murray-hill-gramercy/missing-gramercy-park-statue-hunted-national-arts-club "Missing Gramercy Park Statue Hunted in National Arts Club"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329050019/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110420/murray-hill-gramercy/missing-gramercy-park-statue-hunted-national-arts-club |date=March 29, 2017 }}, [[DNAinfo.com]], April 20, 2011. Accessed March 28, 2017. "The nymph left the park just in time for the National Arts Club's 85th anniversary celebration, which included a dedication ceremony for another statue, Greg Wyatt's ''Fantasy Fountain.''"</ref>

One of the most significant [[steam explosion]]s in New York City [[1989 Gramercy Park asbestos steam explosion|occurred near Gramercy Park in 1989]], killing two [[Consolidated Edison]] workers and one bystander, and causing damage of several million dollars to area buildings.<ref>Pitt, David E. [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/20/nyregion/2-dead-and-19-hurt-in-blast-of-a-submerged-steam-pipe.html "2 Dead and 19 Hurt in Blast Of a Submerged Steam Pipe"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 20, 1989. Accessed March 28, 2017. "A 24-inch underground steam pipe exploded with a thunderous roar in the Gramercy Park section of Manhattan yesterday evening, killing two people and injuring 19 others, the police said."</ref>

In 2012, 18 Gramercy Park South – formerly the [[Salvation Army]]'s Parkside Evangeline Residence for Women and then a facility of the [[School of Visual Arts]] – was sold to [[Eyal Ofer]]'s Global Holdings and the Zeckendorf brothers for $60&nbsp;million for conversion into condominium apartments by [[Robert A. M. Stern]], including a $42&nbsp;million penthouse duplex.<ref>[http://www.18gramercypark.com/ 18 Gramercy Park website]</ref> The 17-story building is the tallest around the park and dates from 1927.<ref name=times2012 />

==<span class="anchor" id="Key"></span><span class="anchor" id="Park ownership and access"></span> Ownership and access to the park==
[[File:Gramercy Park in October 2014.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Interior of the park, as seen through the fence from Gramercy Park East]]

Since December 31, 1831, Gramercy Park has been held in common by the owners of the 39 surrounding structures.<ref name="nyt 20080619">Konigsberg (2008)</ref> Two keys are allocated to each of the original lots surrounding the park, and the owners may buy keys for a fee, which was originally $10 per key, but {{as of|2008|lc=yes}} was $350, with a $1,000 fee for lost keys,<ref name=nymag /><ref name="nyt 20080619"/><ref>Ahern, Kaitlin. [http://www.nyluxury.com/article.cfm?colid=19842 "Living in Gramercy Park"], NYLuxury.com, December 1, 2009. Accessed January 7, 2011.</ref> which rises to $2,000 for a second instance.<ref name=times2012 /> The [[Medeco]] locks are changed annually,<ref name=tourflat>{{cite tourflat}}</ref> and any property that does not pay the annual assessment of $7,500 per lot has its key privileges revoked;<ref name=times2012 /> additionally, the keys are very hard to duplicate.<ref name="nyt 20080619"/> {{As of|2012}}, there were 383 keys in circulation, each individually numbered and coded.<ref name=times2012 />

Members of [[The Players (New York City)|Players Club]] and the [[National Arts Club]] as well as guests of the [[Gramercy Park Hotel]],<ref>[http://www.gramercyparkhotel.com/hotel/neighborhood/gramercy_park Gramercy Park], [[Gramercy Park Hotel]]. Accessed March 28, 2017. "Guests are allowed access into the tranquil park and to step into a New York City of a quieter, gentler time."</ref> which has 12 keys,<ref name=tourflat /> have access, as does Calvary Church and the Brotherhood Synagogue; hotel guests are escorted to the park and picked up later by hotel staff.<ref name=times2012 /> In addition, the owners of the luxury condominium apartments at 57 [[Irving Place]], completed in 2012, can obtain key access to the park by becoming members of the Players Club, even though the building is located several blocks from the park.<ref>Arak, Joey. [http://ny.curbed.com/2008/8/4/10563438/57-irving-place-sneaks-into-gramercy-park-through-back-door "57 Irving Place Sneaks Into Gramercy Park Through Back Door"], ''[[Curbed|Curbed New York]]'', August 4, 2008. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref>

At one time, the park was open to the public on an annual Gramercy Day whose date changed each year but was often the first Saturday in May. In 2007, the trustees announced that the park would no longer be open for Gramercy Day because it "had turned into a street fair".<ref name="nydailynews">Molloy, Joanna. [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gramercy-park-siege-manhattan-private-oasis-site-battle-open-public-article-1.169888 "Gramercy Park Siege: Manhattan's only private oasis is site of battle to make it open to the public"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', April 20, 2010. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref> The park, however, continues to be open to the public on Christmas Eve.<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231044/http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2007/05/gramercy_park_n_1.php "Gramercy Park no longer open first Saturday in May"], ''NewYorkOlogy'', May 2, 2007. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref> Visitors to the park may not drink alcohol, smoke, ride a bicycle, walk a dog, play ball or [[Frisbee]], or feed the birds and squirrels.<ref name=times2012 />

In 2001, Aldon James of the National Arts Club that adjoins the park brought about 40 children, mostly minorities, into the park from the nearby [[Washington Irving High School (New York City)|Washington Irving High School]] on [[Irving Place]].  The trustee at the time, Sharen Benenson, called police alleging that the children were trespassing.<ref name="nydailynews" /> The police refused to take action.  Later, a suit was filed against the park's administration in Federal Court.<ref>Kleinfeld, N. R. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/18/nyregion/federal-lawsuit-charges-racial-exclusion-at-gated-gramercy-park.html "Federal Lawsuit Charges Racial Exclusion at Gated Gramercy Park"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 18, 2001. Accessed March 28, 2017. "According to the suit, filed yesterday in Federal District Court two groups of largely minority schoolchildren who were invited to use the park on separate occasions last year by the National Arts Club, an institution that abuts the park and is entitled to keys, were ordered to leave by the chairwoman of the Gramercy Park Trust, which has sovereignty over the park."</ref><ref>Smith, Greg B. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/kids-chased-gramercy-park-bias-suit-article-1.909999 "Kids Chased From Gramercy Park, Bias Suit Says"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', January 18, 2001. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Rish, George and Molloy, Joanna with Anderson, Kasia and Rubin, Lauren. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/madonna-grabs-london-spotlight-article-1.937117?pgno=1 "Madonna 'Grabs' London Spotlight"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', May 15, 2002. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref> The suit was settled out of court in 2003. Most of the children settled for $36,000 each, while one received $50,000.<ref name="nymag" /><ref>Fried, Joseph. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/nyregion/following-up.html "Following Up; Gramercy Park Bias Suit Approaches a Settlement"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 28, 2003. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref>

In December 2014, it was revealed in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that 360-degree panoramic pictures of the interior of the park – taken using Photo Sphere, a Google app within [[Google Street View]], by Shawn Christopher from the [[Pittsburgh]] area – had been posted to [[Google Maps]].  Christopher got access to the park by renting a room through the [[Airbnb]] service and using the key to the park which came with the room.  The Gramercy Park Block Association – which did not know about the photographs until informed by a ''Times'' reporter – did not give Christopher permission to shoot in the park, and he was unaware that photography was generally forbidden.<ref>Chaban, Matt A. V. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/nyregion/peek-in-gramercy-park-key-no-longer-required.html "Peek in Gramercy Park, Key No Longer Required"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 1, 2014. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Chaban, Matt A. V. [https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/12/04/sneaking-a-peek-at-a-protected-gramercy-park-view/ "Times Insider: Story Behind the Story: Sneaking a Peek at a Protected Gramercy Park View"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 4, 2014. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref>

==Demographics==
[[File:Gramercy Park 1853 real estate map.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|An 1853 real estate map of the area around Gramercy Park]]

Based on data from the [[2010 United States Census]], the population of Gramercy Park was 27,988, an increase of 1,804 (6.9%) from the 26,184 counted in 2000. Covering an area of {{convert|171.71|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|163.0|PD/acre|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.<ref name=PLP5>[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010], Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref> The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 73.7% (20,623) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.3% (923) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% (19) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 13.4% (3,740) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% (10) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.3% (77) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.0% (573) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.2% (2,023) of the population.<ref name=PLP3A>[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010], Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

== Surrounding neighborhood ==
The neighborhood, which is called either "Gramercy Park" or "Gramercy", is generally considered to be a quiet and safe area.<ref name=Thinking /> While real estate in Manhattan is rarely stable, the apartments in the neighborhood around Gramercy Park have experienced little turmoil.  East 19th Street between Third Avenue and Irving has been called "Block Beautiful" for its wide array of architecture and pristine aesthetic. [[Townhouse]]s with generous backyards and smaller apartments alike coincide in a collage of architecture in Gramercy Park. The largest private house in the neighborhood, a 42-room mansion on Gramercy Park South, was on sale for $7&nbsp;million in 1993.<ref name=Thinking />

The Gramercy Park neighborhood is located in the part of Manhattan where the [[bedrock]] [[Manhattan schist]] is located deeper underground than it is above [[29th Street (Manhattan)|29th Street]] and below [[Canal Street (Manhattan)|Canal Street]], and as a result, and under the influence of [[zoning laws]], the tallest buildings in the area top out at around 20 stories, and older buildings of 3–6 floors are numerous, especially on the side streets, but even on the avenues.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

The quiet streets perpendicular to Irving Place have maintained their status as fashionable residential blocks reminiscent of London's [[West End of London|West End]]. In 1912, a multiple dwelling planned specifically for bachelors appeared at 52 Irving Place. A [[Colonial Revival]] style structure with suites of rooms that lacked kitchen facilities was one of a small group of New York apartment houses planned for single men in the early years of the 20th century.

[[File:WTM tony 0038 crop.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Gramercy Park Hotel]]

===Gramercy Park Hotel===
{{Main|Gramercy Park Hotel}}

[[Gramercy Park Hotel]] was originally designed by Robert T. Lyons and built by [[Bing & Bing]] in 1925, replacing a row of townhouses.  It was managed for many years by hotelier Herbert Weissberg, and in 2006 underwent a massive makeover by [[Ian Schrager]], who in 2010 sold his interests and is no longer associated with the hotel.  Interiors were designed by artist and filmmaker [[Julian Schnabel]]. The Hotel has views of Gramercy Park, and guests have access to the hotel's 12 keys to the park during their stay.  Dining venues include the Rose Bar and Jade Bar, and rooftop Gramercy Terrace restaurant; Danny Meyer's Maialino is also in the Hotel.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

The Hotel was the subject of a 2008 documentary film, ''Hotel Gramercy Park''.<ref>Kung, Michelle (December 7, 2009) [https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/12/07/hotel-gramercy-park-documentary-traces-institutions-highs-lows/ "'Hotel Gramercy Park' Film Traces the Famous Hotel's Highs, Lows"] ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''</ref>

===Irving Place===
{{Main|Irving Place}}

An assortment of restaurants, bars, and establishments line Irving Place, the main thoroughfare of the neighborhood south of the park. [[Pete's Tavern]], New York's oldest surviving saloon, and where O. Henry is often erroneously said to have written ''[[The Gift of the Magi]],''<ref>Cooper, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/29/nyregion/skeptic-takes-sword-to-bars-myths.html "Skeptic Takes Sword To Bars' Myths"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 29, 1996. Accessed March 28, 2017. "Pete's Tavern, and guidebooks, have long claimed that O. Henry wrote his most famous story, ''Gift of the Magi,'' in its first booth. In fact William Sidney Porter, better known as O. Henry, did live across Irving Place from the saloon, then called Healey's Tavern. And he did drink there frequently. But he apparently did not write his most famous plot twist there."</ref> survived Prohibition disguised as a flower shop. [[Irving Plaza]], at East 15th Street and Irving, hosts numerous concerts for both well-known and indie bands and draws a crowd almost every night. There are also a number of clinics and official city buildings on Irving Place.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

==Education==
===Schools===
Two public high schools are located in the area: [[Washington Irving High School (New York City)|Washington Irving High School]] on Irving Place, and the [[School of the Future (New York City)|School of the Future]] on 22nd Street at Lexington Avenue, which is also a middle school.<ref name="Zillow">{{cite web | title=Gramercy New York School Ratings and Reviews | website=Zillow | url=https://www.zillow.com/gramercy-new-york-ny/schools/ | access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref>

P.S. 40, the [[Augustus Saint-Gaudens]] School, serving grades Pre-K to 5, is the only general public elementary school in the neighborhood; it is located on East 20th Street between First and Second Avenues, near the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Playground, Peter's Field, and the park at [[Stuyvesant Square]].<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M040 | access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref> The building also houses a middle school named after [[Jonas Salk]]: the [[Salk School of Science]], serving grades 6–8.<ref>{{cite web | title=M.S. 255 Salk School of Science | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M255 | access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref> M.S. 104 the Simon Baruch Middle School, which also serves grades 6–8, is located just east of,  P.S. 40 and Salk, on the same block but across the street.<ref>{{cite web | title=J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M104 | access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref> Nearby, on East 23rd Street, is the American Sign Language and English School, a public elementary and middle school which provides [[American Sign Language]] immersion education for deaf and hearing children.<ref>[https://ps347.wordpress.com/ Home Page], PS 347 The ASL and English Lower School. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref> The ASL and English School building also hosts other public school programs.

[[File:GramercyPkHD 20231024 163153979.MP.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Gramercy Park Historic District sign on Irving Place]]

Also located in the neighborhood is The Epiphany School, a Catholic elementary school on 22nd Street at Second Avenue. Founded in 1885 for religious instruction in the parish of the Epiphany, the school has been a landmark – gutted and rebuilt – in the neighborhood for generations.<ref>[http://www.theepiphanyschool.org/ Epiphany School official website]</ref> At 20th Street and Second Avenue is a new building for the [[Learning Spring School]], a private school for high-functioning [[autism|autistic]] children<ref>[http://www.learningspring.org/Home%20Page LearningSpring School website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909034342/http://www.learningspring.org/Home%20Page |date=September 9, 2013 }}</ref> funded by the [[James Harris Simons|Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative]].<ref>[http://sfari.org/aboutsfari SFARI website]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The building houses an elementary and middle school, grades K-8.<ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb6/downloads/minutes/2009/feb09.pdf "Full Board Meeting Minutes"], [[Manhattan Community Board 6]], February 11, 2009. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref>

The [[École Internationale de New York]], a French international school, is primarily located in the Gramercy Park neighborhood,<ref name=Burtonp1>Burton, Monica (2011) "A Language ''en Vogue''." ''Shoe Leather''. [[Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute]], [[New York University]]. [http://shoeleathermagazine.com/2011/burton.html p.1] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150717141830/http://shoeleathermagazine.com/2011/burton.html Archive]). Accessed May 1, 2015.</ref> partly at [[22nd Street (Manhattan)|111 East 22nd Street]] between [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park]] and [[Lexington Avenue (Manhattan)|Lexington]] Avenues, where the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades and the Middle School are sited; and partly in the "Renwick Gem" of [[Calvary Church (Manhattan)|Calvary Church]] at 277 Park Avenue, where the 4th and 5th grades are located.  There is also a [[preschool]] at 206 Fifth Avenue between West [[25th Street (Manhattan)|25th]] and [[26th Street (Manhattan)|26th]] Streets in the [[NoMad, Manhattan|NoMad]] neighborhood.<ref>[http://www.einy.org/ École International de New York website]</ref>

===Higher education===
The buildings of [[Baruch College]] of the [[City University of New York]] (CUNY) are located in the neighborhood or nearby. Baruch College's Lawrence and Eris Field Building is located at the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue and 23rd Street in Gramercy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/map.html|title=Map and Directions – Baruch College|website=[[City University of New York|cuny.edu]]|publisher=[[Baruch College]]|language=en|access-date=August 2, 2017}}</ref> The facilities of [[The School of Visual Arts]] are located on East 23rd Street and elsewhere. SVA students are housed in Gramercy Park Women's Residence, George Washington Hotel and the New Residence.<ref>{{cite web | title=School of Visual Arts – New York City > Students | website=SVA | url=http://www.sva.edu/students/housing | access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref> In addition, [[New York University]]'s Gramercy Green dormitory is located in Gramercy.<ref>{{cite web | last=Beyer | first=Gregory | title=For Some N.Y.U. Students, the Suite Life in Gramercy Green | website=The New York Times | date=September 28, 2008 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/nyregion/thecity/28gram.html | access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Gramercy Green | website=NYU | url=http://www.nyu.edu/content/nyu/en/students/student-information-and-resources/housing-and-dining/on-campus-living/residence-halls/gramercy-green | access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:NYPL Epiphany Branch, Manhattan.jpg|thumb|The [[New York Public Library]]'s Epiphany branch on East 23rd Street]]

===Library===
The [[New York Public Library]] (NYPL)'s Epiphany branch is located at 228 East 23rd Street. The Epiphany branch opened in 1887 and moved to its current structure, a two-story [[Carnegie library]], in 1907. It was renovated from 1982 to 1984.<ref>{{cite web | title=About the Epiphany Library | website=The New York Public Library | url=https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/epiphany | access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref>

==Police and crime==
Gramercy, along with Stuyvesant Town and Madison Square, is patrolled by the 13th Precinct of the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]], located at 230 East 21st Street.<ref name="NYPD 13th Precinct">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/13th-precinct.page|title=NYPD – 13th Precinct|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> The 13th Precinct and neighboring 17th Precinct ranked 57th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The high per-capita crime rate is attributed to the precincts' high number of property crimes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/murray-hill/|title=Murray Hill and Gramercy – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report|website=www.dnainfo.com|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415063747/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/murray-hill|archive-date=April 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 13th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 80.7% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 18 rapes, 152 robberies, 174 felony assaults, 195 burglaries, 1,376 grand larcenies, and 37 grand larcenies auto in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-013pct.pdf|title=13th Precinct CompStat Report|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=July 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Fire safety and hospitals==
Gramercy is served by two [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY) fire stations.<ref>{{Cite FDNY locations}}</ref> Engine Company 5 is located at 340 East 14th Street<ref>{{cite web | title=Engine Company 5 | website=FDNYtrucks.com | url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/manhattan/e5.htm | access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref> while Engine Company 14 is located at 14 East 18th Street.<ref>{{cite web | title=Engine Company 14 | website=FDNYtrucks.com | url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/manhattan/e14.htm | access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>

Nearby is the [[Hospital for Joint Diseases]], part of the [[NYU Medical Center]], and the [[New York Eye and Ear Infirmary]] on 14th Street. [[Cabrini Medical Center]], on East 19th and 20th Streets, closed down in 2008, but the buildings were purchased by [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]] in 2010, for use as a cancer outpatient facility.<ref>Staff. [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100207/SUB/302079967# "Cabrini purchase gets green light; Helmsley Middletown hotel to close"], ''[[Crain's New York Business]]'', February 7, 2010. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref> In addition, [[Beth Israel Medical Center]] in Stuyvesant Town operated until 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Mount Sinai Beth Israel in East Village officially closes after judge dismisses bid to stay open |url=https://abc7ny.com/post/mount-sinai-beth-israel-east-village-officially-closes-judge-dismisses-community-group-bid-stay-open/16148740/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}</ref>

==Post office and ZIP Codes==
Gramercy is located in two [[ZIP Code]]s. The area south of 20th Street is located in 10003, while the area north of 20th Street is located in 10010.<ref>{{cite web | title=Gramercy, New York City-Manhattan, New York Zip Code Boundary Map (NY) | website=United States Zip Code Boundary Map (USA) | url=https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/New_York_County/Z_Gramercy.htm | access-date=March 23, 2019 | archive-date=March 23, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323194621/https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/New_York_County/Z_Gramercy.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the [[United States Post Office (Madison Square Station)|Madison Square Station]] post office at 149 East 23rd Street.<ref>{{cite web | title=Location Details: Madison Square | website=USPS.com | url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=10010&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1371388&locationName=MADISON+SQUARE&address2=&address1=149+E+23RD+ST | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
[[File:Gramercy Park Edwin Booth statue.jpg|thumb|upright|The statue of [[Edwin Booth]] as [[Hamlet (character)|Hamlet]], by [[Edmond T. Quinn]], was put in place at the center of the park by [[The Players (New York City)|The Players]] in 1916]]
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===Around the park===
* No. 1 – [[Amos Pinchot]] – brother of former [[Governor of Pennsylvania]]<ref name=crabgrass>{{cite crabgrass}}, pp.22–23</ref>
* No. 1 – [[Valentine Mott]] – an original resident, chief medical officer of the [[Union Army]] and founder of [[Bellevue Hospital]] and [[NYU Medical School]]<ref name=fednyc />
* No. 2 – [[James W. Pinchot]] – businessman and father of [[Gifford Pinchot]], who was the first chief of the [[United States Forest Service|U.S. Forest Service]]{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
* No. 3&4 – [[James Harper (publisher)|James Harper]] – an original resident, 1847–1869,<ref name=encnyc /> [[Mayor of New York]] from 1844 to 1845 and one of the founders of the [[Harper (publisher)|Harper publishing firm]];<ref name=fednyc /><ref name=crabgrass /> the two iron lamps outside No. 4 were placed there by the city in Harper's honor: the custom was that mayor's residences were so distinguished so that he would be available for nighttime emergencies<ref name=fednyc />
* No. 5 – [[Vincent Astor]] –  businessman, philanthropist, member of the Astor family<ref name=crabgrass />
* No. 7 – [[Julia Roberts]] – American actress<ref name=times2012 />
* No. 10 – Henrietta B. Haines – novelist<ref name=crabgrass />
* No. 11 – [[Robert Henri]] – American painter<ref name=times2012 />
* No. 11 – [[Samuel L. M. Barlow II]] – composer, patron of the arts<ref name=crabgrass />
* No. 15 – [[Samuel J. Tilden]] – [[Samuel J. Tilden House|whose house]], a [[National Historic Landmark]], is now the [[National Arts Club]]<ref name=lpc />
* No. 16 – [[Edwin Booth]] – famed Shakespearean actor, founded [[The Players (New York City)|The Players]]
* [[19 Gramercy Park|No. 19]] – [[Stuyvesant Fish]] – a leader of New York society (1887)<ref name=lpc />
* No. 19 – [[Edward Sheldon]] – playwright<ref name=fednyc />
* No. 19 – [[William C. Bullitt]] – diplomat, journalist and novelist<ref name=fednyc />
* No. 19 – [[Benjamin Sonnenberg]] – publicist<ref name=Observer2016/>
* No. 19 – [[Richard Tyler (designer)|Richard Tyler]] – designer<ref name=Observer2016>Halberg, Morgan. [https://observer.com/2016/03/the-greatest-private-house-in-new-york/ "The Greatest Private House in New York"], ''[[The New York Observer]]'', March 9, 2016. Accessed December 23, 2023. "'I've always liked big houses," Dr. Henry Jarecki, owner of the imposing mansion at 19 Gramercy Park South, told the Observer recently.... Mr. Jarecki bid on the home each time it traded owners post-Sonnenberg, but it still languished on the market for 12 years, until fashion designer Richard Tyler and his wife, Lisa Trafficante, paid $3.5 million for the keys in 1995."</ref>
* No. 19 – [[Henry Jarecki]] – entrepreneur
* No. 24 – [[Richard Watson Gilder]] – the poet and editor died in this house<ref name=fednyc />
* No. 24 – [[Thomas Alva Edison]] – inventor<ref name=times2012 />
* No. 24 – [[Albert Gallatin]] – [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]<ref name=crabgrass />
* No. 26 – [[Booth Tarkington]] – novelist and dramatist<ref name=times2012 />
* No. 26 – [[Steinway & Sons|Steinway family]] – manufacturers of Steinway pianos<ref name=crabgrass />
* No. 34 – [[James Cagney]], [[Margaret Hamilton (actress)|Margaret Hamilton]], and [[Gregory Peck]],<ref name=times2012>Finn, Robin. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/realestate/how-do-you-get-a-key-to-gramercy-park.html?pagewanted=all "Two-Acre Zone: The neighborhood isn't gated, but Gramercy Park is"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 30, 2012. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref>
* No. 36 – [[John Barrymore]] – star of stage and screen<ref name=36plaque />
* No. 36 – [[Daniel Chester French]] – sculptor responsible for the seated figure of [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]] at the [[Lincoln Memorial]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name=36plaque />
* No. 36 – Alfred Ringling – founder of the [[Ringling Brothers Circus]]<ref name=36plaque />
* No. 38 – [[John Steinbeck]] – author<ref name=times2012 />
* No. 44 – [[Hart Crane]] – poet<ref name=times2012 />
* '''Where the [[Gramercy Park Hotel]] and the connected 50 Gramercy Park North co-op are now located:'''
** [[Stanford White]] – architect<ref name=rich>[http://www.gramercyparkhotel.com/hotel/history "A Rich History of the Gramercy Park Hotel"]</ref>
** [[Robert G. Ingersoll]] – orator<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1924/12/05/archives/ingersolls-home-to-be-torn-down-apartment-hotel-to-rise-on-site.html "Ingersoll's Home To Be Torn Down; Apartment Hotel to Rise on Site Where Famous Agnostic Lived in Gramercy Park."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 5, 1924. Accessed December 23, 2023. "The home of the late Robert G. Ingersoll, orator and agnostic, one of the fine old residences that face Gramercy Park, is to be torn down next week to make way for a towering apartment house."</ref>
* '''Elsewhere around the park:'''
** [[Frances Bavier]] – stage and television actress, [[Aunt Bee]] on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''<ref>Horner, Bill III. [https://www.chathamnewsrecord.com/stories/aunt-bee-didnt-necessarily-gel-with-her,14119 "'Aunt Bee' didn't really gel with her TV castmates, but she found a home in retirement in Siler City"], ''Chatham News and Record'', August 17, 2022. Accessed December 23, 2023. "Frances Bavier was born in 1902 near Gramercy Park — a few blocks south of Central Park — in New York City."</ref>
** [[John Bigelow]] – lawyer and statesman, who lived at 21 Gramercy Park<ref name="fednyc" /><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1911/12/20/archives/john-bigelow-dies-in-his-95th-year-venerable-author-diplomat-and.html "John Bigelow Dies in his 95th Year; Venerable Author, Diplomat, and Lawyer Passes Away at His Gramercy Park Home."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 20, 1911. Accessed August 3, 2016. "John Bigelow, venerable man of letters, diplomatist, and lawyer, died yesterday morning at his home, 21 Gramercy Park, at the age of ninety-four."</ref>
** [[Vincent D'Onofrio]]- actor, producer, director, and singer
** [[Jimmy Fallon]] – host of ''[[The Tonight Show|The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gramercy Park: Where The Stars Come to Play|url=https://newconstructionmanhattan.com/blog/2013/05/gramercy-park-where-the-stars-come-to-play|date=May 3, 2013|website=New Construction Manhattan|access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref>
** [[Henry Herbert (actor)|Henry Herbert]] – English actor and producer
** [[Robert H. Ingersoll]] – businessman<ref name=fednyc />
** [[Karl Lagerfeld]] – fashion designer<ref name=times2012 />
** [[Maud Powell]] – female concert violinist and suffrage pioneer who cast her first ballot in 1919<ref>[http://www.maudpowell.org/home/MaudPowell/LifeCareerTimeline/tabid/78/Default.aspx "Time Line Maud Powell's Life and Career"]</ref>
** [[George Templeton Strong]] – lawyer and diarist, an original resident, who lived at 55 Gramercy Park North<ref>[http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/ResStrongGT.html George Templeton Strong Residence], New York City Chapter of the [[American Guild of Organists]]. Accessed August 3, 2016.</ref>
** [[Uma Thurman]] – actress<ref name=times2012 />
** [[Rufus Wainwright]] – musician<ref name=times2012 />

===Around the neighborhood===
* [[John Avlon]] and [[Margaret Hoover]], newscasters<ref>{{Cite web|first=Sophie|last= Weiner |title= Media Scoop: Rich People Like Each Other  |publisher=[[Splinter News]]|date=July 11, 2018 |url=https://splinternews.com/scoop-rich-people-like-each-other-1827527478  }}</ref>
* [[Peter Cooper]] – industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, lived just north of the park at 9 Lexington Avenue.<ref name=fednyc />
* [[Joseph P. Day]] (1874–1944), real estate broker and developer and [[auction]]eer
* [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s [[Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site|birthplace on 20th Street]] is a National Historic Site.
* [[Edith Wharton]] – author, born at 14 West 23rd Street and attended [[Calvary Church (Manhattan)|Calvary Church]]<ref>Diamond, Jason. [http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/01/24/edith-wharton-by-design/ "Edith Wharton by Design"], ''[[Paris Review]]'', January 24, 2013. Accessed March 28, 2017. "That night I noticed the red plaque on a doorway next to a Starbucks at 14 W. Twenty-Third Street that read, 'This was the childhood home of Edith Jones Wharton, one of America's most important authors.'"</ref>
* [[Oscar Wilde]] took rooms at 47 Irving Place for a while in 1882, some ten years before his future literary agent in America, [[Elisabeth Marbury]] set up home next door at 49 Irving Place with interior designer [[Elsie de Wolfe]]. De Wolfe and Marbury were said to be the most fashionable lesbian couple of Victorian New York.
* [[Chelsea Clinton]], the daughter of U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] and First Lady [[Hillary Clinton]], as well as her husband [[Marc Mezvinsky]], used to live in the neighborhood before moving to nearby [[NoMad, Manhattan|NoMad]], selling their apartment for $4&nbsp;million.<ref name="NYT wedding">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/nyregion/01chelsea.html |title=Town Elbows Its Way Into Clinton Wedding|last=Seelye|first=Katherine Q.|author2=Haughney, Christine|date=July 31, 2010|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/chelsea-clinton-apartment-former-first-daughter-scoops-105-million-madison-square-park-pad-whitman|title=Chelsea Clinton Apartment: Former First Daughter Scoops Up $10.5 Million Madison Square Park Pad|last=Heller|first=Jill| date=March 15, 2013|work=[[International Business Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Noah Baumbach]] - American filmmaker.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bkmag.com/2015/03/02/noah-baumbachs-new-film-explores-the-perils-of-aging-creativity-and-hipsters/|title= NOAH BAUMBACH ON CREATIVITY, THE PERILS OF AGING, AND… HIPSTERS?|website= Brooklyn Magazine|accessdate= May 23, 2024}}</ref>

Many actors, actresses and artists live in the district including [[Kate Hudson]], [[Whitney Port]], [[Joshua Bell]], [[Jimmy Fallon]] and [[Amanda Lepore]].<ref name=times2012 /> [[Amanda Peet]] grew up in the neighborhood. [[Winona Ryder]] once resided in Gramercy Park, but sold her co-operative apartment in 2008.<ref>Ohrstrom, Lysandra. [http://observer.com/2008/06/winona-ryder-sells-gramercy-coop-for-22-m/ "Winona Ryder Sells Gramercy Co-op For $2.2 M."], ''[[New York Observer]]'', June 23, 2008. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref> The fashion designer [[Narciso Rodriguez]] has his studio on Irving Place and the neighborhood is home to numerous models' apartments from nearby agencies on Broadway. [[Ann Curry]], an [[news presenter|anchor]] for [[NBC News]], also lives in the neighborhood. Actor [[Jim Parsons]] also maintains a residence there.

==In popular culture==
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'''Literature:'''
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| '''1892''' || ''Gramercy Park: A Story of New York'' || John Seymour Wood ||  may be one of the first literary works set in the area || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://dlc.library.columbia.edu/catalog/cul:q573n5tb56|title= Gramercy Park: A Story of New York|website= Columbia Library|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''1945''' || ''[[Stuart Little]]'' || [[E. B. White]] || The Little family live at "22 Gramercy Park". White describes as "[A] pleasant place near a park."  || <ref>Staff. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19660306&id=GG0eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S8kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4265,1212949 "Meet Mister Little"], ''[[Daytona Beach Morning Journal]]'', March 6, 1966. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref>
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|1930 || ''Gramercy Park'' || E.B. White || A poem which was published in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', about him and a friend climbing over the fence into the park. ||<ref>Elledge, Scott (1986) [https://books.google.com/books?id=qAkskx3wspoC&dq=%22E.B.+White%22+%22Gramercy+Park%22&pg=PA152 ''E. B. White: A Biography'']. New York: [[W. W. Norton]]. {{ISBN|0-393-30305-5}}</ref>
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| '''1949''' || ''The Family on Gramercy Park'' || Henry Noble MacCracken's || Set in the neighborhood. || <ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/08/archives/dr-henry-noble-maccracken-exvassar-president-89-dies-exponent-of-a.html "Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, Ex‐Vassar President, 89, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 8, 1970. Accessed March 28, 2017. "While still president of Vassar, Dr. MacCracken decided that upon retirement he would write books, not in his own field, which was English literature, but in another, preferably history. The first of these was ''The Family on Gramercy Park,'' reminiscences of himself as a 12‐year‐old in that neighborhood."</ref>
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| '''1961''' || ''Medusa in Gramercy Park'' || [[Horace Gregory]] || A book of poems || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/books/medusa-in-gramercy-park/|title= Medusa in Gramercy Park|website= NationalBook.org|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''1963''' || ''[[It's Like This, Cat]]'' || [[Emily Cheney Neville]] || The [[Newbery award]] winning children's book set in Gramercy Park. || <ref>[http://www.uta.edu/english/tim/lection/110224.html "It's Like This, Cat"], [[University of Texas at Arlington]], February 24, 2011. Accessed March 28, 2017. "Gramercy Park to this day is an oasis of privilege, but as captured in a 1963 children's book it seems almost surreally so."</ref>
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| '''1965''' || ''90 Gramercy Park'' || Priscilla Dalton || The address in the title of does not actually exist. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.abebooks.com/90-Gramercy-Park-Priscilla-Dalton-Paperback/31706209423/bd|title= 90 Gramercy Park|website= AbeBooks|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''1970''' || ''[[Time and Again (Finney novel)|Time and Again]]''|| [[Jack Finney]] || A character in lives in [[19 Gramercy Park South]] around 1882. || 
|-
| '''1982''' || ''The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe'' || [[Ken Darby]] || It's stated that [[Nero Wolfe]]'s townhouse was actually on East 22nd Street in the Gramercy Park district <br/> rather than the fictional West 35th street address(es) given in the novels to protect Wolfe's privacy. || <ref>Darby, Ken (1983) ''The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe'' New York: Little, Brown. p.8. {{ISBN|0316172804}}</ref>
|-
| '''1983''' || ''The Pirate of Gramercy Park'' || Bruce Nicolaysen || Part of the ''Novel of New York'' multi-generation family historical fiction series. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30932424686&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-tile6&searchurl=an%3Dnicolaysen%2Bbruce%26ds%3D10%26sortby%3D17|title= The Pirate of Gramercy Park|website= AbeBooks|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| '''1988''' || ''Changes for Samantha'' || [[Valerie Tripp]] || Part of the ''[[American Girl]]'' series, Samantha stays at her Uncle and Aunt's brownstone house in Gramercy Park. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/changesforsamant00trip|title= Changes for Samantha|website= Internet Archieve|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''1996''' || ''A Dance Through Time'' || Lynn Kurland || The heroine Elizabeth Smith falls asleep on a bench in 1996's Gramercy Park only to wake up in 1311 Scotland ||
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| '''2001''' || ''Murder on Gramercy Park'' || Victoria Thompson || The mystery novel is part of the ''Gaslight Mystery'' series || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/murder-on-gramercy-park-victoria-thompson/1100361242|title= Murder on Gramercy Park|website= Barnes and Noble|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''2003''' || ''Gramercy Park'' || Paula Cohen || A historical novel is set in 1894. || 
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| '''2005''' || ''The Monsters of Gramercy Park'' || Danny Leigh || A psychological thriller ||
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| '''2006''' || ''[[The Interpretation of Murder]]'' || [[Jed Rubenfeld]] || Several key scenes take place in the park nearby one of the book's main protagonists. ||
|-
| '''2007''' || ''[[The Luxe]]'' || [[Anna Godbersen]] || The book takes place in the neighborhood around Gramercy Park. || <ref>Rathe, Adam. [https://www.brooklynpaper.com/luxe-be-a-lady/ "''Luxe'' Be A Ladt"], ''[[The Brooklyn Paper]]'', January 5, 2008. Accessed November 25, 2020. "''The Luxe,'' while witty and catty and all of the delicious things that a YA book read by adults should be, is above all smart and interesting. Upon meeting the Hollands, readers learn that their grand digs on Gramercy Park, however nice they are, don't measure up to the mansions that the nouveau riche are building in the farmland along Fifth Avenue in the 50s."</ref>
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| '''2010'''  || ''[[Assholes Finish First]]'' || [[Tucker Max]] || In his memoir he recounts that he gained access to Gramercy Park to win a bet with a female acquaintance. || 
|-
| '''2010'''  || ''Big Girl'' || [[Danielle Steel]]  || Writes about Gramercy Park in her novel ||
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| '''2024'''  || ''Wrath of the Triple Goddess'' || [[Rick Riordan]]  || Writes about Gramercy Park in his novel- the home of Hecate is located there ||
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|}

'''Films:'''
* '''Note:''' Gramercy Park is a [[private park]], and film companies are not usually allowed to shoot there.
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| '''1935''' || ''[[Barbary Coast (film)|Barbary Coast]]'' || [[Howard Hawks]] || The character Jim Carmichael, played by [[Joel McCrea]], is said to live at 14 Gramercy Park, although currently residing <br/> in San Francisco, while the protagonist Mary Rutledge ([[Miriam Hopkins]]) played in the park as a child. || 
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| '''1973''' || ''[[Soylent Green]]'' || [[Richard Fleischer]] || In the science fiction film which is set in New York in 2022, a corrupt New York governor escorts some children into a tent, <br/> saying, "This was once called Gramercy Park, boys. Now it's the only tree sanctuary in New York." || <ref>Epstein, Sonia Shechet, [http://www.scienceandfilm.org/articles/2854/soylent-green-is-people-interview-with-dr-andrew-bell "Soylent Green is People: Interview with Dr. Andrew Bell"], [[Museum of the Moving Image]], February 13, 2017. Accessed November 25, 2020. "S&F: In ''Soylent Green'', Gramercy Park is the only area left with a few trees, and there is nothing growing. Is it possible to produce food without soil?"</ref>
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| '''1979''' || ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' || [[Woody Allen]] || Allen's character Isaac Davis is seen running through the streets in NYC and Gramercy Park. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://movie-tourist.blogspot.com/2016/11/manhattan-1979.html|title= Movie Tourist: Manhattan (1979)|website= movietourist|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''1979''' || ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'' || [[Walter Hill]] || one of the fictional gangs featured is the Gramercy Riffs, the biggest gang in New York. || <ref>Bitette, Nicole. [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/gangs-new-york-nyc-gangs-warriors-film-article-1.2521897 "GANGS OF NEW YORK: The NYC crews that ran the streets in ''The Warriors''"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', February 9, 2016. Accessed July 18, 2016. "The Gramercy Riffs – Gramercy, Manhattan"</ref>
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| '''1993''' || ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]'' || [[Woody Allen]] || The exterior of the park can be seen with the characters commenting on the beauty of the park leaving [[National Arts Club]]. <br/> Later in the film [[Diane Keaton]] and [[Alan Alda]] walk into the street directly in front of the park as they try to track a bus route. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://onthesetofnewyork.com/manhattanmurdermystery.html|title= Manhattan Murder Mystery|website= Onthesetofnewyork|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| '''1999''' || ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]'' || [[Roger Michell]] || In the film a famous actress, played by [[Julia Roberts]], is shown starring in a film called ''Gramercy Park'', <br/> which was also the name of the production company for ''Notting Hill''. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://nestflix.fun/gramercy-park/|title= Gramercy Park|website= Nestflix|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''2014''' || ''[[That Awkward Moment]]'' || Tom Gormican || In the film a couple, played by [[Zac Efron]] and [[Imogen Poots]], steal a key to the park while being shown a house in Gramercy Park. ||<ref>Foundas, Scott. [https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-that-awkward-moment-1201074267/ "Film Review: ''That Awkward Moment''"], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', January 28, 2014. Accessed July 18, 2016. "Gormican begins and ends ''That Awkward Moment'' with Efron's Jason sitting alone and forlorn on a bench in Gramercy Park on a chilly winter's night, and in between flashes back to show us how he got there."</ref>
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|}

'''Television:'''
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| '''1994''' || ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]  || In the animated series the villainous [[Demona]] resides in a townhouse located in Gramercy Park. || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=106|title=Search Ask Greg : Gargoyles : Station Eight|website=www.s8.org|language=en|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
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| '''2005''' || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || [[NBC]] || In the episode, "Dining Out", the body of the murder victim is found in Gramercy Park. ||
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| '''2013–2014''' || ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]'' || [[HBO]] || Hannah ([[Lena Dunham]]) and Shoshana ([[Zosia Mamet]]) walk around Gramercy. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/lena-dunham-filming-girls-in-gramercy-park-2013-7|title= Lena Dunham Spotted Filming 'Girls' In Gramercy Park|website= Business Insider|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/girls-recap-a-night-at-the-gramercy-park-hotel/|title= ‘Girls’ Recap: A Night at the Gramercy Park Hotel|website= The New York Times|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''2017''' || ''[[Broad City]]'' || [[Comedy Central]] || In the [[List of Broad City episodes#Season 4 (2017)|fourth season]] of the TV series, Abbi and Ilana save a man who is choking by doing the Heimlich <br/> maneuver through the park gate, but he still refuses to let them into the park. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://viewing.nyc/watch-the-broad-city-girls-try-to-get-into-gramercy-park-in-this-funny-clip-from-the-show/|title= Watch the Broad City Girls Try to Get Into Gramercy Park in This Funny Clip From the Show|website= Viewing NYC|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''2019''' || ''[[Dimension 20]]'' || [[CollegeHumor]] || In the season ''The Unsleeping City'', The Gramercy Occult Society is based near the park. || 
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| '''2022''' || ''[[Uncoupled]]'' || [[Netflix]] || The main character, Michael ([[Neil Patrick Harris]]), lives at 44 Gramercy Park North. || <ref name="Mihaila">{{cite news |last=Mihaila |first= Georgie |url=https://www.fancypantshomes.com/movie-homes/uncoupled-apartments-in-real-life/ |title=The chic apartments in 'Uncoupled' and where to find them in real life |website=Fancy Pants Homes |date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=August 18, 2022 |quote=If you've fallen for the apartment Michael and Colin share on Uncoupled, you're not alone. The quintessential New York apartment with its picture windows, perfectly appointed interiors, and prewar details, Michael's pad is a million-dollar dream come true. Michael's apartment is set at 44 Gramercy Park North, one of the landmark buildings on Gramercy Park. Dating back to 1929, the prewar building consists of 75 upscale apartments spread across 15 floors. Designed by Schwartz and Gross, a leading architectural firm that designed numerous apartment buildings in the city during the first half of the 20th century, the Gramercy Park landmark features Neo-Gothic details that include a limestone arch and casement windows, with terra-cotta panels and brickwork. The average price in the building is $1,327/square foot, according to CityRealty.}}</ref>
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| '''2022''' || ''[[WeCrashed]]'' || [[Apple TV+]] || [[Anne Hathaway]] and [[Jared Leto]] portraying [[Rebekah Neumann]] and [[Adam Neumann]] buy an apartment in Gramercy Park. ||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://medianewsjournal.com/2021/09/anne-hathaway-is-a-wrap-on-wecrashed|title= Anne Hathaway Is a Wrap On ‘WeCrashed’|website= Media News Journal|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| '''2022''' || ''[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]'' || [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime]] || Midge ([[Rachel Brosnahan]]) to meet Joel's parents at the [[National Arts Club]]. || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2022/06/09/take-a-marvelous-mrs-maisel-tour-of-new-york/?sh=4a8df5395229|title= Take A ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Tour Of New York|website= Forbes|accessdate= May 22, 2024}}</ref> 
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| '''2023–2024''' || ''[[And Just Like That...]]'' || [[HBO Max]] || [[Carrie Bradshaw]] sells her former apartment and moves into one in Gramercy Park <br/> on Gramercy Park West at the end of Season 2.||<ref>Kang, Inkoo. [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-failed-real-estate-porn-of-and-just-like-that "The Failed Real-Estate Porn of ''And Just Like That . . .''"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', August 23, 2023. Accessed September 4, 2023. "But, in ''And Just Like That...,'' when Carrie rekindles her relationship with another ''Sex and the City''-era paramour, Aidan, two decades after their broken engagement, he refuses to set foot in the unit where she confessed to her affair with Big. And so she calls up her friend and real-estate agent, Seema, to purchase a four-bedroom mansion in Gramercy Park—the kind of house that could accommodate a life with Aidan and his sons, should the boys visit one day."</ref>
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|}

'''Music:'''
* '''1969:''' American guitarist/songwriter Stefan Grossman released an album called ''The Gramercy Park Sheik''<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/aunt-mollys-murray-farm-the-gramercy-park-sheik-mw0001993475 '' Stefan Grossman: Aunt Molly's Murray Farm/The Gramercy Park Sheik''], [[AllMusic]]. Accessed March 28, 2017.</ref>
* '''1985:''' [[Charly Garcia]] and [[Pedro Aznar]]'s album ''Tango'' contains a track titled "Gramercy Park Hotel".
* '''1989:''' American [[jazz-funk]]/[[soul-jazz]] saxophonist [[Grover Washington, Jr.]]'s album ''Time Out of Mind'' contains a track titled "Gramercy Park".<ref>Allmusic: [http://allmusic.com/album/time-out-of-mind-r149756 Time Out of Mind – Grover Washington, Jr.]</ref>
* '''1997:''' Australian singer-songwriter [[Ben Lee]] released a song titled "Grammercy [[sic]] Park Hotel" on his album ''[[Something to Remember Me By]]''.
* '''2000:''' [[Jazz fusion]]/rock duo [[Steely Dan]] mentioned the park in "[[Janie Runaway]]", from its album ''[[Two Against Nature]]'' in the lyrics "Down in Tampa the future looked desperate and dark / Now you're the wonder waif of Gramercy Park".
* '''2001:''' Dutch [[jazz]] pianist [[Michiel Borstlap]] owns a record label called "Gramercy Park" and he also composed a tune with the same name.
* '''2002:''' [[Electronic rock]] band [[Deadsy]] released a song entitled "The Key to Gramercy Park" on their album ''[[Commencement (album)|Commencement]]''.
* '''2013:''' American guitarist [[Steve Hunter]]'s album ''[[The Manhattan Blues Project]]'' contains a track titled "Gramercy Park".
* '''2015:''' [[Indie rock]] band [[Milo Greene|Milo Green]] album ''[[Milo Greene#Control (2015)|Control]]'' contains a track titled "Gramercy".<ref>{{Citation|last=Milo Greene|title=Milo Greene – Gramercy (Official Audio)|date=January 2, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x-UE8VnLsE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/3x-UE8VnLsE| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=March 21, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* '''2020:''' American singer-songwriter [[Alicia Keys]]'s album ''[[Alicia (album)|Alicia]]'' contains a song titled "Gramercy Park".<ref>Weiner, Josh. [https://atwoodmagazine.com/akya-alica-keys-alicia-album-review-2020/ "Our Take: Alicia Keys Keeps Her 20-Year Streak Of Greatness Alive & Well On ''Alicia''"], ''Atwood Magazine'', September 29, 2020. Accessed November 25, 2020. "One of the best of the latter category is 'Gramercy Park,' named for a private patch of green in Keys' native Manhattan."</ref>

'''Stage:'''
* '''1994–99:''' [[Toni Ann Johnson]]'s play ''Gramercy Park is Closed to the Public'' –  which centers on the life of an upper middle class woman of mixed race and her romantic relationship with a white policeman – was produced in the summer of 1994 by The Fountainhead Theatre Company in Los Angeles at The Hudson Theatre.<ref>Foley, F. Kathleen (June 3, 1994) [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-03-ca-65345-story.html "Engaging Actors in Flawed 'Park'"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref> It was also produced by the New York Stage and Film Company in Summer 1999 at [[Vassar College]] in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]].<ref>Ehren, Christine (June 7, 1999) [https://www.playbill.com/article/ny-stage-and-film-hosts-david-marshall-grant-blessing-plays-com-82439 "NY Stage And Film Hosts David Marshall Grant, Blessing Plays"] ''[[Playbill]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="175px" heights="187px" caption="Around the Park">
File:3&4 Gramercy Park doorways.jpg|'''#3 & 4:''' Doorways of the [[Greek Revival]] [[townhouse]]s, design attributed to [[Alexander Jackson Davis]],<ref name=lpc /> "one of America's most versatile 19th century architects"<ref name=aia4 />
File:National-arts-club.jpg|'''#15:''' The [[National Arts Club]], former home of [[Samuel J. Tilden]], remodeled for Tilden by [[Calvert Vaux]]&nbsp;<ref name=aia4 />|alt=#15: The National Arts Club, former home of Samuel J. Tilden, remodeled for Tilden by Calvert Vaux
File:86 Irving Place 19 Gramercy Park S.jpg|[[19 Gramercy Park South|'''#19''']], built in 1845 and remodeled in 1887 for [[Stuyvesant Fish]].<ref name=lpc /> [[John Barrymore]] lived here while working on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].<ref name=aia4 />
File:28 Gramercy Park Brotherhood Synagogue.jpg|'''#28:''' The Brotherhood Synagogue was a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]] when it was a [[Quaker]] [[meeting house]]&nbsp;<ref name=access /> The [[Travelers' Aid Society]] grew out of one of the congregation's activities.<ref name=fednyc />
File:36 Gramercy Park entrance.jpg|'''#36:''' An early apartment building (1905), it was once called the "Gramercy Clubhouse".<ref name=36plaque>See the plaque on the building at [[:File:36 Gramercy Park plaque.jpg]]</ref> Designed by James Riley Gordon.<ref name=aia4 />
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File:326-330 East 18th townhouses.jpg|[[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] townhouses<ref>1975 historic plaque on site, placed by New York Community Trust</ref> on [[18th Street (Manhattan)|East 18th Street]] (1853), with cast-iron verandas reminiscent of the [[French Quarter]] of [[New Orleans]].<ref name=aia4 />
File:Baruch Childrens Court.jpg|The former Children's Court, now part of [[Baruch College]] of [[CUNY]]
File:Epiphany Church.jpg|Steeple of Epiphany [[Roman Catholic]] Church, "The most positive modernist religious statement on Manhattan Island to date."<ref name=aia4 />
File:Petes-tavern-2007.jpg|Pete's Tavern, where [[urban legend]] has it that [[O. Henry]] wrote "[[The Gift of the Magi]]", was formerly the Portman Hotel.<ref name=aia4 />
File:124 East 19th Street carriage house.jpg|A converted [[carriage house]] on [[19th Street (Manhattan)|East 19th Street]] between [[Irving Place]] and [[Third Avenue]], a block often referred to as "Block Beautiful"<ref name=aia4>{{cite AIA4}}</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|New York City}}
* [[List of neighborhoods in Manhattan]]

==References==
'''Informational notes'''
{{Reflist|group=note}}

'''Citations'''
{{Reflist|30em}}

'''Further reading'''
* [http://www.oldandsold.com/articles14/new-york-74.shtml "Samuel B. Ruggles, Founder Of Gramercy Park"], ''Antiques Digest'', reprinted. Originally published 1921.
* Brooks, Gladys (1958) ''Gramercy Park: Memories of a New York Girlhood'' New York: Dutton
* Klein, Carole (1987) ''Gramercy Park: An American Bloomsbury'' New York: [[Houghton Mifflin]]
* Pine, John B. (1921) ''The Story of Gramercy Park: 1831–1921'' New York: Gramercy Park Association

==External links==
{{Commons category multi|Gramercy Park|Gramercy Park neighborhood}}
* [http://www.theinsidertravelguides.com/nyc/attractions/2gramerc.htm Gramercy Park in the NYC Insider: an Insider's Guide to New York City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717003709/http://www.theinsidertravelguides.com/nyc/attractions/2gramerc.htm |date=July 17, 2011 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121019024044/http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/gramercy_park.pdf "Gramercy Park Historic District and Extension"] map at nyc.gov
* [http://www.preserve2.org/gramercy/proposes/ext/ension.htm "Proposed Gramercy Park Historic District Extension"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991116190449/http://www.preserve2.org/gramercy/proposes/ext/ension.htm |date=November 16, 1999 }} on the Gramercy Neighborhood Associates website
* [http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/11349966#editorialreview Gramercy Park on Citysearch NYC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224023512/http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/11349966#editorialreview |date=December 24, 2007 }}
* [http://www.gramercyparkhotel.com/history.html History of the Gramercy Park Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531062205/http://www.gramercyparkhotel.com/history.html |date=May 31, 2008 }}
* [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/pr370_gramercy_neighborhood_associates/ Gramercy Neighborhood Associates Records, 1828–2009 (bulk, 1912–2009), PR 370], at the [https://www.nyhistory.org/library New-York Historical Society].

'''Images'''
* [http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP.htm New York Architecture Images- SEARCH- gramercy park, kips bay]
* [http://www.nycfoto.com/showPage.php?albumID=794 recent photos of Gramercy Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103072529/http://www.nycfoto.com/showPage.php?albumID=794 |date=January 3, 2021 }}
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{{Geographic location
| Northwest = [[Flatiron District]], [[Madison Square]], [[NoMad, Manhattan|NoMad]]
| North = [[Rose Hill, Manhattan|Rose Hill]], [[Kips Bay, Manhattan|Kips Bay]]
| Northeast = [[Kips Bay, Manhattan|Kips Bay]]
| West = [[Flatiron District]]
| Center = Gramercy Park
| East = [[Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village]]
| Southwest = [[NoHo, Manhattan|NoHo]]
| South = [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]]
| Southeast = [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]]
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