Central Park

===Restaurants===

Central Park contains two indoor restaurants. [[Tavern on the Green]], at [[Central Park West]] and West 67th&nbsp;Street, was built in 1870 as a [[Pen (enclosure)|sheepfold]] and was converted into a restaurant in 1934.{{sfn|Kinkead|1990|pp=106–109}}{{sfn|Caro|1974|p=984}}<ref name="NYTimes-Sheep-1934"/> The Tavern on the Green was expanded between 1974 and 1976;<ref name="CNN.com 2010 w811">{{cite web | title=End of an era for New York's Tavern on the Green | website=CNN.com | date=January 1, 2010 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/01/tavern.on.green.closing/index.html | access-date=March 11, 2024}}</ref> it was closed in 2009 and reopened five years later after a renovation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/tavern-green-open-april-24-dinner-article-1.1743113 |first=Beth |last=Stebner|title=Tavern on the Green to open April 24 for dinner; to add brunch, lunch in May|work=New York Daily News|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329002503/https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/tavern-green-open-april-24-dinner-article-1.1743113|archive-date=March 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The Loeb Boathouse restaurant is at the Loeb Boathouse, on the Lake, near Fifth Avenue between 74th&nbsp;and 75th&nbsp;streets.<ref name="Loeb Boat House 1939"/><ref name="Conservancy Loeb Boathouse"/> Though the boathouse was constructed in 1954,<ref name="Conservancy Loeb Boathouse"/> its restaurant opened in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/09/nyregion/40-seat-restaurant-to-open-in-loeb-boathouse.html |title=40 Seat Restaurant to Open in Loeb Boathouse |last=Carmody|first=Deirdre|date=January 9, 1983|work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417010356/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/09/nyregion/40-seat-restaurant-to-open-in-loeb-boathouse.html|archive-date=April 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>