Latest News from Central Park, NYC

A teenager was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after being struck by lightning on a Central Park playfield during a severe storm.

NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue has authorized the return of horse-drawn carriage rides in Central Park under strict new safety team monitoring.

A man's body was found hanging from a tree on Central Park's East Drive near East 106th Street, prompting a major NYPD investigation Wednesday morning.

A 24-year-old woman was slashed on a Central Park pathway near Wollman Rink Monday afternoon, prompting an active NYPD search for the suspect.

A devastating high-speed collision on Central Park Avenue left multiple people injured and lanes blocked, prompting a thorough police investigation.

A teenager was hospitalized in critical condition after surviving a direct lightning strike near the North Meadow playfields in Central Park.

A 24-year-old woman was slashed in broad daylight near Wollman Rink in Central Park, prompting an intensive NYPD search for the suspect.

A newly released video shows 18-year-old tourist Romanch Mahajan smiling moments before the fatal horse carriage crash in Central Park.

Joggers along Central Park's northern loop discovered a deceased man hanging from a tree near East 106th Street early Wednesday morning.