James J. Walker Park

The park has a baseball field, bocce courts, playgrounds, bathrooms, handball courts and Wi-Fi hotspots, as well as a memorial dedicated to two deceased firefighters.

The park is adjacent to the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, formerly the Carmine Recreation Center in honor of Trinity Episcopal Church vestryman and colonial landowner Nicholas Carman (changed to Carmine to reflect Italians in the area[1]),[2] at the intersection of Carmine and Clarkson Streets with Seventh Avenue South.

It was named after a long-time president of Community Board 2, Anthony V. Dapolito, who was known as the "Mayor of Greenwich Village.

New York politician William H. Walker originated the idea for the park in 1888.

In 1890 he succeeded in getting a bill through the legislature condemning the ground for park purposes.