There's an enormous amount to say about Central Park. It's not just a park of course, it's almost a city within a city. You could certainly spend an entire weekend break solely discovering Central Park and nothing else and still not experience all that it offers. Both though, have been almost transformed and during the day at the very least, pose no more of a practical risk than many other parts of the city.
Central Park is BIG, occupying some fifty blocks in length and four blocks across.
One of the best ways to get around is on foot of course, but also by bicycle or by hiring a carriage. You wont see it all though, however hard you try. It's another spectacle which seems to typify 'New York'. The views from Belvedere Castle are memorable. Maybe one of the most visited spots is Strawberry Fields, almost halfway up the West Side.