Central Park is the largest park in New York with 3.4 km2 and is a great place to train because it has 93 km of roads which are suitable for hiking, 9.5 miles of roads for cars and about eight miles of roads for horses. He is twice as large as Monaco and almost eight times larger than the Vatican. Each year the park receives up to 25 million visitors and his fame is mainly due to the fact appear in several films and television programs. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux Park is administered by the Central Park Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that has partnered with the Department of Parks and Recreation New York. Central Park has several artificial lakes, trails for running, ice skating rinks, grassy areas for various sports, as well as playgrounds for children. The site is also a very oasis frequented by migratory birds, which attracts many bird watchers. Some years ago the park was a dangerous place, especially at night, where they were reported several cases of robberies, rapes and violence, factors that caused the expulsion of many visitors. Today the park is one of the safest in the world especially after the installation of a base of the Police Department of New York. Besides the police, the Department of Parks and Recreation sends patrols to watch some of the park and the New York Road Runners Organization (corridors of New York) maintains a kiosk with a patrol in the Engineers' Gate, the height of East Drive at 90th Street. There is also a Medical Unit (CPMU), with an ambulance service operated by volunteers, who patrol the park and nearby streets. CPMU The service also has a bike, especially during the concerts that take place in Central Park during New York City Marathon.
