Exclusive | NYC is more than 20 percent open space — and most spend their lives rushing past some of our best, secret parks

Take a walk on the wildest side.

Every New Yorker knows Central Park. From The Pond all the way up to the North Woods, there are so many reasons our beloved, 843-acre green lung grabs all the attention — and the crowds, selfie sticks and picnic blankets, too.

But that globally-renowned respite from the greatest city in the world makes up just a fraction of the more than 30,000 acres of open space under the care of the Parks Department, within the five boroughs.

And that number that significantly when you factor in state and federal lands — adding up to more than 20 percent of the Big Apple’s available land, by some measurements.

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