How Audubon Park Disrupted Manhattan’s Grid

The distinctive footprint that disrupts Manhattan’s grid west of Broadway between 155th and 158th Streets — Audubon Park — did not come about by accident or from the demands of local topography, but rather from careful planning by well-connected property owners. Come along on a leisurely walk through Audubon Park’s architecture gems and learn about the families who guided the area’s rapid evolution from suburb to city at the turn of the 20th century.