New York Lawn Bowling Club
Neighborhood: West 60s
Type of Place: Bowling Alleys
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The New York Lawn Bowling Club and Central Park bowling green attracts many visiting lawn bowlers, including a team coming from South Africa in September. Today, the sport is played in 44 countries by over 640,000 registered lawn bowlers.
The object of lawn bowling is to roll a ball (called a bowl) so that it comes to rest closest to a smaller white ball (the jack) at the far end of a rink. The three-pound bowl does not roll in a straight line because it is biased, not round. The winner is the player who places more bowls closer to the jack.
The roots of the New York Lawn Bowling Club date back to one of New York City 's most treasured sites, Bowling Green in lower Manhattan . The Dutch played a version of the game on the flat sandy plain by the market square at Bowling Green in the early 1600s and the British built the first green in 1664. That green was erected where today the U.S. Customs House stands. Seventy years later, in 1733, Bowling Green Park , the first official park in New York , was established by lawn bowling enthusiasts for the annual rent of one peppercorn.
- NYLBC
New York Lawn Bowling Club
West 69th St at Central Park
(north of Sheep Meadow) 10023
(212) 920 4352
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