Amenities & Programming

The design of Norman B. Leventhal Park accommodates passive individual activities such as eating, reading, conversations and people watching.

Park Photography

Candid photography is permitted within the Park. Any group photography, or filming of a commercial nature, requires a photography release. Download a photography release form (PDF).

Park Events

The Park was carefully designed to be a place of enjoyment for passive activities among its visitors. The landscaping and many of the art and structural elements in the Park were not designed for frequent organized events. Please contact us with specific inquiries.

Free WiFi

Free high-speed Internet access is available to visitors of the Park with laptops and handheld devices with 802.11b/g wireless network cards. The Park’s primary access point for WiFi serves the entire park, including the café. The SSID for our unsecured wireless network is Norman B Leventhal Park.

Four-Season Café

Sip is an owner-operated cafe serving great coffee and a menu of soup, salads and sandwiches on artisan breads featuring locally grown produce. Enjoy the outdoor seating. Summer brings Sip's hot dog cart and ice cream to the Park. Sip Cafe is open weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m in the summer and to 5pm in the winter.

Seat Cushions

To encourage park visitors to lounge on The Norman B. Leventhal Park’s Great Lawn, foam seating cushions may be borrowed midday, Monday through Friday during the summer, from a cart located at the south end of the lawn.

Library On The Lawn

Something to read is the perfect complement to our famous seat cushions. We welcome our book cart to the Park midday, Monday through Friday during the summer. Borrow a book for an hour or a week, all on the honor-system. Donated reading materials may be left on the cart.

Summer Music

Enjoy the sounds of local musicians who regularly play with such venerable ensembles as the Boston Pops, Boston Ballet, Handel & Haydn Society, and Boston Lyric Opera. as well as jazz musicians and vocalists, with styles ranging from Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven to Broadway, Dixieland, and Jazz.

Music is generously sponsored by the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District and by Beacon Capital Partners, and runs from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM, May through September as shown on our Park Calendar.

Yoga In The Park

New in 2012, Vinyasa slow flow yoga classes will be held at 11 AM on Mondays, June – September. See our Park Calendar for details.