Peter Detmold Park: This park honors Peter Detmold (1923-1972), once a tenant of Turtle Bay Gardens, a conglomerate of 20 townhouses on East 48th and 49th Streets, between Second and Third Avenues in Manhattan. Detmold fought in World War II, serving under General Patton at the relief of Bastogne and during the climactic fighting of the Battle of the Bulge in France. According to friends, Peter always held himself like a military man, and retained the physical strength he acquired as a soldier.
The park is dog friendly and has many pooches enjoying the space on nice days.
The cache is near the FDR drive but you do not have to go on or cross the FDR drive get access. It is entirely inaccessible from the FDR.
BYOP, log only.
After grabbing the cache enjoy this unique view of the East River
(Ps. The East River is not a river despite its name. It is a salt water tidal estuary. Its direction of flow changes frequently.)