Cedar Brook Park

Cedar Brook Park
Shakespeare Garden
LocationRoughly bounded Steel Ave., Arlington Ave., Park Ave., Rose St. and Laramie Rd., Kenyon Ave., Parkside Rd.
Plainfield and South Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates40°36′5″N 74°24′25″W / 40.60139°N 74.40694°W / 40.60139; -74.40694 (Cedar Brook Park)
Area78 acres (32 ha)
Built1930
ArchitectOlmsted Brothers
NRHP reference No.07000878
NJRHP No.4718
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 2007
Designated NJRHPJune 25, 2007

Cedar Brook Park is a 78-acre (32 ha) county park situated mostly in Plainfield in Union County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, with a smaller portion of the park extending into South Plainfield in adjacent Middlesex County. Featuring the Shakespeare Garden, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 2007, for its significance in landscape architecture. The park was designed by the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts from 1924 to 1930.