Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An buɗe wurin shakatawa na farko a wurin a cikin 1847 kuma an kira shi Reservoir Square saboda kusancinsa da Croton Rarraba Reservoir. Filin Reservoir ya ƙunshi New York Crystal Palace, wanda ya shirya Nunin Masana'antu na Dukan Al'ummai
a shekara ta 1853 kuma ya kone a shekara ta 1858. An sake sunan filin a cikin 1884 don abolitionist da ɗan jarida William Cullen Bryant. An rushe tafkin a shekara ta 1900 kuma an gina babban reshe na New York Public Library a shafin, yana buɗewa a 1911. An sake gina Bryant Park a cikin 1933-1934 zuwa wani shiri na Lusby Simpson. Bayan wani lokaci na raguwa, an dawo da shi a cikin 1988<unk>1992 ta hanyar kamfanonin gine-gine &lt;a href="OLIN"&gt;Hanna/Olin Ltd.&lt;/a&gt; da Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, wanda a lokacin aka sake gina wurin shakatawa kuma an gina ɗakunan ɗakin karatu a ƙasa. An yi ƙarin ci gaba a ƙarshen ƙarni na 20 da farkon ƙarni na 21.