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Stupid question, but I’ve been to NYC many times and I’ve always considered Central Park to be one of the only enjoyable parts of the city… am I allowed to enjoy it if it was taken this way?
Yes. Or you couldn't enjoy the majority of the US, which was taken from indigenous people.
It's not a stupid question at all, it's actually quite a complex one.
I suppose the real meat of the question is it morally wrong to derive pleasure from something where suffering is involved. You didn't personally make the decision to harm people, so you have no responsibility there. You also did not consent to existing as a person, which means you largely have no say about where you find yourself as a human being, the circumstances of which led you to that park.
But conversely you're now burdened with the knowledge, which understandably changes your outlook. By way of utilising the park, you're implicitly condoning it's creation, therefore the suffering. Before you were blameless, now it's a little muddier. You still wouldn't have condoned the actions taken though, which does count for something.
If we're taking "allowed" as a social context, some may find it distasteful. It largely depends on who you talk to. I don't think it should affect your own reasoning much though.
Ultimately what we're left with is a physical space that has a somewhat difficult history. As it stands, no action you do can alter that fact, it will always be that thing, unfortunate as it may be.
Considering all that, on the range of all possible human activity, I think the enjoyment of a park is fairly reasonable behaviour. I don't think you can unlearn the context though, so whether or not you can enjoy it largely depends on your own internal moral workings. In the end, I would recommend going with what your heart, gut, and mind tell you.