<ARTICLE>                           5
<LEGEND>

This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted from Riverside
Park Associates  Limited  Partnership 2000 Third Quarter 10-QSB and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such 10-QSB filing.

</LEGEND>

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<NAME>                             Riverside Park Associates Limited Partnership
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<PERIOD-END>                        SEP-30-2000
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<FN>

<F1> Registrant has an unclassified balance sheet. <F2> Multiplier is 1.

</FN>