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Bowling Green

Bowling Green is a small historic public park in the of in , at the southern end of Broadway. Built in the 18th century next to the site of the original Dutch fort of New Amsterdam, it served as a public gathering place and under the British was designated as a park in 1733.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Charging Bull and The Battery.

Work of art
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is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the of in . The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture, standing 11 feet tall and measuring 16 feet long, depicts a bull, the symbol of financial optimism and prosperity.

Park
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, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of in facing .

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One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the , is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in , New York City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Financial District and Battery Park City.

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The comprises the southern tip of , with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood and planned community at the southern tip of in . The neighborhood is situated along the waterfront, and separated the and by the West Side Highway.

Quarter
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Lower Manhattan, also known as , is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of . The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th centuries composed the entirety of the city.

Bowling Green

Latitude
40.70504° or 40° 42′ 18″ north
Longitude
-74.01366° or 74° 0′ 49″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87G7PX4P+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 112692313
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
5109868
Wiki­data ID
Q895455
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Bowling Green” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bowling Green”
  • Chinese: “滚球绿地”
  • Chinese: “鮑林格林公園”
  • Chinese: “鲍林格林公园”
  • Dutch: “Bowling Green”
  • Estonian: “Bowling Green”
  • French: “Bowling Green”
  • German: “Bowling Green (New York City)”
  • German: “Bowling Green”
  • Hebrew: “באולינג גרין”
  • Hungarian: “Bowling Green (New York City)”
  • Hungarian: “Bowling Green”
  • Japanese: “ボウリング・グリーン”
  • Korean: “볼링 그린”
  • Polish: “Bowling Green”
  • Portuguese: “Bowling Green”
  • Russian: “Боулинг-Грин”
  • Spanish: “Bowling Green (parque)”
  • Spanish: “Bowling Green Fence and Park”
  • Spanish: “Bowling Green”
  • Urdu: “باؤلنگ گرین (نیویارک سٹی)”
  • Urdu: “باؤلنگ گرین”
  • Western Panjabi: “باؤلنگ گرین”

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