Men’s House of Detention

Men’s House of Detention is a prison in Manhattan, New York. Men’s House of Detention is situated nearby to Columbus Park, as well as near the neighborhood Little Italy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brooklyn Bridge and Freedom Tower.

Brooklyn Bridge

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The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. Brooklyn Bridge is situated 4,000 feet south of Men’s House of Detention.

Freedom Tower

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.

One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 3,600 feet west of Men’s House of Detention.

Columbus Park

Park

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Columbus Park formerly known as Mulberry Bend Park, Five Points Park and Paradise Park, is a public park in Chinatown, Manhattan, in New York City that was built in 1897. Columbus Park is situated 450 feet southeast of Men’s House of Detention.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Little Italy.

Chinatown

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Manhattan's famous Chinatown is a lively neighborhood, full of good values in restaurants and food shopping. Also on sale are cheap knockoffs of designer labels made in China, and all sorts of trinkets and toys.

Little Italy

Neighborhood

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Little Italy is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, once known for its Italian American population. It is bounded on the west by Tribeca and Soho, on the south by Chinatown, on the east by the Bowery and Lower East Side, and on the north by Nolita.

Downtown Manhattan

Quarter

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

Men’s House of Detention

Type: Prison
Address: NY
Category: government building
Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.71621° or 40° 42′ 58″ north

Longitude

-74.0007° or 74° 0′ 3″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87G7PX8X+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368053790

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=prison

GeoNames ID

5126587

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