Marcus Garvey Memorial Park

Marcus Garvey Park is a 20.16-acre park on the border between the and neighborhoods of , . The park, centered on a massive and steep outcropping of schist, interrupts the flow of Fifth Avenue traffic, which is routed around the park via Mount Morris Park West.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in New York City, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Marcus Garvey Park”, “Mount Morris Park”, and “Mount Morris Square”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harlem Fire Watchtower and Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Scenic viewpoint
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The , also known as the Mount Morris Fire Watchtower, is a fire lookout tower at Marcus Garvey Park in , , .

Historic site
is a 16-block historic district in west central , , . It was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1971, and is part of the larger Mount Morris Park neighborhood.

Theater building
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The is a multi-use theater at 253 West 125th Street in the neighborhood of in . It is a popular venue for Black American performers and is the home of the TV show Showtime at the Apollo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harlem and Harlem and Upper Manhattan.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in , New York City. It is bounded roughly by the on the west; the and 155th Street on the north; on the east; and 110th Street on the south.

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Upper is a large, relatively under-visited area that ranges from 125th Street to Inwood Hill Park on the west and from 96th Street northward on the east.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and formerly Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of in , north of the and bounded by 96th Street to the south, to the west, and the and to the east and north.

Marcus Garvey Memorial Park

Latitude
40.80449° or 40° 48′ 16″ north
Longitude
-73.94367° or 73° 56′ 37″ west
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Named after
Marcus Garvey
Open location code
87G8R334+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 199925533
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
5127770
Wiki­data ID
Q1585658
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Japanese—“Marcus Garvey Memorial Park” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Marcus Garvey Park”
  • Catalan: “Marcus Garvey Park”
  • Cebuano: “Marcus Garvey Memorial Park”
  • Chinese: “馬庫斯·加維公園”
  • Dutch: “Marcus Garvey Park”
  • French: “Marcus Garvey Park”
  • German: “Marcus Garvey Park”
  • Hebrew: “פארק מרקוס גארבי”
  • Indonesian: “Marcus Garvey Park”
  • Japanese: “マーカス・ガーヴェイ・パーク”
  • Japanese: “マーカス・ガーベイ・パーク”
  • Japanese: “マーカス・ガーベイ公園”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Morris and Richard Rodgers Amphitheater.

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