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Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park in the neighborhood of , New York City. It is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City
  • Also known as: “Washington Square”
  • Address: New York, NY

Places of Interest

Highlights include New York University and Washington Square Arch.

University
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is a private research university in , New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institution near based on a curriculum focused on a secular education.

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The , officially the Washington Arch, is a marble memorial arch in Washington Square Park, in the neighborhood of , New York City.

Church
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The is located on Washington Square South between Thompson Street and Sullivan Street, near Gould Plaza, opposite Washington Square Park, in the neighborhood of the borough of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenwich Village and Washington Square Village.

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is a well-known, largely residential district in , once famous for its vibrant art and literary community. Nowadays the neighborhood is so gentrified that the artists and poets who once lived here wouldn't be able to afford the rents, but the Village is still worth a visit for its lovely tree-lined streets and colorful history.

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex in a superblock in the neighborhood of , . WSV was developed by Paul Tishman and Morton S.

Neighborhood
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is a building complex owned by in the neighborhood of in , New York, U.S.

Washington Square Park

Latitude
40.73089° or 40° 43′ 51″ north
Longitude
-73.99759° or 73° 59′ 51″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Inception
1871
Operator
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Named after
George Washington
Open location code
87G8P2J2+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22899302
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
5143338
Wiki­data ID
Q909592
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Washington Square Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واشنطن سكوير بارك”
  • Armenian: “Վաշինգտոն Սքվեր պուրակ”
  • Basque: “Washington Square Park”
  • Catalan: “Washington Square Park”
  • Cebuano: “Washington Square Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, New York)”
  • Cebuano: “Washington Square Park”
  • Chinese: “华盛顿广场公园”
  • Chinese: “華盛頓廣場公園”
  • Danish: “Washington Square Park”
  • Dutch: “Washington Square Park”
  • Estonian: “Washington Square Park”
  • Finnish: “Washington Square Park”
  • Finnish: “Washington Square”
  • French: “Washington Square Park”
  • German: “Washington Square Park”
  • Hebrew: “וושינגטון סקוור נורת‘”
  • Indonesian: “Washington Square Park, New York”
  • Indonesian: “Washington Square Park”
  • Italian: “Washington Square Park”
  • Japanese: “ワシントン・スクエア公園”
  • Korean: “워싱턴 스퀘어 공원”
  • Korean: “워싱턴 스퀘어 파크”
  • Latvian: “Vašingtona skvēra parks”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Washington Square Park”
  • Norwegian: “Washington Square Park”
  • Persian: “پارک واشینگتن اسکوئر”
  • Polish: “Washington Square Park”
  • Polish: “Washington Square”
  • Portuguese: “Washington Square Park”
  • Russian: “Вашингтон-Сквер-парк”
  • Spanish: “Washington Square Park”
  • Swedish: “Washington Square Park”
  • Turkish: “Washington Square Park”
  • Ukrainian: “Вашингтон-сквер-парк”

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