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Walt Whitman Park

Walt Whitman Park is a park in the section of , New York City, commemorating Walt Whitman. It is adjacent to East to the west and Adams Street to the east.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Kings County, New York, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Whitman Park”
  • Address: Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brooklyn Bridge and Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse.

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The is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in , spanning the between the boroughs of and . Opened on May 24, 1883, the was the first fixed crossing of the East River.

Courthouse
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The is a courthouse in , , that houses the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Historic site
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Sands Street was a station on the demolished BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It was a large complex with two levels. The lower level served trains going to Park Row in via the Brooklyn Bridge Elevated Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumbo and Brooklyn Heights.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the borough of . It encompasses two sections: one situated between the and , which connect Brooklyn to across the , and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the area.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood within the borough of . The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the on the north, on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway or the on the west.

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is in . In addition to the downtown area proper, it includes Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and the Navy Yard.

Walt Whitman Park

Latitude
40.69823° or 40° 41′ 54″ north
Longitude
-73.98937° or 73° 59′ 22″ west
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Operator
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Open location code
87G8M2X6+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 20521006
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
5144415
Wiki­data ID
Q34869628
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In Other Languages

“Walt Whitman Park” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Whitman Park”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Walt Whitman Park”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.