Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument
The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a war memorial at Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It commemorates more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard sixteen British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: monument in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Also known as: “Prison Ship Martyrs Monument” and “Prison Ship Martyrs‘ Monument”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Greene Park and The Brooklyn Hospital Center.
Fort Greene Park
Park
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Fort Greene Park is a city-owned and -operated park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The 30.2-acre park was originally named after the fort formerly located there, Fort Putnam, itself was named for Rufus Putnam, George Washington's chief of engineers in the Revolutionary War.
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Hospital
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The Brooklyn Hospital Center is a 464-licensed-bed, full-service community teaching hospital located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. The hospital was founded in 1845.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Historic District.
Fort Greene
Neighborhood
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Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the west, Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south, and Vanderbilt Avenue and Clinton Hill to the east.
Clinton Hill Historic District
Locality
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Clinton Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, in New York City. It consists of 1,063 largely residential contributing buildings built between the 1840s and 1930 in popular contemporary and revival styles.
Downtown Brooklyn
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Downtown Brooklyn is in Brooklyn. In addition to the downtown area proper, it includes Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and the Navy Yard.
Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument
- Categories: monument and military cemetery
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prison Ship Martyrs Monument”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los martires de barcos para prisioneros”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los mártires de barcos para prisioneros”
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Highlights include Person Square and Fort Greene Historic District.
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