Lou Gehrig Plaza

Lou Gehrig Plaza is a park in Bronx, New York. Lou Gehrig Plaza is situated nearby to the neighborhood Highbridge, as well as near Melrose.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yankee Stadium and Lorelei Fountain.

Yankee Stadium

Stadium

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Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It is the home field of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees. The stadium opened in April 2009, replacing the original Yankee Stadium that operated from 1923 to 2008; it is situated in the Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx on the 24-acre former site of Macombs Dam Park, one block north of the original stadium's site.

Lorelei Fountain

Fountain

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The Lorelei Fountain, also known as the Heinrich Heine Memorial, is a monument located on East 161st Street in the Concourse section of the Bronx, New York City, near the Bronx County Courthouse.

Joyce Kilmer Park

Park

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highbridge and Melrose.

Highbridge

Neighborhood

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Highbridge is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the central-west section of the Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, Macombs Dam Bridge to the south, and the Harlem River to the west.

Melrose

Neighborhood

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Melrose is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It adjoins the business and onetime theater area known as The Hub.

South Bronx

Quarter

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The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of the Bronx. The area comprises neighborhoods in the southern part of the Bronx, such as Grand Concourse, Mott Haven, Melrose, and Port Morris.

Lou Gehrig Plaza

Type: Park
Description: park in Bronx County, New York, United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.82706° or 40° 49′ 37″ north

Longitude

-73.92337° or 73° 55′ 24″ west

Elevation

62 feet (19 metres)

Named after

Lou Gehrig

Open location code

87G8R3GG+RM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 923386400

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

6348803

Wikidata ID

Q49519518

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Lou Gehrig Plaza” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lou Gehrig Plaza”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Morrisania and Sugar Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Heinrich Heine Fountain and 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station.

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