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 in New York City, United States. It is the home field of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and New York City FC of Major League Soccer.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highbridge and Melrose.
Highbridge
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
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 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.82706° or 40° 49′ 37″ northLongitude
-73.92337° or 73° 55′ 24″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Named after
Lou GehrigOpen location code
87G8R3GG+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 923386400OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
6348803Wikidata 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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Heinrich Heine Fountain and 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station.
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