Bowling Green Fence
Bowling Green Fence is a monument in Manhattan, New York. Bowling Green Fence is situated nearby to the metro station Bowling Green station, as well as near the courthouse US Bankruptcy Court.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bowling Green and The Battery.
Bowling Green
Park
Bowling Green is a small historic public park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City, at the southern end of Broadway. Built in the 18th century next to the site of the original Dutch fort of New Amsterdam, it served as a public gathering place and under the British was designated as a park in 1733.
The Battery
Park
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.
Freedom Tower
Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 3,000 feet north of Bowling Green Fence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Financial District and Battery Park City.
Financial District
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Financial District comprises the southern tip of Manhattan, with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.
Battery Park City
Neighborhood
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Battery Park City is a mainly residential 92-acre planned community and neighborhood on the west side of the southern tip of the island of Manhattan in New York City.
Downtown Manhattan
Quarter
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York City, is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th centuries composed the entirety of the city.
Bowling Green Fence
- Type: Monument
- Inscription: “BOWLING GREEN FENCE ERECTED BY COMMON COUNCIL IN 1771 THIS FENCE SURROUNDS NEW YORK’S EARLIEST PARK. THE PARK WAS LEASED IN 1733 FOR USE AS A BOWLING GREEN AT A RENTAL OF ONE PEPPERCORN A YEAR. PATRIOTS, WHO IN 1776 DESTROYED AN EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF...”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.70471° or 40° 42′ 17″ northLongitude
-74.01374° or 74° 0′ 50″ westOpen location code
87G7PX3P+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 7058463050OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include US Bankruptcy Court and National Archives of New York City.
Nearby Places
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