Bowling Green Marker
Bowling Green Marker is a monument in Manhattan, New York. Bowling Green Marker is situated nearby to the government office MTA New York City Transit HQ, as well as near Evacuation Day Plaza.| 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.
Charging Bull
Work of art
Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Charging Bull is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture, standing 11 feet tall and measuring 16 feet long, depicts a bull, the symbol of financial optimism and prosperity.
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 Marker
- Type: Monument
- Inscription: “BOWLING GREEN The first public park to be established in New York March 12, 1733 ‘Resolved That This Corporation will Lease a Piece of land lying at the lower End of Broadway fronting to ~ the fort to some of the inhabitants ~ of the Said Broadway in...”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7049° or 40° 42′ 18″ northLongitude
-74.01368° or 74° 0′ 49″ westOpen location code
87G7PX3P+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 7058463067OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include MTA New York City Transit HQ and Evacuation Day Plaza.
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