Bethesda Terrace and Fountain

Bethesda Terrace and Fountain are two architectural features overlooking the southern shore of the Lake in 's . The fountain, with its Angel of the Waters statue, is located in the center of the terrace.
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: two architectural features overlooking The Lake in New York City’s Central Park
  • Also known as: “Bethesda Fountain”, “Bethesda Terrace”, “Bethesda Terrace & Fountain”, and “Bethesda Terrace Fountain”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. is situated 2,600 feet north of Bethesda Terrace and Fountain.

Museum
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The is an art museum on the of in . It was established in 1935 to preserve the collection of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Bethesda Terrace and Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Lenox Hill.

Neighborhood
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is the name of both a and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in . It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

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The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.

Bethesda Terrace and Fountain

Latitude
40.77432° or 40° 46′ 28″ north
Longitude
-73.97083° or 73° 58′ 15″ west
Inception
May 31st, 1873
Open location code
87G8Q2FH+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 958635828
Open­Street­Map feature
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natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q532029
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Bethesda Terrace and Fountain” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Bethesda Fountain”
  • Catalan: “Font Bethesda”
  • Croatian: “Bethesda Terrace”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة بيثيسدا”
  • French: “fontaine Bethesda”
  • French: “Fontaine Bethesda”
  • German: “Angel of the Waters”
  • German: “Bethesda Fountain”
  • Hungarian: “Bethesda-terasz és szökőkút”
  • Japanese: “ベセスダ・テラスと噴水”
  • Korean: “물의 천사”
  • Korean: “베데스다 분수”
  • Korean: “베데스다 테라스”
  • Persian: “ایوان بتسدا”
  • Portuguese: “Terraço e fonte Bethesda”
  • Russian: “Бетесда”
  • Spanish: “angel del agua”
  • Spanish: “Angel del agua”

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