Cadman Plaza is a park located on the border of the

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and

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neighborhoods in

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. Named for Reverend Doctor Samuel Parkes Cadman (1864–1936), a renowned minister in the Brooklyn

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, it is built on land reclaimed by condemnation in 1935 and was named as a park in 1939. The park borders Cadman Plaza West and Cadman Plaza East and the west and east sides of the plaza, respectively. The Brooklyn War Memorial and

William Jay Gaynor Memorial The William Jay Gaynor Memorial is a memorial in Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza, in the U.S. state of New York. It features a bronze bust of William Jay Gaynor designed by Adolph Alexander Weinman Adolph Alexander Weinman (December 11, 1870 – Augu ...

are installed in the park.

Location

The plaza is bounded by Cadman Plaza East (formerly Washington Street) and Cadman Plaza West (formerly Ferry Road or Fulton Road), and by the

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on the north and Tillary Street on the south. East of the park is the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Courthouse. South of this park, between Tillary and Johnson Streets, lies the small

Korean War Veterans Plaza Korean War Veterans Plaza is a memorial plaza in Brooklyn, New York City, at Fulton and Tillary streets (Cadman Plaza). The plaza features a gate and flagstaff, cast in 1992 and dedicated on November 11 (Veterans Day) of that year. The park is ...

. South of Johnson, the Kings County Supreme Court Building and Columbus Park, featuring a statue of

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, sit on land formerly used as a station for trolley cars. These parks, together with Walt Whitman Park, form a mall from

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to the Brooklyn Bridge. In 2015, a "Brooklyn Strand" was proposed to unite these parks.

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