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Union Square (Manhattan)
Union Square is a historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, United States, located where Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and Bowery, the former Bowery Road – now Park Avenue, Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century. Its name denotes that "here was the union of the two principal thoroughfares of the island". The current Union Square Park is bounded by 14th Street (Manhattan), 14th Street on the south, 17th Street (Manhattan), 17th Street on the north, and Union Square West and Union Square East to the west and east respectively. 17th Street links together Broadway and Park Avenue South on the north end of the park, while Union Square East connects Park Avenue South to Fourth Avenue and the continuation of Broadway on the park's south side. The park is maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Adjacent neighborhoods are the Flatiron District to the north, Chelsea, Manhattan, Chelsea to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Street (Manhattan)
14th Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan, traveling between Eleventh Avenue (Manhattan), Eleventh Avenue on Manhattan's West Side (Manhattan), West Side and Avenue C (Manhattan), Avenue C on Manhattan's East Side (Manhattan), East Side. It forms a boundary between several neighborhoods and is sometimes considered the border between Lower Manhattan and Midtown Manhattan. At Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, 14th Street forms the southern boundary of Union Square (New York City), Union Square. It is also considered the southern boundary of Chelsea (Manhattan), Chelsea, Flatiron District, Flatiron/Lower Midtown, and Gramercy, New York, Gramercy, and the northern boundary of Greenwich Village, Alphabet City, Manhattan, Alphabet City, and the East Village, Manhattan, East Village. West of Third Avenue, 14th Street marks the southern terminus of Commissioners' Plan of 1811, western Manhattan's grid system. North of 14th S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gramercy Park
Gramercy ParkSometimes misspelled as Grammercy () is the name of both a small, fenced-in private park, and the surrounding neighborhood (which is also referred to as Gramercy), in Manhattan in New York City. The approximately park, located in the Gramercy Park Historic District, is one of two private parks in New York City – the other is Sunnyside Gardens Park in Queens – as well as one of only three in the state; only people residing around the park who pay an annual fee have a key, and the public is not generally allowed in. The sidewalks of the streets around the park are a popular jogging, strolling, and dog-walking route. The neighborhood is mostly located within Manhattan Community District 6, with a small portion in Community District 5. It is generally perceived to be quiet and safe. The neighborhood, associated historic district, and park have generally received positive reviews. Calling it "a Victorian gentleman who has refused to die", Charlotte Devree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Street–Union Square Station
The 14th Street–Union Square station is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Broadway Line, the BMT Canarsie Line and the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. It is located at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 14th Street, underneath Union Square Park in Manhattan. The complex is near the border of several neighborhoods, including the East Village to the southeast, Greenwich Village to the south and southwest, Chelsea to the northwest, and both the Flatiron District and Gramercy Park to the north and northeast. The 14th Street–Union Square station is served by the , , , , and trains at all times; the and trains at all times except late nights; the W train on weekdays; and train weekdays in the peak direction. The Lexington Avenue Line platforms were built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as an express station on the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the New York City boroughs, boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the Government of New York (state), state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the second-most stations after the Beijing Subway, with New York City Subway stations, 472 stations in operation (423, if stations connected by transfers are counted as single stations). The system has operated 24/7 service every day of the year throughout most of its history, barring emergencies and disasters. By annual ridership, the New York City Subway is the busiest rapid transit system in both the Western Hemisphere and the Western world, as well as the List of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Police Department
The City of New York Police Department, also referred to as New York City Police Department (NYPD), is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City. Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest, and one of the oldest, municipal police departments in the United States. The NYPD is headquartered at 1 Police Plaza, located on Park Row in Lower Manhattan near City Hall. The NYPD's regulations are compiled in title 38 of the '' New York City Rules''. Dedicated units of the NYPD include the Emergency Service Unit, K-9, harbor patrol, highway patrol, air support, bomb squad, counterterrorism, criminal intelligence, anti-organized crime, narcotics, mounted patrol, public transportation, and public housing units. The NYPD employs over 40,000 people, including more than 30,000 uniformed officers as of September 2023. According to the official CompStat database, the NYPD responded to nearly 500,000 reports of crime and made over 200,000 arrests during 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Community Board 5
Manhattan Community Board 5 is a New York City community board, part of the local government apparatus of the city, with the responsibility for the neighborhoods of Midtown, Times Square, most of the Theater District, the Diamond District, the Garment District, Herald Square, Koreatown, NoMad, Murray Hill and the Flatiron District, all in the borough of Manhattan. It is bounded by 59th Street on the north, Eighth Avenue, 26th Street, the Avenue of the Americas ("Sixth Avenue") on the west, 14th Street on the south, and Lexington Avenue on the east, excluding the area from 34th to 40th Streets between Madison and Lexington Avenues, and the area from 20th to 22nd Streets between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue/ Irving Place. Within the area under the Board's responsibility are all or part of the Murray Hill, Madison Square North, Ladies' Mile, Gramercy Park and East 17th Street/Irving Place historic districts. Business Improvement Districts in the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statue Of Mahatma Gandhi (New York City)
A statue of Mahatma Gandhi by Kantilal B. Patel stands in Union Square in Manhattan, New York, United States. Description and history The high bronze statue, larger than life size, was donated by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation with support from Mohan Murjani. It was dedicated on October 2, 1986, the 117th anniversary of Gandhi's birth; civil rights leader Bayard Rustin delivered a keynote speech at the ceremony. The statue was removed in 2001, conserved, and reinstalled in a landscaped garden area in 2002. See also * 1986 in art * List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi References External links Statue of Gandhi Nearing Reality for Union Squareby Susan Heller Anderson and David W. Dunlap (July 15, 1986), ''The New York Times'' 1986 establishments in New York City 1986 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Manhattan Monuments and memorials in Manhattan Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan Relocated buildings and structures in New York City Sculptures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statue Of Abraham Lincoln (New York City)
An outdoor Bronze sculpture, bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Kirke Brown is installed in Union Square, Manhattan, Union Square in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. Description and history Arrangements were made for the erection of the statue after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The statue was intended to be placed opposite to that of the Equestrian statue of George Washington (New York City), equestrian statue of George Washington on the southwest corner of the square. Cast in 1870 and dedicated on September 16 of that year, the statue was originally installed at the southwest corner of Union Square, where the Mohandas Gandhi (Patel), statue of Mahatma Gandhi now stands. In 1875, a stone and bronze rail fence was constructed around the statue of Lincoln; the fence included an inscription of text from his Lincoln's second inaugural, second inaugural address, "with malice toward none; charity toward all." Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis De Lafayette (Bartholdi)
''Marquis de Lafayette'' is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette by artist Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, located at Union Square Park in Manhattan, New York. Description and history Donated by French residents of New York and dedicated on September 6, 1876, the portrait statue rests on a Quincy granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ... pedestal. In 1991, it was conserved by the Municipal Art Society and the New York City Art Commission's joint Adopt-A-Monument Program. See also * 1876 in art References External links * 1876 establishments in New York (state) 1876 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Manhattan Cultural depictions of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Monuments and memorials in Manhattan Outdoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washington (Brown)
''George Washington'' is an outdoor sculpture by Henry Kirke Brown (1814–1886), located in Union Square, Manhattan, in the United States. The bronze equestrian statue was dedicated in 1856 and is the oldest sculpture in the New York City Parks collection. It depicts Washington beginning his triumphant march of the Continental Army through Manhattan on Evacuation Day, November 25, 1783, soon after the British Army had departed New York City. Description and history Richard Upjohn served as architect for the pedestal / plinth. The sculpture measures 26'4" by 13'6" and sits on a Barre granite pedestal that measures 12'2" by 7'9" by 15'. It was dedicated on July 4, 1856. The monument is in axial alignment with the statue of Abraham Lincoln and the Independence Flagstaff. The statue was climbed on by some rioters during the 2023 Union Square riot. File:Union Square NYC c1870.jpg, The statue in the middle of Fourth Avenue at 14th Street, c.1870 See also * List of memo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metronome (public Artwork)
''Metronome'' is a large public installation art, art installation located along 14th Street (Manhattan), the south end of Union Square, Manhattan, Union Square in New York City. The work was commissioned by the The Related Companies, Related Companies, developers of One Union Square South, with the participation of the Public Art Fund and the Municipal Art Society. The $4.2 million provided by the developer makes it one of the largest private commissions of public art. The artwork was created by Jones/Ginzel, Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel and consists of several sections, including a round circular void from which puffs of steam were at one point released throughout the day, and a clock made of large orange LED digits. Installation of ''Metronome'' began in February 1999, and its dedication took place on October 26, 1999. The clock On the left side of the work is a set of fifteen large LED digits, called "The Passage", which display the time in 24-hour format. The seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
