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 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

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. South of this park, between Tillary and Johnson Streets, lies the small Korean War Veterans Plaza. 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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* {{Protected areas of New York City Downtown Brooklyn Parks in Brooklyn Streets in Brooklyn