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Sherman Square is a 
The park name is used to describe the neighborhood surrounding the entrances to the 72nd Street station, which are on traffic islands where Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue cross.
The Sherman Square area, and its much bigger neighbor Verdi Square, on the north side of 72nd, were dubbed “Needle Park” in the 1960s and 1970s because of illicit drug activity. This provided the title and general setting for the 1966 book by James Mills and its 1971 film adaptation '' The Panic in Needle Park'', directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring
Sherman Square is a pocket park
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bounded by Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, and West 70th Street on the Upper West Side
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of Manhattan
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, in New York City
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. It was named in 1891 for William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman ( ; February 8, 1820February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a General officer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), earning recognit ...
who lived in the area and died that year.
The park name is used to describe the neighborhood surrounding the entrances to the 72nd Street station, which are on traffic islands where Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue cross.
The Sherman Square area, and its much bigger neighbor Verdi Square, on the north side of 72nd, were dubbed “Needle Park” in the 1960s and 1970s because of illicit drug activity. This provided the title and general setting for the 1966 book by James Mills and its 1971 film adaptation '' The Panic in Needle Park'', directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino
Alfredo James Pacino ( ; ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Known for his intense performances on stage and screen, Pacino is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. His career spans more than five decades, duri ...
in his second role.
The fenced-in portion of Sherman Square protecting its vegetation is only and is actually a scalene triangle
A triangle is a polygon with three corners and three sides, one of the basic shapes in geometry. The corners, also called ''vertices'', are zero-dimensional points while the sides connecting them, also called ''edges'', are one-dimensional ...
. It is on a paved, much larger triangle. The fenced area has facing 70th Street, facing Broadway, and facing Amsterdam.
The name of squares for triangular pieces of land reflected the original Commissioners' Plan of 1811 which called for the area to be built according to a master grid. New York City acquired the land by condemnation in 1849 when Broadway was being built through the area at an angle and was not on the grid. Other parcels of land on Broadway that have the square name but are irregular pieces of land include Herald Square and Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and Neighborhoods in New York City, neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway (Manhattan), ...
.
The park’s size diminished in 1869 when 70th Street was built.
See also
*List of New York City parks
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* Federal – US National Park Service (NPS) - both List of National Park System areas in New York, open-space and histo ...
References
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