Grand Army Plaza

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monumental plaza public square traffic circle

Grand Army Plaza is a monumental public square and traffic circle at the main entrance to Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, known for its triumphal arch and historic memorials.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Grand Army Plaza canonical 11
Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn) 1
Grand Army Plaza (park entrance area) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monumental plaza ⓘ
public square ⓘ
traffic circle ⓘ
adjacentTo Prospect Park ⓘ
archCompletionDate 1892 ⓘ
archConstructionStart 1889 ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
borough Brooklyn ⓘ
constructionStart 1867 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedBy Calvert Vaux ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
John H. Duncan ⓘ
function gateway to Prospect Park ⓘ
traffic hub ⓘ
hasPart Abraham Lincoln statue ⓘ
Bailey Fountain ⓘ
Bust of Alexander Skene ⓘ
Bust of James S. T. Stranahan ⓘ
Henry Warner Slocum statue ⓘ
John F. Kennedy Memorial ⓘ
Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch ⓘ
equestrian statue of William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing

New York City Landmark ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1867 ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

Prospect Heights ⓘ
namedFor Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
near Brooklyn Botanic Garden ⓘ
Brooklyn Museum ⓘ
Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library) ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch
notableFor Civil War commemorations ⓘ
historic memorials ⓘ
triumphal arch ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1975 ⓘ
NYCLDesignationDate 1975 ⓘ
originalName Prospect Park Plaza ⓘ
publicTransit Grand Army Plaza station ⓘ
surface form: Grand Army Plaza subway station
renamed Grand Army Plaza self-link ⓘ
renamingYear 1896 ⓘ
shape oval ⓘ
subwayLines Eastern Parkway Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Eastern Parkway Line
subwayService 2 train ⓘ
3 train ⓘ
traversedBy Eastern Parkway ⓘ
Flatbush Avenue ⓘ
Prospect Park West ⓘ
Union Street ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prospect Park → hasPart → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library) → overlooks → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Park Slope → hasLandmark → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Heights → contains → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn)
Grand Army Plaza → renamed → Grand Army Plaza self-link ⓘ
Flatbush Avenue → hasJunctionWith → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
New York City Subway at Grand Army Plaza (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) → nearbyPlace → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Park (in coordination with Prospect Park Alliance) → contains → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
subject surface form: Prospect Park
this entity surface form: Grand Army Plaza (park entrance area)
equestrian statue of William Tecumseh Sherman → location → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
subject surface form: Equestrian Statue of William Tecumseh Sherman
Grand Army Plaza station → nearbyLandmark → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Grand Army Plaza station → hasEntranceOn → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
John H. Duncan → notableWork → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Army Plaza arch
Eastern Parkway → connectsTo → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Eastern Parkway → terminusWest → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ