Civic Center, Manhattan
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Civic Center, Manhattan is a government and administrative district in Lower Manhattan known for housing New York City's major municipal, state, and federal offices and courthouses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Civic Center, Manhattan canonical | 23 |
| New York City civic center complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T819714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civic Center, Manhattan Context triple: [Lower Manhattan, contains, Civic Center, Manhattan]
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A.
Queens Plaza
Queens Plaza is a major New York City Subway station complex in Queens that serves multiple lines and acts as a key transfer point for riders traveling between Queens and Manhattan.
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B.
Empire State Plaza complex
The Empire State Plaza complex is a vast government and civic center in Albany, New York, known for its modernist architecture and role as the hub of New York State’s administrative offices.
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C.
United Nations Plaza
United Nations Plaza is the public square and surrounding area in Manhattan, New York City, that serves as the primary urban setting and address for the United Nations Headquarters.
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D.
New York City Center
New York City Center is a historic performing arts venue in Midtown Manhattan known for its dance, theater, and music programming, including the renowned Encores! series.
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E.
Herald Square
Herald Square is a bustling commercial and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, best known for its flagship Macy’s department store and as a focal point of New York City’s retail and holiday festivities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civic Center, Manhattan Target entity description: Civic Center, Manhattan is a government and administrative district in Lower Manhattan known for housing New York City's major municipal, state, and federal offices and courthouses.
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A.
Queens Plaza
Queens Plaza is a major New York City Subway station complex in Queens that serves multiple lines and acts as a key transfer point for riders traveling between Queens and Manhattan.
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B.
Empire State Plaza complex
The Empire State Plaza complex is a vast government and civic center in Albany, New York, known for its modernist architecture and role as the hub of New York State’s administrative offices.
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C.
United Nations Plaza
United Nations Plaza is the public square and surrounding area in Manhattan, New York City, that serves as the primary urban setting and address for the United Nations Headquarters.
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D.
New York City Center
New York City Center is a historic performing arts venue in Midtown Manhattan known for its dance, theater, and music programming, including the renowned Encores! series.
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E.
Herald Square
Herald Square is a bustling commercial and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, best known for its flagship Macy’s department store and as a focal point of New York City’s retail and holiday festivities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
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government district ⓘ neighborhood of Manhattan ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Chinatown, Manhattan
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Lower Manhattan ⓘ
surface form:
Financial District, Manhattan
Tribeca ⓘ Two Bridges, Manhattan ⓘ |
| contains |
Brooklyn Bridge entrance ramps (Manhattan side)
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Collect Pond Park ⓘ Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse ⓘ Foley Square ⓘ Jacob K. Javits Federal Building ⓘ Manhattan Municipal Building ⓘ Manhattan entrance to the Manhattan Bridge vicinity ⓘ New York City Board of Elections ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Board of Elections offices
New York City Civil Court ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Civil Court (Manhattan)
New York City Comptroller offices ⓘ New York City Hall ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Council chambers
New York City Criminal Court ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Criminal Court (Manhattan)
New York City Department of Correction ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Department of Correction headquarters
New York City Department of Education ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Department of Education headquarters
New York City Department of Finance ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Department of Finance offices
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene offices ⓘ New York City Department of Probation ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Department of Probation offices
New York City Department of Transportation ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Department of Transportation offices
New York City Hall ⓘ New York City Hall Park ⓘ New York City Law Department ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Law Department offices
New York City Marriage Bureau ⓘ Office of the Mayor of New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Mayor's Office
One Police Plaza ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Police Department headquarters (1 Police Plaza)
New York City Public Advocate ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Public Advocate offices
New York Surrogate's Court ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Surrogate's Court
New York County Courthouse ⓘ FBI field offices ⓘ
surface form:
New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State ⓘ
surface form:
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (courthouse building in the area)
St. Andrew's Plaza ⓘ Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse ⓘ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
surface form:
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services New York offices (in Javits Federal Building)
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| knownFor |
concentration of federal government offices
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concentration of municipal government buildings ⓘ concentration of state government offices ⓘ major courts and courthouses ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Manhattan
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Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| municipality |
New York City
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surface form:
City of New York
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| partOf | borough of Manhattan ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall subway station
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Chambers Street–World Trade Center ⓘ
surface form:
Chambers Street–World Trade Center / Park Place subway complex
Fulton Street complex ⓘ
surface form:
Fulton Street subway complex (nearby access)
New York City Subway ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Civic Center, Manhattan Description of subject: Civic Center, Manhattan is a government and administrative district in Lower Manhattan known for housing New York City's major municipal, state, and federal offices and courthouses.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
One Federal Plaza
this entity surface form:
New York City civic center complex
Manhattan Municipal Building
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locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
→
Civic Center, Manhattan
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subject surface form:
City Hall–Broadway station
New York City Subway Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station (4,5,6)
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neighborhood
→
Civic Center, Manhattan
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subject surface form:
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station (4,5,6)
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene building vicinity
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locatedIn
→
Civic Center, Manhattan
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