Columbus Circle

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landmark public square traffic circle

Columbus Circle is a major traffic circle and public landmark in Manhattan, New York City, known as a key transportation hub and the point from which all official distances from New York City are measured.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Columbus Circle (southern edge)	1
Columbus Circle (via Central Park South corridor)	1
Columbus Circle, New York City	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landmark ⓘ public square ⓘ traffic circle ⓘ
adjacentTo	Central Park ⓘ
borders	southwest corner of Central Park ⓘ
constructedFor	400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasAlternateClassification	roundabout ⓘ
hasCentralFeature	pedestal with Columbus statue ⓘ traffic circle roadway ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystemRole	origin point for New York City highway distance signs ⓘ
hasDesignElement	radial street layout ⓘ
hasMonument	Columbus Monument ⓘ
hasNearbyBuilding	Deutsche Bank Center ⓘ Museum of Arts and Design ⓘ Time Warner Center ⓘ Trump International Hotel & Tower ⓘ surface form: Trump International Hotel and Tower
hasPostalCode	10019 ⓘ
hasPublicArt	Columbus Monument ⓘ
hasStatueOf	Christopher Columbus ⓘ
hasUrbanFunction	pedestrian gathering space ⓘ traffic distribution ⓘ
isMaintainedBy	New York City Department of Transportation ⓘ
isMajorGatewayTo	Central Park ⓘ
isPartOf	borough of Manhattan ⓘ surface form: Borough of Manhattan
isPointFromWhich	official distances from New York City are measured ⓘ
isPublicSpace	true ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	true ⓘ
isTransportationHub	true ⓘ
locatedAtIntersectionOf	Broadway ⓘ Central Park West NERFINISHED ⓘ Eighth Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ West 59th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInNeighborhood	Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
monumentDesignedBy	Gaetano Russo NERFINISHED ⓘ
monumentUnveiledIn	1892 ⓘ
namedAfter	Christopher Columbus ⓘ
servedBySubwayLine	1 ⓘ A ⓘ B ⓘ C ⓘ D ⓘ
servedBySubwayStation	59th Street–Columbus Circle station ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Upper West Side → contains → Columbus Circle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Columbus Circle (southern edge)

59th Street → crosses → Columbus Circle ⓘ

Broadway (Manhattan street) → hasLandmark → Columbus Circle ⓘ

West Side of Manhattan → hasLandmark → Columbus Circle ⓘ

59th Street → hasLandmarkAlong → Columbus Circle ⓘ

Broadway (Manhattan street) → intersects → Columbus Circle ⓘ

Rose Museum → locatedNear → Columbus Circle ⓘ

2 Columbus Circle, New York City → location → Columbus Circle ⓘ

subject surface form: 2 Columbus Circle

Grand Army Plaza → near → Columbus Circle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Columbus Circle (via Central Park South corridor)

Heckscher Playground → near → Columbus Circle ⓘ

Louisiana Avenue NW vicinity → near → Columbus Circle ⓘ

Broadway → notableIntersection → Columbus Circle ⓘ

Laurie Olin → notableWork → Columbus Circle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Columbus Circle, New York City

2 Columbus Circle, New York City → overlooks → Columbus Circle ⓘ

subject surface form: 2 Columbus Circle

Central Park West → southernTerminus → Columbus Circle ⓘ