Bowling Green

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Bowling Green is a small public park and historic site in Lower Manhattan, New York City, known as the city’s oldest park and for its proximity to the Financial District and Wall Street.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
public park
urban park
adjacentTo Battery Park, Manhattan
surface form: Battery Park

Bowling Green station
surface form: Bowling Green subway station

Broadway
State Street
category Historic sites in New York City
Parks in Manhattan
coordinateLocation 40.7041°N 74.0132°W
country United States of America
surface form: United States
hasPart Bowling Green Fence
Charging Bull sculpture
benches
fenced central lawn
fountain
surrounding paved walkways
heritageDesignation New York City Landmark
surface form: New York City Scenic Landmark

New York City designated landmark
inception 1733
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New York (state) NERFINISHED
New York County NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOn Broadway
location Lower Manhattan
Manhattan
New York City
nearbyFeature Battery Park, Manhattan
surface form: Battery Park

Bowling Green station
surface form: Bowling Green subway station

United States Custom House
surface form: Custom House (Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House)

Wall Street
notableFor being the oldest public park in New York City
historic role in colonial New York
location at the foot of Broadway
proximity to Wall Street
proximity to the New York Stock Exchange
operator New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
ownedBy New York City
surface form: City of New York
partOf Lower Manhattan
surface form: Financial District, Manhattan
publicAccess yes
publicTransitAccess Bowling Green station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
Whitehall Street–South Ferry station
surface form: South Ferry–Whitehall Street station
shape triangular
streetAddress Broadway and Whitehall Street NERFINISHED
use public gatherings
recreation
tourism

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Battery Park, Manhattan adjacentTo Bowling Green
subject surface form: Battery Park
Lower Manhattan contains Bowling Green
Lexington Avenue Line hasTerminal Bowling Green
2 Broadway, Manhattan locatedNear Bowling Green
subject surface form: 2 Broadway
Whitehall Terminal locatedNear Bowling Green
South Ferry nearbyLandmark Bowling Green
Broadway terminus Bowling Green