List of New York City parks relating to World War I

Within the city-operated parks system of New York City, there are many parks that are either named after individuals who participated in World War I or contain monuments relating to the war. In total, nearly one of every eight monuments within the city-operated parks is a World War One memorial.

Manhattan

Abingdon Square Park has a memorialhttp://www.abingdonsquare.org/history-of-the-square/ Abingdon Square ConservancyWilson, Dr. Ross J. "New York and the First World War: Shaping an American City" Page 213 Central Park has the John Purroy Mitchel Memorial, 107th Infantry Memorial, and 307th Infantry Memorial Grove. Coleman Playground Donnellan Square Dorrance Brooks SquareWilson, Dr. Ross J. "New York and the First World War: Shaping an American City" Page 214 369th Infantry Regiment Memorial Chelsea Park Doughboy Statue Colonel Young Playground Colonel Young Triangle Duffy Square Finn Square Madison Square Park (Eternal Light Flagstaff) Maher Circle (site of Hooper Fountain)In memory of Lt. Joseph F. Maher “Tablets Unveiled, Graves Decorated” New York Times 5/31/1923 McKenna Square William McCray Playground Mitchel Square

The Bronx Bronx Victory Memorial at Pelham Bay Park Brust Park D’Auria-Murphy Triangle Devanney Triangle Graham Triangle Hawkins Park O’Brien Oval O’Neill Triangle Owen Dolen Park (memorial) Memorial Grove at Van Cortlandt Park Woodrow Wilson Triangle Sergeant Johnson Triangle Vincent Ciccarone Playground Wade Triangle Woodlawn Heights War Memorial Zimmerman PlaygroundCorporal Louis Zimmerman, killed on November 5, 1918

Queens Astoria Park Memorial Barclay Triangle Catholic War Veterans Triangle“Harvey Will Speak at Square Dedication” Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 18, 1938 Daniel O’Connell Playground Doughboy Park Dwyer Square Fagan Square Flushing FieldsFlushing World War Memorial http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/flushing-fields/monuments Foch Sitting Area Foothill Malls (Hollis World War Memorial) Forest Park (Richmond Hill War Memorial) Garlinge Triangle Gordon Triangle Glendale Veterans Triangle Hillcrest Veterans SquareRhoades, Liz “In Time For Memorial Day, Veterans Unveil New Monument” Queens Chronicle June 2, 2005 http://www.qchron.com/editions/north/in-time-for-memorial-day-veterans-unveil-new-monument/article_fe26914f-3cdc-598b-a649-9a2c74ea385f.html Howard Von Dohlen Playground Kennedy Playground Legion Triangle Lost Battalion Hall Luke J. Lang Square Major Mark Park MacDonald Park (New York City)|MacDonald ParkNew York City Board of Aldermen Res. #190 4/25/1933 Mall Eighteen McConnell Park McKenna Triangle McKee Triangle Norelli-Hargreaves Playground Norelli-Hargreaves Triangle O'Connell Playground Proctor-Hopson Circle Queens Village Veterans Plaza Ridgewood Veterans Triangle Sergeant Colyer Square Sohncke Square Steinmann Triangle Triangle 54 (memorial flagpole) Veterans Park (New York City)|Veterans Park (Broad Channel) Veterans Square Wellbrook Triangle Winfield War Memorial William F. Moore Park

Brooklyn Alben Triangle Ascenzi Square Beattie Square Callahan–Kelly Playground Freedom Triangle Heisser Triangle Highland Park (Dawn of Glory sculpture) Ketchum Triangle Person Square Private Sonsire Triangle Saratoga Park War Memorial T. Raymond Nulty Square inside McCarren Park William E. Sheridan Playground Zion Triangle

Staten Island Egbert Triangle Levy Playground Hero Park Mahoney Playground DeMatti Playground Pleasant Plains Memorial White Playground

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