Within the city-operated parks system of

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

, there are many parks that are either named after individuals who participated in the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam a ...

or contain monuments relating to the war.

Manhattan

Vietnam Veterans Plaza Vietnam Veterans Plaza is an American memorial plaza in Manhattan, New York. It honors New York City citizens who served during the 20th-century Vietnam War. Description and history Located in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan, i ...

* Anibal Aviles Playground * Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground

Bronx

* Carlos J. Lozada Playground

Queens

* Strack Pond * Elmhurst Park has the

Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a memorial at Elmhurst Park in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City in honor of the veterans of the Vietnam War of 1955–1975. It was designed by Landscape architect, Landscape Architects Denise Mattes and Fran ...

* Private William Gray Park * Walter J. Wetzel Triangle * Strippoli Square * Nine Heroes Plaza * Ten Heroes Plaza * Frank J. McManus Memorial * L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground

Brooklyn

* Barone Triangle * Colonel Donald Cook Square * Hickman Playground * John Allen Payne Park * Pfc Norton Playground * Russell Pedersen Playground * Father Kehoe Square has a memorial for this war. *

John Paul Jones Park John Paul Jones Park is a public park located in Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The park borders Shore Road, Fourth Avenue, 101st Street, and Fort Hamilton Parkway. The park is managed by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreatio ...

has a memorial for this war.

Staten Island

Buono Beach Buono Beach is a small shorefront public park in the New York City borough of Staten Island, in the neighborhood of Rosebank, at the foot of Hylan Boulevard. Buono Beach borders New York Harbor and is adjacent to the park containing the Alice Au ...

* Capodanno Memorial * Lt. Lia Playground

References

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