Ascenzi Square is a small plaza formed by the intersection of two street grids that meet at

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in the

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neighborhood of

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. Roebling Street traverses both grids, making a slight jog to the southwest between North Fourth Street and

. On March 29, 1939, the

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designated this triangle as Ascenzi Square, in honor of brothers Joseph and William Ascenzi, residents of Williamsburg who were killed in the

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. Following their deaths, the local

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Post 1204 was renamed the Ascenzi Post and in 1938, this organization requested the renaming from the City Council.Local Laws of the City of New York, Number 24 of 1939 The two traffic triangles formed by Roebling Street were designated as a Greenstreets park around 2000. Greenstreets is a partnership between the

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and the city Department of Transportation that transforms unused traffic triangles and medians into green spaces.

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