Within the city-operated parks system of

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

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

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

or contain monuments relating to the war.

Manhattan

Abingdon Square Park Abingdon Square Park is located in the New York City borough of Manhattan in Greenwich Village. The park is bordered by Eighth Avenue, Bank Street, Hudson Street and West 12th Street. Abingdon Square Park is one of New York City's oldest pa ...

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Central Park Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...

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 Chelsea Park is a park in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, that dates back to 1910. The park has sports fields, basketball and handball courts, a children's playground and space for sitting. The surface is mostly tarmac or ...

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Statue * Colonel Young Playground * Colonel Young Triangle * Duffy Square * Finn Square *

Madison Square Park Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, fourth President of the United States. ...

(Eternal Light Flagstaff) * Maher Circle (site of Hooper Fountain) * McKenna Square * William McCray Playground * Mitchel Square

The Bronx

* Bronx Victory Memorial at

Pelham Bay Park Pelham Bay Park is a public park, municipal park located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of the Bronx. It is, at , the largest public park in New York City. The park is more than three times the siz ...

* 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 Van Cortlandt Park is a park located in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, it is managed with assistance from the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance. The park, the city's third-lar ...

* Woodrow Wilson Triangle * Sergeant Johnson Triangle * Vincent Ciccarone Playground * Wade Triangle * Woodlawn Heights War Memorial * Zimmerman Playground

Queens

Astoria Park Astoria Park is a public park in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The park is situated on the eastern shore of the Hell Gate, a strait of the East River, between Ditmars Boulevard to the north and Hoyt Avenue to the south. ...

Memorial * Barclay Triangle *

Catholic War Veterans Triangle Catholic War Veterans (officially called the Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America) is a national service organization of baptized Catholics that have served or are currently serving in the United States Armed Forces. Founded in 1 ...

* Daniel O’Connell Playground *

Doughboy Park Doughboy Park is a New York City public park in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. It is located on a hilly parcel of land between Skillman Avenue and Woodside Avenue, and between 54th Street and 56th Street. The park land was originally obt ...

* Dwyer Square * Fagan Square * Flushing Fields * Foch Sitting Area *

Foothill Malls Foothill Malls is a series of eight traffic medians straddling 193rd Street between Foothill Avenue and Jamaica Avenue in the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The surrounding neighborhood was developed in 1885 by Frederick W. Dunton ...

(Hollis World War Memorial) *

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(Richmond Hill War Memorial) * Garlinge Triangle * Gordon Triangle * Glendale Veterans Triangle *

Hillcrest Veterans Square Hillcrest Veterans Square is a triangle-shaped public park located in Fresh Meadows, Queens, New York City. The square contains a monument erected by Hillcrest Post No. 1078 of the American Legion. In 2005, the park’s original monument to the v ...

* Howard Von Dohlen Playground * Kennedy Playground * Legion Triangle * Lost Battalion Hall * Luke J. Lang Square * Major Mark Park * MacDonald Park (New York City), MacDonald Park *

Mall Eighteen Mall Eighteen is a traffic mall acquired by New York City for park purposes in 1913 and completed as a park in 1918. At the time, the eastern end of this park served as a plaza for the College Point Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station. It is name ...

* McConnell Park * McKenna Triangle * McKee Triangle * Norelli-Hargreaves Playground * Norelli-Hargreaves Triangle * O'Connell Playground *

Proctor-Hopson Circle Proctor-Hopson Circle is a semicircular traffic mall in the neighborhood of South Jamaica, Queens acquired by the city for park purposes in 1924 following the widening of Merrick Boulevard. After this road was straightened in 1924, its former route ...

* Queens Village Veterans Plaza * Ridgewood Veterans Triangle * Sergeant Colyer Square * Sohncke Square * Steinmann Triangle *

Triangle 54 Triangle 54 is a public park located in the Blissville neighborhood of Long Island City in Queens, New York City. This traffic triangle is bound by 48th Street on the southwest and east, and 54th Avenue on the north. The park contains ten trees ...

(memorial flagpole) * Veterans Park (New York City), Veterans Park (

Broad Channel Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies the southern portion of Rulers Bar Hassock (known colloquially as "Broad Channel Island"), the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay. Th ...

) * Veterans Square * Wellbrook Triangle * Winfield War Memorial * William F. Moore Park

Brooklyn

* Alben Triangle *

Ascenzi Square Ascenzi Square is a small plaza formed by the intersection of two street grids that meet at Metropolitan Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. Roebling Street traverses both grids, making a slight jog to the southwe ...

* 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 McCarren Park is a public park in Brooklyn, New York City. It is located on the border of Williamsburg and Greenpoint and is bordered by Nassau Avenue, Bayard Street, Lorimer Street and North 12th Street. The park contains facilities for recrea ...

*William E. Sheridan Playground * Zion Triangle

Staten Island

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

References

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