The first public park to be established in New York March 12, 1733

“Resolved that the Corporation will Lease a Piece of Land lying at the lower End of Broadway fronting to the Fort to some of the inhabitants of the Said Broadway in Order to be Inclosed to make a Bowling Green there of with Walks therein, for the Beauty and Ornament of the Said Street as well as for the Recreation & Delight of the Inhabitants of This City.”

From the minutes of the Common Council

Reconstructed 1938

Marker can be reached from Broadway, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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