Grand Army Plaza

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Grand Army Plaza is a monumental public square and traffic circle at the main entrance to Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, known for its triumphal arch and historic memorials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monumental plaza ⓘ
public square ⓘ
traffic circle ⓘ
adjacentTo Prospect Park ⓘ
archCompletionDate 1892 ⓘ
archConstructionStart 1889 ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
borough Brooklyn ⓘ
constructionStart 1867 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedBy Calvert Vaux ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
John H. Duncan ⓘ
function gateway to Prospect Park ⓘ
traffic hub ⓘ
hasPart Abraham Lincoln statue ⓘ
Bailey Fountain ⓘ
Bust of Alexander Skene ⓘ
Bust of James S. T. Stranahan ⓘ
Henry Warner Slocum statue ⓘ
John F. Kennedy Memorial ⓘ
Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch ⓘ
equestrian statue of William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
New York City Landmark ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1867 ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York

Prospect Heights ⓘ
namedFor Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
near Brooklyn Botanic Garden ⓘ
Brooklyn Museum ⓘ
Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch ⓘ
notableFor Civil War commemorations ⓘ
historic memorials ⓘ
triumphal arch ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1975 ⓘ
NYCLDesignationDate 1975 ⓘ
originalName Prospect Park Plaza ⓘ
publicTransit Grand Army Plaza subway station ⓘ
renamed Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
renamingYear 1896 ⓘ
shape oval ⓘ
subwayLines IRT Eastern Parkway Line ⓘ
subwayService 2 train ⓘ
3 train ⓘ
traversedBy Eastern Parkway ⓘ
Flatbush Avenue ⓘ
Prospect Park West ⓘ
Union Street ⓘ

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Prospect Park → hasPart → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Park Slope → hasLandmark → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Heights → contains → Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn) ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army Plaza
Grand Army Plaza → renamed → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Flatbush Avenue → hasJunctionWith → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Park → contains → Grand Army Plaza (park entrance area) ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army Plaza
Equestrian Statue of William Tecumseh Sherman → location → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Grand Army Plaza station → nearbyLandmark → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Grand Army Plaza station → hasEntranceOn → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
John H. Duncan → notableWork → Grand Army Plaza arch ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army Plaza
Eastern Parkway → connectsTo → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Eastern Parkway → terminusWest → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Park → hasPart → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Park circulation system → relatedTo → Grand Army Plaza entrances ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army Plaza
Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch → location → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch → partOf → Grand Army Plaza Historic District ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army Plaza
Bailey Fountain → location → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
John F. Kennedy Memorial (Grand Army Plaza) → heritageDesignationArea → Grand Army Plaza historic area ⓘ
subject linked to: John F. Kennedy Memorial
linked to: Grand Army Plaza
Abraham Lincoln statue (Grand Army Plaza) → locatedIn → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
subject linked to: Abraham Lincoln statue
Abraham Lincoln statue (Grand Army Plaza) → isFocalPointOf → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
subject linked to: Abraham Lincoln statue
Bust of Alexander Skene → location → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Bust of Alexander Skene → isArtworkIn → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Park Plaza → formerNameOf → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Park Plaza → replacedBy → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Park Plaza → hasCurrentName → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Pomona statue → locatedIn → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Pomona statue → associatedWith → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn → hasLandmark → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
Union Street (Brooklyn) → connectedToArea → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Street
Union Street (Brooklyn) → hasIntersectionNear → Grand Army Plaza ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Street