Columbus Park (Manhattan)

"Paradise Park (Manhattan)" redirects here. For the former amusement park in Upper Manhattan, see Fort George Amusement Park.

Columbus Park
Xiangqi (Chinese chess) players and onlookers in the park in 2008
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LocationChinatown, Manhattan
Nearest cityNew York City, United States
Coordinates40°42′53.5″N 73°59′59.5″W / 40.714861°N 73.999861°W / 40.714861; -73.999861
Operated byNew York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Columbus Park formerly known as Mulberry Bend Park, Five Points Park and Paradise Park, is a public park in Chinatown, Manhattan, in New York City that was built in 1897.

American photojournalist Jacob Riis (best known for How The Other Half Lives) is generally credited with "transforming Mulberry Bend from a 'notorious slum' to a park" in order to improve tenement dwellers' quality of life in the neighborhood.[1]

  1. ^ unav (c. 1900). "Mulberry Bend Park". Community Service Society Photographs. doi:10.7916/ckwz-x130. Retrieved June 22, 2023.