Jackson Square Park

The park as seen from Eighth Avenue
Jackson Square Park is located in Manhattan
Jackson Square Park
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Location of Jackson Square Park in Manhattan

Jackson Square Park is an urban park in the Greenwich Village Historic District[1] in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The 0.227 acres (920 m2) park is bordered by 8th Avenue on the west, Horatio Street on the south, and Greenwich Avenue on the east. The park interrupts West 13th Street.

Its triangular shape arose from the intersection of two Native American footpaths that grew into Greenwich Village streets.[2] Later, the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 created a new street grid for Manhattan, which ultimately resulted in 8th Avenue being built through the intersection.

The triangular area developed from an unimproved public rallying place, to a classic Victorian viewing garden, to a children's playground, and finally a contemporary mixed-use space.

  1. ^ "New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee maps" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  2. ^ “Indian paths in the great metropolis,” Reginald Pelham Bolton, New York Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.