Abe Lebewohl Park | |
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Type | Urban park |
Location | In front of the St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery at 2nd Ave and East 12th St, East Village, Manhattan, New York City |
Coordinates | 40°43′48″N 73°59′13″W / 40.7300°N 73.9870°W |
Area | 0.16 acres |
Operated by | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |
Website | https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/abe-lebewohl-park |
Abe Lebewohl Park is a public park in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, in front of the St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery where East 12th Street, Second Avenue, and Stuyvesant Street meet. The park is named after Abe Lebewohl, a local who owned the Second Avenue Deli, which was formerly located across the street from the park. It contains a small seating area as well as a Ukrainian-American World War II memorial.