| Bleecker Park | |
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 Mansion neighborhood Christmas sign in Bleecker Park, with Madison Place in background | |
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Albany, New York |
| Area | 16,275 square feet (0.15120 ha) |
| Created | 1835 |
| Operated by | City of Albany |
| Parking | Off-site at nearby Empire State Plaza |
Bleecker Park is a small .37-acre (0.15 ha) urban park in Albany, New York. The park is triangle-shaped, bounded by Madison Place to the south, Madison Avenue to the north, and Eagle Street to the west. The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception is across Eagle Street from the park, while Madison Place, which is only one block-long, consists of rowhouses primarily in High Gothic and Italianate architecture, built in the mid-to-late-19th century.[1] Across from the park on Madison Street is the Empire State Plaza East Parking Garage, built in 1999/2000.[2] The park features the oldest fountain in the city which is surrounded by a small circular garden, two circular beds are also in the park and each feature a shrub surrounded flowers, these small gardens make Bleecker Park "a most charming and restrained Victorian public garden" according to an article in the Albany Times Union.[3]
- ^ Waite, Diana S., ed. (1993). Albany Architecture. Matthew Bender IV-Mount Ida Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-9625368-1-4.
- ^ Benjamin, Elizabeth (1999-04-22). "Albany's En Route to More Parking". Times Union (Albany). Hearst Communications. p. A1. Archived from the original on 2012-05-26.
- ^ Sombke, Laurence (1999-05-23). "Very Victorian the Era's Love of Nostalgia and Fragrance Blooms Again in the Garden". Times Union (Albany). Hearst Communications. p. H1. Archived from the original on 2012-05-26.