Columbus Park | |
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Location | Chinatown, Manhattan |
Nearest city | New York City, United States |
Coordinates | 40°42′53.5″N 73°59′59.5″W / 40.714861°N 73.999861°W |
Operated by | New 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]