Harriet Tubman Square

For the area known as Harriet Tubman Square in Boston, see Harriet Tubman Park.

Harriet Tubman Square (formerly known as Washington Park) is a city square in Downtown Newark, New Jersey.[1]

It is the northernmost of the three colonial era downtown parks in the city, along with Lincoln Park and Military Park.[2] The triangular park is bounded by Broad Street, Washington Street, and Washington Place at the end of Halsey Street. It is home to several public monuments and is surrounded by historic civic and commercial buildings. In a ceremony on Juneteenth 2022, the city re-named the park in honor of Harriet Tubman.[3][4]

Skyline of Washington Park buildings such as IDT, North Reformed Church, 33 Washington St, American Insurance Company Building, Cablevision, 1 Washington Park, and Riverfront Stadium as seen from Passaic River in 2015
  1. ^ "TAPinto".
  2. ^ Jean-Rae Turner; Richard T. Koles; Charles F. Cummings (2003), Newark: The Golden Age, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9780738512143
  3. ^ "Newark to rename Washington Park to honor Harriet Tubman, replace Columbus statue with hers". October 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Strunsky, Steve (June 20, 2022). "On Juneteenth holiday, Newark renames Washington Park as Harriet Tubman Square". NJ.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.