The area where Christopher Park sits has been inhabited by Europeans since the early 1600s. The Director-General of New Netherland ran a tobacco farm, and the famous Irish sea-captain Peter Warren also owned property here. In fact, the park takes its name from the eponymous street in honor of Charles Christopher Amos, heir to the Warren estate. Over the following centuries as Greenwich Village developed, the encroachment by residential property forced the city to declare the park a public space in 1837. As the fortunes of the village ebbed and flowed in the 19th and 20th centuries, the park often garnered a reputation as a dangerous, shady place. The park is also known for being one of the sites that lit the fuse for the gay rights liberation movement when the tragic Stonewall Riots broke out in 1969. Christopher Park received a complete facelift in 1986, and many of the historic elements were restored, such as the 130-year-old fence and the statue of General Sheridan from 1936. In homage to, and in solidarity with, the LGBT movement, the statue “Gay Liberation” by George Segal was installed in 1992.
Website: nycgovparks.org
Phone: (646) 888-3199
7th Avenue South, Christopher Street New York, NY 10014 ·348.30 mi
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- Accessible
- Family friendly
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tripadvisorChristopher Park is essentially a memorial park with some interesting statues and places to sit. We visited at night and not sure if you can actually access the park.
MoreThis is where we spotted the bust of Marsha P. Johnson, a hero of the LGBT movement, a courageous hero. And it's a green oasis is a built-up area with some benches for sitting and resting.
MoreChristopher park occupies a central and unusual intersection of about six streets in central New York City. Eclectic and electric are just a few of the worlds to describe the pulse of this location, especially in the evening. Love it or hate it kind of place.
MoreVery small park with a powerful impact. Stonewall National Monument is a new national park on the registry located in Christopher Park. This park honors the modern struggle for civil rights of gay and lesbian Americans and is located in Greenwich Village.
MoreNow a national park with a ranger who can share the history of this location. While it is one of the countries smallest parks there are no lines.
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