Find A Park > Bowling Green > Monuments > Bowling Green Marker

Bowling Green

Back to Monuments List

View all monuments in NYC Parks, as well as temporary public art installations on our NYC Public Art Map and Guide.

Bowling Green Marker

Click map for directions

  • Location: South side of Bowling Green Fountain
  • Description: Plaque on plinth
  • Materials: Bronze, Milford pink granite
  • Dimensions: Marker H 8" W: 2'6" D: 3'1"
  • Cast: 1938
  • Dedicated: 1938
  • Fabricator: Landolt Sons, Brooklyn, NY
  • Donor: Gardner Osborn
  • Inscription: BOWLING GREEN / THE FIRST PUBLIC PARK TO BE / ESTABLISHED IN NEW YORK / MARCH 12, 1733 / "RESOLVED THAT THIS CORPORATION WILL / LEASE A PIECE OF LAND LYING AT THE / LOWER END OF BROADWAY FRONTING TO / ~ THE FORT TO SOME OF THE INHABITANTS ~ / OF THE SAID BROADWAY IN ORDER TO BE / INCLOSED TO MAKE A BOWLING GREEN / THEREOF WITH WALKS THEREIN, FOR THE / BEAUTY AND ORNAMENT OF THE SAID ~/ STREET AS WELL AS FOR THE RECREATION / & DELIGHT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THIS CITY." / FROM THE MINUTES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. / RECONSTRUCTED 1938

Please note, the NAME field includes a primary designation as well as alternate namingsoften in common or popular usage. The DEDICATED field refers to the most recent dedication, most often, butnot necessarily the original dedication date. If the monument did not have a formal dedication, the yearlisted reflects the date of installation.

For more information, please contact Art & Antiquities at (212) 360-8163

Check out your park's Vital Signs

Clean & Safe

100
Park Condition Score
No recent capital investment.
View all park capital projects

Green & Resilient

18
Mapped Trees
No natural areas present at this site.
View all Forever Wild sites

Empowered & Engaged Users

1
Recent & Future Events
No active volunteer groups.
Help start a volunteer group

Share your feedback or learn more about how this park is part of a Vital Park System