Galileo Park
Galileo Galilei was born near Pisa on February 15th in 1564 - the same year in which Shakespeare was born, and in which Michel...

Garden of Happiness
This garden was built by community members in 1988 on three former city-owned lots. Its name refers to the hopes of area res...

Garden of Union
The Garden of Union lies on Union Street, but the name derives as much from its character as its location. The property is co...

Garden Playground
The name of this playground, and the adjacent street, honor Tunis Joralemon’s (1760-1840) prized garden. Joralemon, ...

Garibaldi Playground
This playground was named for Italian patriot and leader Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) by a local law passed by the City Coun...

Garlinge Triangle
This parkland commemorates the soldiers from the Maspeth area of Queens who gave their lives in World War I. The park&rsquo...

Gates of Life
The animal motifs for these fanciful bronze grillwork gates, designed by architects Clarke and Rapuano, and dating to 1968, we...

Gateway Triangle
Gateway Triangle, bounded by Fulton Street and Gates and Vanderbilt Avenues, is aptly named. It stands at the entrance to the...

Gay Liberation Monument
This sculpture by George Segal (1924–2000) honors the gay rights movement and commemorates the events at the Stonewall I...

Gene Gray Playground
This playground is named in honor of Broad Channel community activist Eugene Gray (1927-1973). Gray was born on March 14, 192...

Gene Ritter Walkway
How did this site become a park?In 1934 Parks acquired the first portion of this property and the park opened in 1935.The park...

General Daniel Butterfield
Who is this monument dedicated to? Daniel Butterfield (1831–1901) was born October 31, 1831. His father was a leader ...

General Douglas Macarthur Park
What was here before? The land encompassing this park and the General Charles W. Berry Houses was once occupied by the Rich...

General Edward Fowler Statue
This statue by Henry Baerer (1837 – 1908) honors Brooklynite and Civil War hero Brigadier General Edward Fowler (1828 &n...

General Henry Warner Slocum
This bronze statue of General Henry Warner Slocum (1827–1894) depicts the Civil War hero atop his horse with a raised sa...

General Josiah Porter Statue
Who is this monument dedicated to? General Josiah Porter (1830–1894) is reputed to have been the first Harvard Colle...

General Philip Henry Sheridan
This expressive bronze portrait of General Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), created by Joseph Pollia (1893-1954), was unveil...

General Slocum Disaster
On the morning of June 15, 1904, the steamboat General Slocum caught fire in the East River with approximately 1,300 people on...

General Warren Statue
This sculpture by Henry Baerer (1837–1908) honors the distinguished Union Army general Gouverneur Kemble Warren (1830&nd...

General Winfield Scott Hancock Statue
This monumental bronze portrait bust, dedicated in 1893, depicts Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock (1824–1886), a...