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Bowling Green (New York City)
Bowling Green
is a small public park in
South Ferry
,
Manhattan
at the end of
Broadway
, next to the site of the original Dutch fort of
New Amsterdam
. Built in 1733, originally including a
bowling green
, it is the oldest public park in
New York City
and is surrounded by its original 18th-century fence. At its northern end is the
Charging Bull
sculpture.
Bowling Green Fence and Park
is listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
. It is abutted by
Battery Park
to the west.
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