Columbus Park Downtown Brooklyn
The petition which was started on june 10 by a group that calls itself simply the people demands that the city turn to native american.
Columbus park downtown brooklyn. Petition calls for removal of downtown brooklyn columbus statue renaming park. Columbus park located in the heart of downtown brooklyn s civic center columbus park is a popular gathering place adjacent to brooklyn borough hall with a popular green market on from 8am 6pm every tuesday and saturday and thursdays from april to december. Columbus park brooklyn the columbus statue in front of the new york state supreme court in downtown brooklyn has an especially complicated history. The petition which was started on june 10 by a group that calls itself simply the people demands that the city turn to native american communities for choosing the new name of the park and the statue s replacement lamenting the 15th century explorer for.
Click map for directions click image for larger view. Downtown brooklyn is the civic and commercial downtown center of the former city of brooklyn which as of 2010 has 2 6 million residents. An anonymous online group has launched a small petition to remove the statue of christopher columbus from outside the state supreme court building in downtown brooklyn and to rename the adjacent columbus park. But more recently according to a report in the brooklyn paper a petition has been circulating online that demands the renaming of columbus park in downtown brooklyn and removal of the figure of.
The area includes brooklyn borough hall the kings county new york state courthouse and the theodore roosevelt courthouse for the federal eastern district of new york. In 1897 the park formerly known as washington park received its name. Called the downtown brooklyn public realm action plan the project will extend from columbus park to the barclay s center. The masterplan was created following a comprehensive study of the.
The christopher columbus statue in downtown brooklyn. The statue was designed by american sculptor. Grab something to eat and sit at the bistro style tables and chairs. By 1847 it was designated a park brooklyn s first and twenty years later famed landscape architects olmsted and vaux began designing its new layout.
Washington park and willoughby avenue. An anonymous online group has launched a small petition to remove the statue of christopher columbus from outside the state supreme court building in downtown brooklyn and to rename the adjacent columbus park.