Accessibility Info
PARK FACT:
Do you know an interesting tidbit about Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle that you’d like to share? Please send it to us!
Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
Myrtle Ave., Cypress Ave., Putnam Ave.
Queens
Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner
Acres: 0.01
Ridgewood War Memorial
A gift of the Gold Star Mothers, the organization of mothers of war dead, this memorial, dedicated on Memorial Day 1923, honors Ridgewood residents who died during World War I (1914-1918). Sculptor Anton Schaaf (1869-1943) created the bas-reliefs representing the Army, Navy, and Air Force that are featured on the 11-foot-high pillar.
The Army bas-relief shows a soldier and woman with a torch, the Navy bas-relief features a sailor and Neptune (the Roman god of water), and the Air Force bas-relief displays an aviator with an allegorical female figure. The honor rolls inscribed into the pillar between the reliefs list the names of the 110 servicemen from this neighborhood who lost their lives while fighting in the war. The granite pillar was designed by Helmle and Corbett architects; Schaaf also collaborated with Helmle and Corbett on the Glendale War Memorial in Queens. The monument is slated for a City-funded capital renovation.
Directions to Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
Facilities
Highlights
- Ridgewood War Memorial
