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PARK FACT:
Philanthropist Daniel Willis James donated the James Fountain to the park in the 1880s with the intention of teaching New Yorkers about kindness and charity. Originally, tin cups were chained to the fountain to allow passerby to quench their thirst.
Union Square Park
Broadway To 4 Ave., E 14 St. To E 17 St.
Manhattan
Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner
Acres: 6.51
Monuments
Browse all Parks monuments on our Permanent Art and Monuments page
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Standing figure (over life-size) with integral plinth on pedestal with plaque
Union Square Drinking Fountain
Group of three figures---standing mother holds baby on right arm with infant at her left side---(over life-size) on an ornamented, octagonal pedestal with a lion head fountain and a basin on each of four sides; formerly a working drinking fountain
Union Square Park Labor & History Plaques
A series of 22 plaques set into the sidewalks surrounding park
