St. James Triangle

St James Pl. and Oliver St.

Manhattan

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

This park, located at the intersection of St. James Place, Oliver, Madison and James Streets bordering the Civic Center, Chinatown, and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan, takes its name from nearby St. James Roman Catholic Church. The Church is named after St. James the Greater, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus, and one of the Christian faith’s most enduring figures.