Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan

E1011702

historic site public park urban plaza

Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan is New York City’s oldest public park, a small historic plaza near the Financial District known for its central fountain, surrounding skyscrapers, and proximity to landmarks like the Charging Bull statue.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bowling Green (New York City)	1
Bowling Green area of Manhattan	1
Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12921765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan
Context triple: [Asia (Four Continents sculpture), location, Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan]

A. Gravesend, Brooklyn
Gravesend, Brooklyn is a historic residential neighborhood in southern Brooklyn known for its diverse communities, low-rise housing, and proximity to Coney Island and the waterfront.
B. Civic Center, Brooklyn
Civic Center, Brooklyn is a downtown Brooklyn neighborhood that serves as the borough’s governmental and judicial hub, housing major courts, administrative offices, and civic institutions.
C. Brunswick Plaza, New York
Brunswick Plaza, New York is a commercial shopping center located in the town of Brunswick in upstate New York.
D. Mill Basin, Brooklyn
Mill Basin, Brooklyn is a residential neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City, known for its waterfront homes, marinas, and suburban-style streets.
E. Yonkers Waterfront
Yonkers Waterfront is a revitalized riverside district along the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, known for its parks, promenades, dining, and residential developments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan
Target entity description: Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan is New York City’s oldest public park, a small historic plaza near the Financial District known for its central fountain, surrounding skyscrapers, and proximity to landmarks like the Charging Bull statue.

A. Gravesend, Brooklyn
Gravesend, Brooklyn is a historic residential neighborhood in southern Brooklyn known for its diverse communities, low-rise housing, and proximity to Coney Island and the waterfront.
B. Civic Center, Brooklyn
Civic Center, Brooklyn is a downtown Brooklyn neighborhood that serves as the borough’s governmental and judicial hub, housing major courts, administrative offices, and civic institutions.
C. Brunswick Plaza, New York
Brunswick Plaza, New York is a commercial shopping center located in the town of Brunswick in upstate New York.
D. Mill Basin, Brooklyn
Mill Basin, Brooklyn is a residential neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City, known for its waterfront homes, marinas, and suburban-style streets.
E. Yonkers Waterfront
Yonkers Waterfront is a revitalized riverside district along the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, known for its parks, promenades, dining, and residential developments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ public park ⓘ urban plaza ⓘ
adjacentTo	Battery Place ⓘ Broadway (Bowling Green to Battery Place segment) ⓘ linked to: Broadway (Manhattan street) State Street, Manhattan ⓘ linked to: State Street (Manhattan)
category	Parks in Manhattan ⓘ Squares in Manhattan ⓘ Tourist attractions in New York City ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
governedBy	New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
hasAccessibility	accessible by subway ⓘ
hasFeature	benches ⓘ central fountain ⓘ cobblestone or paved plaza areas ⓘ fenced lawn ⓘ surrounding skyscrapers ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	named for a bowling green used for lawn bowling ⓘ
hasUse	lunchtime gathering place ⓘ public recreation ⓘ site for public events ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
historicalEvent	site of 1776 destruction of an equestrian statue of King George III nearby ⓘ
historicalUse	bowling green for lawn bowling ⓘ
inception	18th century ⓘ
isOldest	New York City’s oldest public park ⓘ
locatedIn	Financial District, Manhattan ⓘ Lower Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York County ⓘ State of New York ⓘ linked to: New York State
locatedOn	Bowling Green (street) ⓘ
near	1 Broadway ⓘ Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ linked to: United States Custom House Battery Park ⓘ linked to: Battery Park, Manhattan Bowling Green subway station ⓘ Broadway, Manhattan ⓘ linked to: Broadway (Manhattan street) Charging Bull statue ⓘ linked to: Charging Bull sculpture National Museum of the American Indian (New York) ⓘ linked to: National Museum of the American Indian New York Harbor ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
servedBy	Bowling Green station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) ⓘ nearby South Ferry–Whitehall Street station ⓘ linked to: South Ferry subway station
touristPopularity	high ⓘ
viewOf	nearby New York Harbor ⓘ surrounding Financial District skyscrapers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asia (Four Continents sculpture) → location → Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan ⓘ

America (Four Continents sculpture) → locatedIn → Bowling Green area of Manhattan ⓘ

linked to: Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan

State Street (Manhattan) → adjacentTo → Bowling Green (New York City) ⓘ

subject linked to: State Street