Straus Park

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Straus Park is a small, historic triangular park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, known for its memorial to Titanic victims Isidor and Ida Straus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf memorial site
sculptural memorial
triangle park
urban park
alsoKnownAs Straus Memorial Park
associatedWithEvent heroic death of Isidor and Ida Straus on Titanic
boundedByStreet Broadway
West 106th Street
West End Avenue
category Monuments and memorials in Manhattan
Parks in Manhattan
Titanic memorials
commemorates Ida Straus
Isidor Straus
commemoratesEvent sinking of the RMS Titanic
country United States
depicts seated female figure
hasCoordinateRegion 40.8°N 73.97°W
hasCulturalSignificance local neighborhood gathering place
hasFeature benches
flower beds
fountain
reflecting pool
hasInscription In memory of Isidor and Ida Straus
hasLandscaping perennial plantings
hasMemorial Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial
hasUse passive recreation
locatedIn Manhattan
New York
linked to: New York City

New York City
Straus Park
Upper West Side
maintainedBy New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
memorialDedicated 1915
memorialSubjectOccupation U.S. Congressman
co-owner of R. H. Macy & Co.
memorialSubjectRelationship married couple
namedAfter Ida Straus
Isidor Straus
nearbySubwayLine IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
nearbySubwayStation Cathedral Parkway–110th Street
neighborhoodContext Bloomingdale District
linked to: Bloomingdale
opened early 20th century
owner City of New York
linked to: New York City
shape triangle

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Upper West Side contains Straus Park
Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial locatedIn Straus Park
subject linked to: Straus Park