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{{short description|Public park in Manhattan, New York}}{{More citations needed|date=January 2023}}(File:Abingdon Sq jeh.JPG|thumb|right|South entrance)Abingdon Square Park is located in the New York City borough of Manhattan in Greenwich Village. The park is bordered by Eighth Avenue, Bank Street, Hudson Street and West 12th Street.Abingdon Square Park is one of New York City's oldest parks, and at {{Convert|0.25|acre|m2}}, one of it smallest. It is maintained by the Abingdon Square Conservancy, a community-based park association, in cooperation with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

History

(File:Abingdon Square, New York City (1907).jpg|thumb|right|Abingdon Square, 1907)File:WSTM Mossmen0024.jpg|thumb|right|The Abingdon Square Memorial, created by sculptor Philip MartinyPhilip MartinyNew York City acquired the land on which the park resides on April 22, 1831, and it was enclosed with a cast-iron fence in 1836. In the 1880s, an effort was initiated by Mayor Abram Stevens Hewitt to expand public access to parks. Architect Calvert Vaux was part of a group that created a new design for Abingdon Square.The square was part of a {{convert|300|acre|km2|sing=on}} estate purchased by Sir Peter Warren in 1740. Abingdon Square was named for a prominent eighteenth-century area resident, Charlotte Warren, who married Englishman Willoughby Bertie, the 4th Earl of Abingdon and received the land as a wedding gift from her father.NEWS, West 12th Street, by the Numbers, Mimi, Sheraton,weblink The New York Times, October 20, 2006, 2007-10-08, The Abingdon Square centerpiece is a little triangular park with decorative plantings. Part of the {{convert, 300, acre, km2, on, estate bought in 1740 by Sir Peter Warren of the British navy, it was a gift to his daughter Charlotte when she married the Earl of Abingdon.}} Although most explicitly British place names in Manhattan were altered after the Revolutionary War, Abingdon Square retained its name due to the well-known patriotic sympathies of Charlotte and the Earl.BOOK, Moscow, Henry, The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins, 2nd, 1990, Fordham University Press, New York, 0-8232-1275-0, 20, In 2005, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation recognized the park's then-recent renovation with a Village Award."Awards" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528014847weblink |date=2015-05-28 }} on the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation website On August 3, 2009, a small garden was established inside the park as a memorial to Adrienne Shelly, an actress and film producer who was slain in her office located in 15 Abingdon Square.

Conservancy

Abingdon Square Conservancy is a non-profit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Conservancy's mission is to enhance and maintain the Square as a scenic and historic landmark. The Conservancy is solely dependent on private donations for its operations and receives no public funding.WEB,weblink Home, Abingdon Square Conservancy {{!, West Village, NYC|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-15}}The Conservancy employs a horticulturalist to design and maintain plantings, provide gardening services, liaise with the City, and supervise maintenance in the park. A groundskeeper is employed to keep the Square clean. The Square is maintained in cooperation with the New York City Parks and Recreation Department, which collects trash and locks and unlocks the gates.Annual Conservancy events include a spring tulip display, Tulip Celebration (a member appreciation cocktail party), a carved Pumpkin Patch on Halloween night and a winter holiday decoration and light display.

Transportation

The M11 and M14A bus lines terminate at Abingdon Square. The New York City Subway's 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station is also nearby.NYC BUS MAP, M, {{Wide image|Abingdon Square Park Panorama, New York, NY 10014, USA - Jan 2013.JPG|900px|Panorama}}

See also

• List of New York City parks

References

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External links

• {{Commons category inline|Abingdon Square Park}}
• New York City Department of Parks and Recreation: Abingdon Square Park.
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070929120855weblink">January 2004 - Capital Project of the Month
• Literary Reading Interrupted - The Fool of Abingdon Square Park

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