Petrosino Square

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Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Square is small triangular park in Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by Cleveland Place, Lafayette and Kenmare Streets, two blocks north of the old police headquarters at 240 Centre Street, at the juncture of the Little Italy, Nolita, and SoHo. [1] [2] Formerly Kenmare Square, it was renamed in 1987 in honor of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, [3] an early 20th century NYPD official dedicated to investigating and combating, among other adversaries, the Black Hand, an early version of the Mafia in America.

The park underwent a $2 million renovation in 2008–2011 and is the site of a Citi Bike docking station. [4]

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References

  1. "Petrosino Square". Find A Park. City of New York Parks & Recreation . Retrieved August 8, 2013.
  2. Dash, Mike (2009). The First Family: Terror, Extortion and the Birth of the American Mafia. London: Simon & Schuster. p. 28. ISBN   978-1-84737-173-7.
  3. Davies, Pete (October 14, 2009). "Grand Reopenings: Italians Re-Take Petrosino Square". Curbed. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  4. Evans, Laurie (June 19, 2013). "SoHo Residents File Lawsuit Against Single Citi Bike Docking Station". Gothamist. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

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