Description
Madison Square Park is a green square of 2.5 hectares where Fifth Avenue and Broadway cross at 23rd Street, in Manhattan's Flatiron District. Its paths and benches sit among some of New York's most famous early skyscrapers.
The Flatiron Building rises above its southern end, the marble clock tower of the Met Life Tower looms over the park, and the gilded pyramid of the New York Life Building stands nearby. Inside the park, the Farragut Memorial is by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, on a base by Stanford White.
From 1876 to 1882 the torch and arm of the Statue of Liberty stood here, to raise money for its pedestal. The first Madison Square Garden took its name from the square, and Shake Shack began as a hot dog cart in the park in 2001.
The Flatiron Building rises above its southern end, the marble clock tower of the Met Life Tower looms over the park, and the gilded pyramid of the New York Life Building stands nearby. Inside the park, the Farragut Memorial is by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, on a base by Stanford White.
From 1876 to 1882 the torch and arm of the Statue of Liberty stood here, to raise money for its pedestal. The first Madison Square Garden took its name from the square, and Shake Shack began as a hot dog cart in the park in 2001.