List of New York City parks relating to World War I

Statue at Doughboy Park, a park with a monument relating to World War I

Within the city-operated parks system of New York City, there are many parks that are either named after individuals who participated in World War I or contain monuments relating to the war.

Manhattan

• Abingdon Square Park has a memorial^[1][2]
• Central Park has the John Purroy Mitchel Memorial and 107th United States Infantry Monument and 307th Infantry Memorial Grove.
• Coleman Playground^[3]
• Dorrance Brooks Square^[4][5]
• 369th Infantry Regiment Memorial^[6]
• Chelsea Park Doughboy Statue^[2][7]
• Colonel Young Playground^[8]
• Colonel Young Triangle^[9]
• Duffy Square
• Finn Square^[10]
• Madison Square Park (Eternal Light Flagstaff)^[11]
• Maher Circle (site of Hooper Fountain)^[12]
• McKenna Square
• William McCray Playground^[13]

The Bronx

• Bronx Victory Memorial at Pelham Bay Park^[14]
• Brust Park^[15]
• Graham Triangle^[16]
• Hawkins Park^[17]
• O’Brien Oval^[18]
• O’Neill Triangle^[19]
• Owen Dolen Park (memorial)^[20]
• Memorial Grove at Van Cortlandt Park^[21]
• Sergeant Johnson Triangle ^[22]
• Vincent Ciccarone Playground ^[23]
• Zimmerman Playground^[24]

Queens

• Astoria Park Memorial^[25]
• Catholic War Veterans Triangle^[26]
• Daniel O’Connell Playground^[27]
• Doughboy Park^[5]
• Dwyer Square^[28]
• Fagan Square^[29]
• Flushing Fields^[30]
• Foch Sitting Area
• Foothill Malls (Hollis World War Memorial)^[31]
• Forest Park (Richmond Hill War Memorial)^[32]
• Garlinge Triangle^[33]
• Glendale Veterans Triangle^[34]
• Hillcrest Veterans Square^[35]
• Howard Von Dohlen Playground^[36]
• Kennedy Playground^[37]
• Legion Triangle
• Lost Battalion Hall^[38]
• Major Mark Park^[39]
• MacDonald Park^[40][41]
• Mall Eighteen
• McConnell Park^[42]
• McKenna Triangle^[43]
• O'Connell Playground^[44]
• Proctor-Hopson Circle^[5]
• Queens Village Veterans Plaza^[45]
• Ridgewood Veterans Triangle
• Triangle 54 (memorial flagpole)
• Veterans Park^[46] (Broad Channel)
• Veterans Square^[47]
• Wellbrook Triangle^[48]
• Winfield War Memorial^[49]
• William F. Moore Park^[50]

Brooklyn

• Alben Triangle^[51]
• Ascenzi Square
• Beattie Square^[52]
• Callahan–Kelly Playground^[53]
• Freedom Triangle^[54]
• Highland Park (Dawn of Glory sculpture)^[2][55]
• Ketchum Triangle^[56]
• Person Square^[57]
• Private Sonsire Triangle^[58]
• Saratoga Park War Memorial^[59]
• T. Raymond Nulty Square inside McCarren Park^[60]
• William E. Sheridan Playground^[61]

Staten Island

• Levy Playground^[62]
• Hero Park^[63]
• Mahoney Playground^[64]
• DeMatti Playground^[65]
• Pleasant Plains Memorial^[66]

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