At Liberty St. and Broadway

Zuccotti Park is a beautiful urban space in the heart of Manhattan’s financial district that offers a peaceful place to take a well-deserved break. Its location ensures its popularity among tourists, workers and sometimes protesters.

The park was revamped after being hit hard by debris from the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

There are benches, trees (54 acacias), works of art and food trucks for a snack or a quick meal.

I invite you to admire the works of art on-site.

The Double Check: 1982, a bronze sculpture of a seated businessman examining his briefcase by John Seward Johnson II. The statue having resisted the impacts of the debris became a sign of resistance.

Rose III: 2016, a “simple” steel rose 26ft (8m) high. Impossible to smell it. Created by artist Isa Genzken and loaned to the park.

This place is a private public space, accessible 24 hours a day, where historians associate it with New York’s first coffee shop, King’s Arms Coffee. Coffee would then have been imported by the Dutch at the end of the 17th century.

The park is named after John E. Zuccotti, an active businessman who participated in the development of New York City.

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