James J. Walker Park
James J. Walker Park is a public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York. The approximately 2-acre (0.81 ha) park, is bound by Varick Street, the St. Luke's Place section of Leroy Street, Hudson Street and Clarkson Street. The park has a baseball field, bocce courts, playgrounds, bathrooms, handball courts and Wi-Fi hotspots, as well as a memorial dedicated to two deceased firefighters. The park is adjacent to the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, formerly the Carmine Recreation Center in honor of Trinity Episcopal Church vestryman and colonial landowner Nicholas Carman (change ti Carmine to reflect Italians in the area), at the intersection of Carmine and Clarson Streets with Seventh Avenue South. It was named after a long-time president of Community Board 2, Anthony V. Dapolito, who was known as the "Mayor of Greenwich Village."
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Saint Lukes Place, New York Manhattan
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Saint Lukes Place 4
10014 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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