Arthur von Briesen (July 11, 1843 – May 13, 1920) was a lawyer and philanthropist.

[2] Briesen was born on July 11, 1843, in Borkendorf, Kingdom of Prussia[1] and migrated to the United States in 1858, at the age of 15.

[1] Briesen then began to study law, he enlisted and served as sergeant of Company B of the First New York Volunteers during the American Civil War.

[5] Briesen died in Manhattan on May 13, 1920, at the Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal while waiting for the ferry to arrive, to commute to his summer house at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island.

[1] His onetime summer estate adjoining Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, New York City, is now Von Briesen Park, named for him.