Duarte Square

On May 26, 1977, control of the square was transferred from the New York State Department of Transportation to NYC Parks.

In 1978, the Consulate of the Dominican Republic dedicated a statue of Juan Pablo Duarte in the square.

The dedication took place on the 165th birthday of Duarte, who was one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic.

Italian sculptor Nicola Arrighini designed the thirteen-foot bronze figure, which today rests atop an eight-foot granite base.

[1][2] To the immediate west of NYC Parks' portion of Duarte Square, across a one-block stretch of Sullivan Street that is now closed to traffic, is a plot owned primarily by Trinity Wall Street (a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York) and also known as "Duarte Square".