Travis Triangle

Travis Triangle is a narrow green space in the Murray Hill/Flushing neighborhoods of Queens, New York City.

In 1932, New York City's Board of Aldermen passed a resolution to name this site Travis Triangle in honor of local American Civil War veteran Ira Underhill Travis,[1] who fought under the name Ira Wilson, in the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment also known as Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth’s Zouaves.

[2] In the incident at Marshall House Inn during the Union Army's occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, his commander was killed after removing a Confederate flag.

With the arrival of the subway to Flushing in 1928, the neighborhood expanded to the north and east and parks were built to accommodate the new residents.

Parcels that were too small to develop, such as this site, were designated as green spaces maintained by the city's Parks Department.