Sherman Square, Public square at Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side, Manhattan, United States
Sherman Square is a small triangular fenced green area located at the intersection of Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side. The space sits between West 70th Street and provides vegetation surrounded by busy streets.
The City of New York acquired the land in 1849 during the widening of Bloomingdale Road. It was named in 1891 after General William Tecumseh Sherman.
The square and its surrounding area provided the setting for the 1971 film The Panic in Needle Park, starring Al Pacino in his second role.
The green space sits directly at the Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue intersections and is easy to reach on foot. The 72nd Street subway station entrance is nearby for transportation connections.
Despite its name as a square, this space actually has an irregular triangular shape with three sides of different lengths. Visitors who look closely notice this unusual geometry in the middle of busy streets.
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