Search results
Marsha P. Johnson State Park (formerly and also known as East River State Park) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) state park [ 2 ] in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. The park stretches along the East River near North 7th, 8th, and 9th Streets, with views of the Williamsburg Bridge and Midtown Manhattan.
The seven-acre park was opened in 2007 as the East River State Park and was renamed Marsha P. Johnson State Park on August 24, 2020, in memory of Black trans activist Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992), on what would have been her 75th birthday.
28 paź 2022 · A subtle shift has taken place in the park at the end of North 7th Street in Brooklyn, New York’s Williamsburg neighborhood. Recently renamed for the late Black trans LGBTQ+ civil rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, the redesigned park has retained the relatively ad hoc feeling of its previous iteration as East River State Park. It still has ...
Head to Marsha P. Johnson State Park, a 7-acre park located on the Brooklyn side of the East River in Williamsburg for some of the most stunning views of Manhattan. This stretch of waterfront greenery is a dose of peace in the middle of this charmingly chaotic slice of NYC.
Marsha P. Johnson State Park is a seven-acre waterfront park located along the East River in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. It offers visitors a stunning view of the Manhattan skyline, a delightful play area, and the green space provides many opportunities for recreation and relaxation.
16 sie 2010 · Marsha P. Johnson State Park, otherwise known as the Williamsburg Waterfront, is not fancy: stage, concrete, water. But the view of Manhattan is breathtaking, and the neighborhood (even...
Reviewed by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner. Named for the leader pivotal to the Gay Civil Rights Movement and Stonewall Uprising in 1969, this is the first state park to honor a trans woman of color.
