Union Square in NYC

n important and historic intersection in New York City, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now 4th Avenue[4] – came together in the early 19th century; its name celebrates neither the Federal union of the United States nor labor unions but rather denotes the fact that "here was the union of the two principal thoroughfares of the island"[5] and the confluence of several trolley lines, as in the term "Union Station." Today it is bounded by 14th Street to the south, Union Square West on the west side, 17th Street on the north, and on the east Union Square East, which links together Broadway and Park Avenue South to Fourth Avenue and the continuation of Broadway. Union Square Park is under the aegis of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.