Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY.

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The Grand Army Plaza was originally a battleground of the Battle of Long Island, which was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the promulgation of the United States Declaration of Independence. Grand Army Plaza, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance of Prospect Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The plaza includes the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch; the Bailey Fountain; the John F. Kennedy Monument; statues of Civil War generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Henry Warner Slocum; busts of notable Brooklyn citizens Alexander Skene and Henry W. Maxwell; and two 12-sided gazebos with "granite Tuscan columns, Guastavino vaulting, and bronze finials".
The area around the Arch forms the largest and busiest traffic circle in Brooklyn. A popular farmer's market, part of the Greenmarket program of GrowNYC is held on the plaza in front of Prospect Park every Saturday.