Foley Square, also called Federal Plaza, is a street intersection in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, which contains a small triangular park named Thomas Paine Park. The space is bordered by Worth Street to the north, Centre Street to the east, and Lafayette Street to the west, and is located south of Manhattan's Chinatown and east of Tribeca. It was named after a prominent Tammany Hall district leader and local saloon owner, Thomas F. "Big Tom" Foley (1852–1925).
Triumph of the Human Spirit at Foley Square in 2019
New York County Supreme Court at 60 Centre Street
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at 40 Centre Street
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street
The Civic Center is an area and neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City, that encompasses New York City Hall, One Police Plaza, the courthouses in Foley Square, the Metropolitan Correctional Center, and the surrounding area. The district is bound on the west by Tribeca at Broadway, on the north by Chinatown at Worth Street or Bayard Street, on the east by the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge at South Street, and on the south by the Financial District at Ann Street.
New York City Hall in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan
Javits Federal Building
8 Spruce Street
A 1798 watercolor painting of Collect Pond in the Civic Center neighborhood