11. McCarthy Square .04 Acres

McCarthy Square in Greenwich Village is named after Private First Class Bernard Joseph McCarthy, a Greenwich Village-born resident and Marine who was killed in World War II at Guadalcanal. The plot of land was formed by the extension of Seventh Avenue into Greenwich Village, as part of the 1811 Commissioner’s Plan. McCarthy was the first reported death from Greenwich Village and the flagpole that now stands there was moved here from the 1939 World’s Fair in Flushing.