Albee Square

{{short description|Square in Brooklyn, New York}}

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Albee Square is a public plaza in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.{{cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/4/20/17261540/earth-day-2018-nyc-things-to-do|title=Best Earth Day 2018 activities in New York|date=April 20, 2018|last=Walker|first=Ameena|work=Curbed New York|accessdate=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420182437/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/4/20/17261540/earth-day-2018-nyc-things-to-do|archive-date=April 20, 2018}} The plaza is located at the intersection of Fulton Street, DeKalb Avenue, and Albee Square West. It is named after Edward Franklin Albee II who was the owner of several area theaters during the 1800s. Albee Square was a theater until 1977 when it was replaced by the Albee Square Mall,{{Cite web|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2007/04/albee-square-brooklyn/|title=ALBEE SQUARE, Brooklyn|website=Forgotten New York|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-12}} which was subsequently demolished for new development in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/development/3612-albee-square-when-the-malls-no-longer-home|title=Albee Square: When the Mall's No Longer Home|first=Allison Lirish|last=Dean|date=July 20, 2007|work=Gotham Gazette|accessdate=11 May 2018}} The Dime Savings Bank Building, part of The Brooklyn Tower, is located on the northeast corner of Albee Square.

Albee Square West is also the name of a street that originates at Albee Square. It carries northbound traffic for one block from Fulton Street at its southern end to Willoughby Street at its northern end. At its northern end, Albee Square West becomes Gold Street, a one-way southbound street that continues north for two blocks to Myrtle Avenue. the mixed-use City Point development the proposed One Willoughby Square development are located on Albee Square West.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Albee+Square+W,+Brooklyn,+NY+11201/@40.6902111,-73.9868246,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25a4b56350787:0x420477a7223ab20d!8m2!3d40.6909921!4d-73.9834879|title=Albee Square W|access-date=November 16, 2018}}

The Statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a {{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}} bronze statue, set on a {{convert|1|ft|m|abbr=on}} base, of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, was unveiled outside 445 Albee Square on March 15, 2021.{{cite web |first=Kimberly |last=Dole |date=October 15, 2020 |url=https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/news/statue-of-late-justice-ginsburg-to-be-unveiled-in-brooklyn |title=Statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be unveiled during Women's History Month in March |website=WBBM News Radio}}{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Duggan |date=October 13, 2020 |url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/rbg-statue-planned-for-downtowns-city-point-in-2021-edited/ |title=RBG statue planned for Downtown’s City Point in 2021 |work=Brooklyn Paper}}[https://abc7ny.com/rbg-mural-east-village-ruth-bader-ginsburg-tribute/7877048/ "New mural honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg going up in East Village,"] ABC 7, November 11, 2020.