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J. Hood Wright Park

Name: J. Hood Wright Park
Address: West 173 Street between Haven Avenue and Ft. Washington Ave, New York, NY, 10033, US

West 173 Street between Haven Avenue and Ft. Washington Ave

New York, NY 10033

J. Hood Wright Park

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J. Hood Wright Park is named for the former owner of the site. Wright (1836-1894), a wealthy banker and financier from Philadelphia, lived in a mansion at 175th Street and Haven Avenue. He made large anonymous contributions to what is now the Washington Heights Branch of the New York Public Library. A plaque at the branch entrance honors Wright for his role in changing the status of the library from a subscription library to a free library in 1883. He also was instrumental in the founding of a hospital in New York's Manhattanville neighborhood.

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