Tompkins Square Park Riot

When

6 Aug 1988 – 7 Aug 1988

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

40.73° N, 73.98° W

Description

riot and protest in New York City

Riot and civil disorder in New York City

The Tompkins Square Park riot occurred on August 6–7, 1988, in Tompkins Square Park, located in the Alphabet City section of the East Village neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. Groups of "drug pushers, homeless people and young people known as squatters and punks," had largely taken over the park. The East Village and Alphabet City communities were divided about what, if anything, should be done about it.

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