Fountain in Tompkins Square Park

The fountain in Tompkins Square is one of 50 monuments temperance crusader Henry D. Cogswell built across the country as part of his crusade against the evils of alcohol. The figure atop the fountain is Hebe, the mythical water carrier.

Nearest Subway Stop: Astor Place/4th Ave 6

Scenes at this Location

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  Photo Copyright 20th Century Fox 1998
  Great Expectations
  Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
  Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow
  Finn, sponsored by a mysterious stranger has come to New York to find his lost love, Estella. But, here in Tompkins Square Park, it is Estella that finds him while he stoops to take a drink from the fountain.