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Leiv Eiriksson
Shore Road Drive between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue
Free to visit, outdoors, open any time.
Main plaque: LEIV EIRIKSSON / DISCOVERED AMERICA YEAR 1000 / Lower plaque: THIS IS A REPLICA OF A RUNE STONE FOUND / IN TUNE, NORWAY --- RUNE STONES / WERE ERECTED IN HONOR OF VIKING HEROES / DEDICATED JULY 6TH, 1939 BY / H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE OLAV OF NORWAY /
Where to find it
Shore Road Drive between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue. Location data: New York Open Data. Get directions
- Artist
- August Werner
- Type
- Stele, bas-relief
- Material
- Bronze, granite
- Year
- 1939
- City
- Brooklyn, NY
- Coordinates
- 40.63664, -74.02131
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