Event:NYC 400 Wiknic and Edit-A-Thon with Washington Square Park

RAIN RELOCATION: Due to rain unfortunately the Wiknic at Washington Square Park is canceled. But if you would like to still edit Wikipedia and hangout, join us at Prime Produce (424 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019) where we'll meet instead.

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Join us for a special NYC 400 Wiknic and Edit-A-Thon in partnership with Washington Square Park on Sunday, July 20th from 12pm to 4pm. A Wiknic, is a "picnic that anyone can edit", and we'll be focusing on editing articles related to the 400 neighborhoods and New Yorkers that were nominated for detailed Wikipedia articles. Check out our Wikimedia NYC 400 campaign for more details. For those interested in Wikimedia Commons or photography, we'll do a photo tour around the park and Greenwich Village to snap pictures and work together to upload the images to Commons.

Group photo from the July 2025 Wiknic afternoon photo tour of Greenwich Village

Bring the food items of your choice, a laptop, and picnic blanket for the "picnic anyone can edit" if you like!

Please dress for the weather! We will have a few power charging stations but if you plan to edit, come with your devices fully charged.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

For the photo tour we'll be using the Wikipedia app and the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. Feel free to download these apps to your mobile devices beforehand. We will also use the Wikishootme website .

Details & agenda

• Date: Sunday, July 20th, 2025
• Time: 12:00–4:00 pm (come by any time!)
• Welcome and Intros: 12:00–12:30 pm
• Wikipedia & Wikimedia Commons 101 Training: 12:30–1:00 pm
• Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: 1:00–4:00 pm
• Photo Walk: 2:00–3:00 pm
• Wikimedia Commons Edit-A-Thon: 3:00–4:00 pm
• Location: Washington Square Park (picnic tables area close to MacDougal Street)

Photo Tour Interesting Stops

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• Washington Square Park
  1. Washington Monument
  2. Street Photography
• West 3rd
  1. Amity Street, now West Third, home of “The Wickedest Woman in New York”
• South Village Historic District
  1. Minetta Lane Theater, 18 Minetta Lane 40°43′50″N 74°00′04″W / 40.730464°N 74.00119°W / 40.730464; -74.00119
• Bleecker Street
  1. 75½ Bedford Street, Narrowest House in NYC 40°43′53″N 74°00′18″W / 40.7314°N 74.005°W / 40.7314; -74.005
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire , 29 Washington Place 40°43′48″N 73°59′43″W / 40.73°N 73.99528°W / 40.73; -73.99528
• Commerce Street
  1. Brownstones
• Christopher Street
  1. Women's House of Detention (W10th & Greenwich Avenue) 40°44′03″N 73°59′58″W / 40.7342°N 73.9994°W / 40.7342; -73.9994
  2. Stonewall Inn 40°44′02″N 74°00′08″W / 40.733797°N 74.0021°W / 40.733797; -74.0021
  3. Hess Triangle (7th Avenue) 40°44′01″N 74°00′10″W / 40.7336°N 74.0029°W / 40.7336; -74.0029
  4. West Fourth Street Courts The Cage Basketball courts (6th Avenue) 40°43′53″N 74°00′03″W / 40.7314°N 74.0008°W / 40.7314; -74.0008
  5. Gay Liberation Monument 40°44′01″N 74°00′08″W / 40.7336°N 74.0023°W / 40.7336; -74.0023
     1. NYC400: David Dinkins – As Manhattan Borough President (1986–1990) and later Mayor, Dinkins was actively involved in the Village’s civic life. He helped inaugurate the “Gay Liberation” monument in Christopher Park (part of Washington Square Park) in 1992.
• West 8th Street
  1. Electric Lady Studios of Jimi Hendrix , 52 West 8th St 40°43′59″N 73°59′56″W / 40.733033°N 73.998847°W / 40.733033; -73.998847
  2. Jefferson Market Garden, AKA Women's House of Detention