NYC Tour Guide Practice Test

To What does the Hess triangle refer?

1. NYC tallest building

2. A historic church in Brooklyn

3. The Statue of Liberty

4. NYC smallest plot of land, fought for by the Hess family, when 7th Ave. was rerouted. In front of a cigar store. There will be a picture of it.

The correct answer is: NYC smallest plot of land, fought for by the Hess family, when 7th Ave. was rerouted. In front of a cigar store. There will be a picture of it.

The correct answer is D. The Hess Triangle refers to NYC's smallest plot of land, which was a piece of property that the city condemned in the early 1900s to make way for the extension of Seventh Avenue. The Hess family, the rightful owners of the land, fought in court to retain ownership and were granted this small triangle back. This historic event became known as the Hess Triangle, located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, and a bronze plaque outlines the story of this tiny piece of land.