Louis Kahn designed this memorial in 1974 and it was finally built in 2012 at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island: an allée of trees narrowing to a granite 'room' of 28 blocks of North Carolina granite, 36 tons each, with the Four Freedoms speech carved at the point and Manhattan across the water.
- Address
- 1 FDR Four Freedoms Park, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY 10044
- Hours
- Mon 09:00-19:00; Wed-Sun 09:00-19:00; closed Tue (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-09)
- Best time to go
- Afternoon, Evening · About 1 h
- Price
- Free
- Price level
- $
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Ride the Roosevelt Island Tramway from E 60th St and Second Ave for the approach over the East River.
- Just north of the park stands the fenced-off ruin of the Smallpox Hospital, which Friends of the Ruin is working to stabilize and open.