Bayview Correctional Facility
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Bayview Correctional Facility is a medium-security women's prison located at the corner of West 20th Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan
, directly across the street from the Chelsea Piers
sports complex. It is highly unusual to find a state penitentiary in the middle of a major city. Bayview consists only of one large building and does not have grounds and a fenced perimeter. Covering the entire south wall of Bayview is the "Venus
", a mural painted by New York artist Knox Martin
in 1970.
Featured on the New York State Correction Officer Informational Page’s “History of Bayview” is the following statement:
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, directly across the street from the Chelsea Piers
Chelsea Piers
Chelsea Piers is a series of piers on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City that was a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s that was used by the RMS Lusitania and was the destination of the RMS Titanic....
sports complex. It is highly unusual to find a state penitentiary in the middle of a major city. Bayview consists only of one large building and does not have grounds and a fenced perimeter. Covering the entire south wall of Bayview is the "Venus
Venus (mural)
Venus is a twelve-story-high mural painting by Knox Martin on the south side of Bayview Correctional Facility at 19th Street and 11th Avenue in New York City.Venus was commissioned by Doris Freedman of CityWalls in 1970...
", a mural painted by New York artist Knox Martin
Knox Martin
Knox Martin is an American painter, sculptor and muralist.Born in 1923 in Barranquilla, Colombia, he studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1946 till 1950. He is one of the leading members of New York School - a group of artists and writers. He lives and works in New York City."Art is...
in 1970.
Featured on the New York State Correction Officer Informational Page’s “History of Bayview” is the following statement: