Central Park entrance renamed to honor 5 teens falsely convicted of rape in 1989

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HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- A Central Park entrance will be named "The Gate of the Exonerated," for the teenagers, known as the Central Park Five, who were wrongfully convicted in the 1989 attack and rape.

"The Gate of the Exonerated" will be on the north end of Central Park at 110th Street between Fifth Ave and Malcom X Blvd.

Workers are constructing a refashioned gate and will add signs explaining the story of the Central Park Five.

The case of a white woman raped in Central Park, allegedly by a group of Black and Latino men, sparked racial tension in New York and across the country. In time, another man confessed to the Central Park rape and his DNA matched the DNA found at the scene.

https://abc7ny.com/central-park-5-wrongful-conviction-teens-gate-of-the-exonerated/12562975/