Historical Marker
Benjamin Franklin
Historical marker location:
New York, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Spruce Street and Park Row, on the left when traveling south on Spruce Street.)
Marker installed: 1872
1706 1790.
New York State was the site of the deadliest terrorist attack in United States history prior to 9/11. In 1993, a bomb planted in the World Trade Center by Islamic extremists killed six people and injured more than a thousand others.