Named for WWI veteran Corporal Frank Farrell Fagan (b. 1896) in Astoria, Queens. He enlisted in the Marines on May 2, 1917 and served overseas in France in the 43rd Company of the 5th Regiment until 1919. While he was in France, he fought in numerous battles including the Aisne Defensive in the Chateau-Thierry Sector, the Aisne-Marne Offensive, and the St. Mihiel Offensive. Fagan was promoted to Corporal on January 1, 1918, and received the French Croix de Guerre with a gilt star for coolness and bravery. The French Croix de Guerre was created in 1915 to award all members of the Allied Forces for acts of courage in battle. He was discharged with excellent character on August 13, 1919. Fagan Square sits at a busy Astoria intersection near the N/R train and William Cullen Bryant High School. The .004-acre site has been parkland since 1915, and today, it's part of the Greenstreets program.