The record
One section from Waldemarstraße, part of sixteen shipped to the United States by barge and freighter after 1989. The Times Square attraction has since closed.
The sixteen were ten-foot sections acquired by Edward Meyer shortly after 1989, shipped by barge to Hamburg, freighter to New Orleans, then trucked to Orlando for distribution — roughly 40,000 lb in total. Ripley's closed the Times Square attraction on 28 November 2021, after more than fourteen years there, saying it looked forward to opening a new attraction in New York; New 42's history of the Liberty Theatre also gives 2021, and the pandemic, for the closure. Neither says where the exhibits went, and where this section is now is not established here.
How did it get here?
From Waldemarstraße in Kreuzberg. Thierry Noir and Kiddy Citny painted that stretch in September 1985, and the photographers Liselotte and Armin Orgel-Köhne documented it in ten poster photographs — which makes it one of the few stretches whose pre-sale appearance can be checked against a dated image.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #293.
Mapping the 5 Pieces of the Berlin Wall in NYC — Untapped New York ↗
The Meyer acquisition, the shipping route, and the Waldemarstraße origin.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square (Wayback Machine copy, December 2021) ↗
The holder's notice: after more than 14 years in Times Square, the Odditorium closes permanently today, 28 November 2021; Ripley's looks forward to opening a new attraction in New York. It does not say where the exhibits went.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Liberty Theatre — New 42 ↗
Ripley's closed permanently in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Silent on the exhibits.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 293
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