It is the setting of an early scene in the graphic novel "Polly and the Pirates" by Ted Naifeh. In the "" episode "Image in the Sand", Joseph Sisko (Brock Peters) reveals that he met his first wife Sarah (Deborah Lacey) in Jackson Square. Jackson Square is one of the most important locations that can be visited in the computer game "Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers". The park is a crucial site, with much of the game's action focusing on it and a number of characters making their appearance there.