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the private organization, the Dyckman Institute, has done 

 much toward making Shorakapkok Glen more attractive. 



How to Reach the Park. The best way to reach In wood 

 Park is via the Dyckman Street Station of the Broadway- 



Figure 1. Contour map of Inwood region. Enlarged from Harlem sheet, 

 U. S. Geological Survey, edition of 1900, reprinted 1928. Many of the recent 

 streets are not shown. 1, Cock Hill; 2, Ostrya Hill; 3, Hill of the Five Oaks; 

 4, Shorakapkok Glen. The hill to the west of Ostrya Hill was occupied by the 

 "House of Rest." 3J4 inches = one mile. 



Seventh Avenue Subway. Walk west toward the Hudson River, 

 crossing Broadway, and turn up Payson Avenue, the second 

 street to the right beyond Broadway. Or, one may continue 

 on the Subway to the 207th Street Station — the one next to 

 Dyckman Street. Proceeding west on 207th Street, a walk 

 of a few blocks brings one to the Park. The road turns to the 



