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served, and will always be one of the park's attractions. The 

 highlands will be utilized for games, and arrangements will be 

 made to provide visitors with the means of enjoying the fine 

 fishing and boating that for years past have made Canarsie one 

 of the most attractive spots in the county for pleasure-seekers. 



LOCAL BREATHING SPOTS. 



New Lots Playground is situated in the part of the Twenty-sixth 

 Ward known as Brownsville, a section of the city now contain- 

 ing several thousand inhabitants, dwelling in three and four story 

 tenements, to whom this breathing spot will be of untold benefit. 

 The scheme of development contemplated is of a simple charac- 

 ter, to give the children of the neighborhood as much freedom in 

 play as possible. 



Cooper Park, in the Eighteenth Ward, is located in a thickly 

 settled portion of the city. It covers two large city blocks, and 

 needs but little work upon it to make it a charming pleasure 

 ground. It belonged to the Charles Cooper estate, and was at 

 one time the home of the great philanthropist, Peter Cooper. 



Irving Square, situated in the Twenty-eighth Ward, is an ad- 

 mirably located park, in the centre of one of the most populous 

 wards of the city, where its charms will be greatly appreciated. 

 The plan for its development has been prepared, and work will 

 be commenced as soon as the weather permits. 



Saratoga Square was the only available piece of land to be 

 found in the Twenty-fifth Ward. In its present condition, it is a 

 place visited by large numbers of people, for the purpose of enjoy- 

 ing games of various kinds. It is large enough to afford ample 

 scope for landscape treatment of the most beautiful character, and 

 will be, when completed, one of the most attractive parks. 



Lincoln Terrace is located on the Eastern Parkway, at the 

 junction of several boulevards to be developed in the course of 

 ii few years. This park will preserve to the public a magnificent 

 view of Jamaica bay and the intervening country. In a few 

 years it will be the centre of a thickly settled neighborhood of 

 the finest character. 



