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The construction of the bridge opens up to the public a 

 natural picnic ground of great beauty, which will be a favorite 

 place for Sunday-school picnics when it is fitted up for the 

 pleasure of the little ones, and it will also greatly relieve the 

 overcrowded Prospect Park. It is the intention of the Depart- 

 ment to construct two other bridges along the main drive, one 

 over the Rockaway Beach Railroad, and one over the Myrtle 

 avenue trolley road, so that those who drive may not be incon- 

 venienced by the railroads. 



The ways of reaching the new park have been considered. 

 The main drive now begins on Myrtle avenue. It is the inten- 

 tion of the Department to construct, if possible during the coming 

 year, a road that will extend the Eastern Parkway through Cypress 

 Hills Cemetery to the roadway that is being built in Forest Park, 

 extending to the road to Willett's Point and Flushing. 



Another entrance is from Jamaica avenue, which affords a 

 connecting link with Glenmore avenue. This roadway has been 

 secured without cost by the free gift of the land as shown in the 

 following document : 



" UTICA, N. Y., June 4, 1896. 

 " To Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff, 



"Commissioner of Parks of the City of Brooklyn: 

 " Dear Sir — I am authorized by the Directors of the Union 

 Land and Improvement Company to convey to the Park Depart- 

 ment of the City of Brooklyn by deed of gift a tract of land eighty 

 feet wide, extending through the property of the Company from 

 Jamaica avenue to Forest Park, on condition that the Park Depart- 

 ment will open the said tract as a public highway and entrance to 

 said Park, and grade and gravel the same before September 1, 

 1896. "Yours truly, 



"■ George W. Sanborn, 



" President." 



The condition being accepted, the following deed was executed 

 and recorded : 



a road deeded. 



This Indenture, made the twenty-sixth day of June, in the 

 year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, 



Between the Union Land and Improvement Company, a cor- 

 poration organized under the laws of the State of New York, 



