DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 



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ON THE RKTURN BICYCLE PATH — OPENING DAY. 



of ground, has received the same general treatment as that 

 accorded Saratoga Square, and, like it, will be ready for use 

 next year. 



The attractive piece of park land, known as Cooper Park, 

 once the home of Peter Cooper, and a portion of the Cooper 

 estate until its acquisition by the Park Department, has been 

 developed during the year, and has already been enjoyed by the 

 people in the neighborhood. It affords a fine playground for the 

 children, who are especially numerous in the neighborhood, and 

 the plan of development has been devised with the idea of afford- 

 ing conveniences for their enjoyment. 



Bensonhurst Park, at the foot of Bay Parkway, upon Gravesend 

 Bay, is being developed as a portion of the Parkway, so that those 

 who drive may enter the Park and enjoy the sea view from the 

 bluff. A portion of the drive was built this fall and will be com- 

 pleted in the spring. 



New Lots Playground, located in the Brownsville section of 

 the Twenty-sixth Ward, has been graded, and the land is now in 

 shape for development as a playground next spring. 



Canarsie Beach, upon the edge of Jamaica Bay, has not been 

 developed. It has been under the care of a watchman and has 

 been visited during the summer by many people who used it as 

 a playground. 



