DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. I I 5 



Cooper Park, complete $55,000 00 



Irving Square, complete 70,000 00 



Saratoga Square, complete 121,975 00 



Lincoln Terrace, one tax title to be acquired 122,525 00 



Forest Park, four acres to purchase 1,258,457 60 



Total amount paid for land $2,097,567 22 



Total amount paid for construction l 97,5$3 °° 



Total amount paid for expenses ?4>°55 54 



Grand total $2,349,205 76 



BAY RIDGE PARKWAY (SHORE DRIVE). 



Of the $3,600,000 raised for the purchase and improvement 

 of the Bay Ridge Parkway (Shore Drive), $3,174,675.20 have been 

 expended, leaving a balance of $425,324.80 to the credit of the 

 fund. 



For the purchase of land $3,131,413.66 have been expended. 

 Of this sum, $2,266,882.91 were spent in 1895, and $864,530.75 

 in 1896. 



The expense account connected with the acquisition of land, 

 consisting of attorneys' fees, agents' commissions and other neces- 

 sary expenditures, amounts to $39,262.24, of which $16,969.75 

 were spent in 1895, and $22,292.49 in 1896. 



For maintenance during the year 1896, $3,999.30 were ex- 

 pended. 



There has been received from tenants on the property and 

 from other sources the sum of $2,975.56, of which $2,389.56 have 

 been turned over to the City Treasurer, to be credited to the 

 fund, and $586 deposited in the bank, subject to the order of the 

 Shore Drive Commission. 



EASTERN PARKWAY EXTENSION. 



The sum raised for the extension of the Eastern Parkway was 

 $1,200,000. As yet none of the money has been expended for 

 purchase, the Commission appointed by the Supreme Court to 



