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PARKS AND PARKWAYS. 



A Description of Them and Their Location. 



The following is a list of the Parks and Parkways under the 

 control of the Department of Parks : 



PURCHASED BY THE CITV. 



Prospect Park, bounded by Prospect Park West, Coney Island 

 avenue, Franklin avenue, Flatbush avenue and Ocean avenue, 

 contains 5 16-I acres. 



Washington Park, bounded by Washington Park, DeKalb 

 avenue, Ashland place, Willoughby street, Canton street and 

 Myrtle avenue, contains 30 acres. 



Bedford Park, bounded by Brooklyn, Park and Kingston ave- 

 nues and Prospect place, comprises one city block. 



Tompkins Park, bounded by Tompkins, Greene, Marcy and 

 Lafayette avenues, covers two city blocks. 



City Park, bounded by Canton street. Park avenue, Navy 

 street and Flushing avenue, occupies two city blocks. 



Municipal Park adjoins the Municipal building, and covers 

 about four city lots. 



City Hall Park is located at the junction of Fulton and Court 

 streets, and surrounds the City Hall, taking up the block bounded 

 by Fulton, Court and Joralemon streets. 



Carroll Park, bounded by President, Court, Carroll and Smith 

 streets, is one block in extent. 



Winthrop Park, bounded by Nassau avenue, Monitor street, 

 Driggs avenue and Russell street, covers two city blocks. 



Ridgewood Park surrounds the distributing reservoir of the 

 city at Ridgewood, and contains about 26 acres. 



Sunset Park is bounded by Forty-first street, Fifth avenue, 

 Forty-third street and Seventh avenue, and includes four city 

 blocks, and it is proposed to add two more blocks. 



Red Hook Park, bounded by Richards, Vernon, Dwight and 

 William streets, covers two city blocks. 



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