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Canarsie Park lies at the termination of Rockaway Parkway, 

 fronting on Jamaica bay, and contains about 40 acres. 



The New Lots Playground is bounded by Sackman street, 

 Newport, Christopher and Riverdale avenues, and covers one 

 block. 



Cooper Park is bounded by Morgan, Metropolitan and Mas- 

 peth avenues, and covers about four city blocks. 



Irving Square, bounded by Halsey street, Hamburg avenue, 

 Weirfield street and Knickerbocker avenue, contains one block. 



Saratoga Square is bounded by Saratoga avenue, Macon street, 

 Howard avenue and Halsey street, and covers one city block. 



Linton Park, bounded by Blake avenue, Bradford street, 

 Dumont and Miller avenues, comprises one city block. 



Brooklyn Forest Park, bounded by Myrtle avenue, Trotting 

 Course lane, Metropolitan avenue, the road to Flushing, Rich- 

 mond Hill lane, running in a diagonal direction to Myrtle avenue, 

 and crossing Myrtle avenue west of Washington avenue to the 

 general southern boundary made by Simpson avenue, Ashland 

 street and Magnolia avenue, which are really the same thorough- 

 fare, having different names on different maps of Improvement 

 Companies. The park contains about 535 acres. 



In addition to this land the Department owns two gravel pits, 

 one at Windsor Terrace, and the other on the Ocean Parkway, 

 each of which is large enough for a small park if filled in with 

 the proper kind of earth. 



LOCATION OF PARKWAYS. 



The following Parkways are under the charge of the Park: 



Ocean Parkway, from Prospect Park to the ocean, five and 

 a half miles long. 



Eastern Parkway, with its extension to Ridgewood Park, 

 five miles long. 



Fort Hamilton Parkway, from Prospect Park to New York 

 Bay, four miles long. 



Bay Parkway, from Ocean Parkway to Gravesend Bay, three 

 and a half miles long. 



Seventy-fifth street, connecting Fort Hamilton Parkway and 

 Bay Parkway, one and a quarter miles long. 



