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Poe Park contains two acres obtained in 1902. It lies on 

 the Kingsbridge Road west of the Harlem Railroad and east of 

 Jerome Avenue, distant about half a mile from each. It gets 

 its name from the Poe cottage directly opposite the park. 



Washington Bridge Park, containing nine acres, was ob- 

 tained in 1899. It lies at the northerly end of Washington 

 Bridge and has been fully developed. 



Melrose Park of one acre was obtained in August, 1902. 

 De Voe Park is a small park of about six acres on Fordham 

 Road, near Sedgwick Avenue; it was bought in 1907, and 

 opened in 1910; it adjoins Webb's Academy. Joseph Rodman 

 Drake Park is situated on Hunt's Point and contains two and 

 a half acres. It contains the old Hunt burial-ground and the 

 grave of the poet Drake; it was opened in 1910. It was 

 planned to have a park at the extremity of Hunt's Point, 

 containing something less than ten acres; but owing to the 

 scandal attached to the acquisition of the property it has been 

 turned back into the Sinking Fund. In addition, there is 

 the proposed park at Seton's Falls, upon the northern bound- 

 ary of the city. There are other plans of improvement in 

 view, but their execution depends upon what the Board of 

 Estimate and Apportionment will allow from year to year. 

 Besides the parks named above, there are 22.6 acres of im- 

 proved, unnamed parks. 



Cemeteries: While there are several small cemeteries, 

 usually attached to some of the older churches, there are only 

 two of any considerable size, Woodlawn and Saint Raymond's. 



Woodlawn Cemetery was organized December 29, 1863, 

 and the first interment was made January 14, 1865; the total 

 number of interments to January 1, 1912, is 81,796. At the 

 time of the purchase of the land for the cemetery this section 

 was wholly rural, and there was no prospect that the land 



