northwesterly along Third street to the centre of the block between 

 Eighth and Ninth avenues; thence northerly in a line parallel with 

 Ninth avenue to Douglass street; thence easterly along Douglass 

 street to Washington avenue, the place of beginning, containing about 

 two hundred and fifty acres, exclusive of Flatbush avenue and the 

 reservoir, which, together, contain seventeen acres, making the whole 

 area of the park about two hundred and sixty-seven acres. 



This land is designated on the map hereto annexed, by the letter 

 A, as Mount Prospect Park. The estimated present value of this 

 land, with the buildings thereon, is one million of dollars. 



2. The piece of land situated at, and adjacent to the receiving 

 reservoir of the Nassau water works, at Ridgewood, lying partly in 

 the county of Kings and partly in the county of Queens, and desig- 

 nated on said map by the letter B. 



3. The piece of land situated at what is commonly called Bay 

 Ridge, and designated on the map hereto annexed by the letter C. 



The Commissioners recommend that these three pieces of land be 

 reserved for city parks, for the general benefit of the city of Brook- 

 lyn and the county of Kings. 



4. They also recommend that a piece of land, of about twenty- 

 five acres, situated at East New York, in the town of New Lots, to 

 be taken from the southerly portion of the lands of the heirs of White 

 Howard, deceased, be taken and reserved for a parade ground. This 

 land is designated on the map by the letter D. 



That the three following described pieces of land be taken and 

 reserved as local parks, to be paid for on the principle of assessment 

 adopted in the case of Washington park, in this city, if no other 

 principle should be deemed more equitable and expedient, viz. : 



First. All that parcel of land, situated on Brooklyn Heights, 

 overlooking the East river, the Bay, the city of New York, and the 

 shores of New Jersey, and lying between Remsen, M< mtague, and 

 Furman streets and Pierrepont place, and designated on said map by 

 the letter E, commanding a view unsurpassed, as is believed, for 

 varied and picturesque beauty. 



Second. The land lying between Ewen, Smith, North-second, and 

 Ainslie streets, comprising four blocks of ground, and designated on 

 said map by the letter F. 



Third. The land lying between the Fourth and Fifth avenues 

 and Third and Sixth streets, comprising three large blocks of ground, 

 containing about seventeen acres of land, and designated on said map 

 by the letter G. 



The Commissioners have, perhaps, performed the duty assigned 

 to them, by simply making the above recommendations. But the 

 great importance of the subject, and the deep interest which they feel 

 in the prosperity and future progress of the city, may excuse a brief 

 statement of the reasons which led them to the above conclusions. 



No single location for a great central park, .suitable both to the 

 present state and future growth of the city, presented itself. 



Prospect Hill, on account of its commanding views of Brooklyn, 

 New York, Jamaica Bay, and the Ocean beyond, of the eastern part 

 of Kings county, of the Bay of New York, Staten Island, the Nar- 



