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suggested by them; and it is understood that the result of their 

 labors will soon be submitted to public inspection. 



One of the most striking features of the new plan, bearing 

 directly upon the interests of the park, and of our city, will be 

 found to be a noble avenue, two hundred and ten feet wide, 

 stretching southerly from Prospect Park towards Coney Island, 

 but terminating for the present at the newly established Fair 

 Grounds. This avenue will form another grand approach to 

 the park, and is to be laid out under the liberal auspices of the 

 owners of the land through which it passes, at their own ex- 

 pense, and has been placed under the control and management 

 of the Park Commissioners. 



This splendid improvement is similar to that which was 

 formerly suggested by the board on the line of Sackett street, 

 as a suitable approach to the park from the east, and will soon 

 be thrown open to public use; and when properly regulated, 

 planted with shade trees, and extended to the ocean, termina- 

 ting in a broad terrace upon the beach as it must eventually do, 

 will form a most attractive sea-side promenade and drive. 



The enterprise of our neighbors has also placed another fine 

 improvement in the hands of the Park Commissioners, which 

 consists in the widening of the Coney Island road to the width 

 of one hundred feet, thereby opening up a direct avenue to the 

 sea, and at the same time throwing open to the public another 

 opportunity of selecting sites for suburban residence unequaled 

 for beauty of situation, for salubrity of air, and for convenient 

 access to business centers by any locality on the island. 



By means of these and of other kindred improvements con- 

 nected with park extension, in which the board have been en- 

 gaged, land throughout the County of Kings has greatly 

 increased in value, the taxable property in the rural districts 

 having been nearly doubled during the last four years. While 

 we rejoice with our friends in the country towns that they are 

 the fortunate possessors of such valuable property, we heartily 

 congratulate our citizens at large upon the splendid opportuni- 

 ties of improvement which are about to be thrown open to 

 them. It is thus, in connection with those magnificent enter- 

 prises of bridging and tunneling the East River, which have 

 already engaged the attention of the Common Council, that 

 the board expect to realize those broad plans of public improve- 



