DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 11 



OCEAN PARKWAY. 



About six thousand c'ul)ic yards of mud and filth luiving 

 been liauled away off the Ocean Parlvway from the Plaza 

 jit Gate 4 to the tunnel below Parkville, the same quantity 

 of screened gravel was placed on it the same length. There 

 being no system of drainage along the Boulevard, at the 

 crossings from Church Lane to the Tunnel the drive was 

 always flooded after rain. To remedy this, six large cess- 

 I)ools, fifteen feet each in diameter and twelve feet or more 

 in depth through the gravel have been made in different 

 places, lined with dry stone walls and backed with small 

 stone, with drains leading to the same from road basins, 

 which have proved effectually to drain the water from the 

 Boulevard. The basins being regularly cleaned out, the 

 silt remains in their bottom, leaving the water more free 

 of dirt for the cesspools. 



Below the tunnel the Parkway has been kept in order 

 with screened gravel from the Department gravel-pit. 



THE EASTERN SHELTER AT CONEY ISLAND, 



having been badly damaged ])y the high tides in Septem- 

 ber, 1889, was raised higher than before and repaired with 

 open railings instead of the former solid panel work, so 

 as not to be subjected to the full force of the waves. 



The Concourse and beach were kept clean during the 

 summer, clearing away all debris brought by the tides, 

 making the beach a desirable resort for visitors. 



The railing of the bridge over Coney Island Creek 

 having become rotten and unsafe, it is being rej)laced by a 

 new railing, with other rei:)airs to the bridge. 



EASTERN PARKWAY'. 



The whole length of the Eastern Park^vay has been re- 

 l^aired, and a layer of Roa Hook Gravel, double-screened, 



