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bring to public attention some of the most desirable residential 

 parts of the City. The iucreased valuations will amply repay the 

 City for this improvement. 



NEW PARKS AND SMALL ONES. 



Most satisfactory work has been performed in the smaller parks 

 of the City. In each of these parks I found the sanitary condi- 

 tions exceedingly bad, and I have caused the best modern con- 

 veniences to be supplied, and the proper sewer connections to be 

 made. 



Winthrop Park, located in the Seventeenth Ward, has been 

 provided with uew walks, hundreds of trees have been planted 

 and the lawns re-sown. 



Bush wick Park, in the Twenty-seventh Ward, which consisted 

 of a high sand hill, has been brought to proper grade. The com- 

 ing Spring the walks will be constructed, and the grounds planted 

 in accordance with the designs that have been prepared. 



Bedford Park, in the Twenty-fourth Ward, was laid out and 

 planted early in the year. It was also enclosed with an attract- 

 ive iron fence. Its natural advantages were many, and it is now 

 one of the prettiest small parks in the City. The Museum of the 

 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences is located in this Park, 

 and will remain there until its buildings have been constructed 

 on the Eastern Parkway. 



Sunset Park will be one of the most beautiful parks in the city. 

 It is located in the Eighth Ward on a bluff, overlooking the Bay. 

 A keeper has been in charge of this Park during the year, but 

 no work of a permanent character has been done, because it has 

 been deemed better to wait until an additional block of land has 

 been acquired. This will enable the landscape architect to treat 

 the subject to better advantage, and will lead to the obtaining of 

 better results for the money expended. 



Ridgewood Park has been receiving especial attention. It is 

 in the Twenty-sixth Ward, and extends into Queens county. Its 



