REPORT. 



iojjograjjbical gtscription. 



The elevated ridge which is the distinguishing feature 

 in the topography of the western portion of Long Island, 

 and which, from the depressed character of the adjacent 

 lands, commands a very extensive tract of country, pos- 

 sesses in its entire extent no other point from which the 

 eye can embrace so wide a field of marine and inland 

 scenery, as that division of it which has been selected 

 for and devoted to the purposes of public recreation, and 

 known as the "Prospect Park of Brooklyn." 



The boundaries of the park, as defined by the Act of 

 the State Legislature, passed April 17th, 1860, are as 

 follows : Beginning at the intersection of Warren street 

 and Washington avenue ; thence running southerly along 

 Washington avenue, to the City line at Montgomery 

 street ; thence southwesterly, in a straight line to a point 

 one thousand feet easterly in a straight line from the 

 intersection of Ninth street with the City line ; thence 

 to the intersection of the City line and Ninth street ; 

 thence northwesterly along Ninth street to Tenth ave- 

 nue ; thence northerly along Tenth avenue to the north- 

 erly side of Third street; thence northwesterly along 

 Third street to Ninth avenue ; thence northerly along 



