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Northern end of the Island, and terminating with the Bay Cliff or 

 Christopher Billop Park, overlooking the Staten Island Sound 

 from the Bluffs at Tottenville, near the Southern end of the 

 Island — including the Pavilion Hill Park of 16 acres at Tomp- 

 kinsville ; the Grymes' llill Park of 16 acres, extending from 

 Howard avenue to the Richmond road; the Horse-Shoe Bend 

 Park of 30 aeres on the Ocean Terrace; the Great Centra] or 

 Ocean Hill Park' of 1,500 aeres (including the highest point of the 

 Island, known as Ocean Hill, and including Meisner Hill and 

 Latourette or Richmond Hill). This park to extend in its length 

 approximately from the intersection of the Ocean Terrace and 

 the Todt Hill road to Richmond on one side, and in its width 

 from the hills hack of the Moravian Cemetery to and across the 

 summit of Ocean Hill to the Northern slope of the Manor road. 



The next park of this system extends in a Southerly direc- 

 tion to the Green Ridge or Woodrow Park 300 acres, including 

 the Rossville Park of 10 acres, and the Pleasant Plains Park of 

 350 acres (intended to protect the principal water-shed of the 

 Fifth Ward), terminating with the Tottenville or Christopher 

 Billop Park, mentioned before under the heading of the South 

 Shore Park System. 



In considering a suitable parkway for the purpose of con- 

 necting these different parks embraced in this system, it is sug- 

 gested to use : Ward avenue, Occident avenue, Louis street and 

 Howard avenue to connect Pavilion Hill Park with Grymes Hill 

 Park, and to continue thence Southerly along the Serpentine 

 road, crossing the Clove valley, through the Clove Park to Elling- 

 wood avenue, and thence via the Ocean Terrace to the Horse- 

 Shoe Bend Park, or by constructing a driveway from a point on the 

 Serpentine road at the entrance to the Cunard or Bellevue prop- 

 erty, through the latter to the edge of the bluff, overlooking the 

 Clove pass ; thence by means of a viaduct across the Clove 

 pass to the property known as the Unger or Bernheimer prop- 

 erty on the South side of the Clove pass, and thence by proper 

 course to the ( )cean Terrace. 



Beyond the Horse-Shoe Bend Park the ( )cean Terrace is to 

 be used as a driveway until the intersection of the Todt Hill 

 road and the Ocean Terrace, where a new driveway would have 

 to be constructed, following the summit of Ocean Hill, until by 

 means of its Southern slope the intersection of Rockland avenue 

 and Egbert avenue would be reached, whence Meisner Hill road 

 could be utilized partly, in following the crest of what is known 

 as Meisner Hill or Richmond Hill and terminating at Latourette 

 Hill above Richmond. 



In addition to the above driveway, this Central Park, or 

 Ocean View Park System, is traversed by other main thorough- 

 fares, such as Egbert avenue, the Manor road, Rockland avenue, 

 and other roads, all of which make this large park easily accessi- 

 ble from all parts of the Island, It should also be borne in 



