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Bike share docking station on opening day. Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Square is small triangular park in Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by Cleveland Place, Lafayette and Kenmare Streets, two blocks north of the old police headquarters at 240 Centre Street, at the juncture of the Little Italy, Nolita, and SoHo.
Type: Playground: Location: New York City (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn), New York: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 0.87 acres (0.352 ha; 0.001 sq mi): Elevation: 49 feet (15 m): Opened: May 24, 1935 (): Founder: City of New York: Etymology: Named after Lt. Joseph Petrosino, NYPD: Operated by: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation: Open: All year 6:00 am – 1:00 am [2]: Designation: Playground as ...
Joseph Petrosino (born Giuseppe Petrosino, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe petroˈziːno;-ˈsiːno]; August 30, 1860 – March 12, 1909) was an Italian-born New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime. Crime fighting techniques that Petrosino pioneered are still practiced by law enforcement agencies.
A single staircase from each platform goes down to a landing around a now-closed station house. A single full height turnstile provides access to/from the station before another staircase goes down to either southern corners of New Utrecht Avenue and 69th Street. Nearby is the Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Park. [9]
It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It was rehabilitated in 1985 when founder of Friends of McGolrick Park and at the time Greenpoint Community Coalition Leader Patricia Tambakis seen the decay (graffiti, broken bottles and litter) of the park while visiting with ...
The vacant lot was designated development Site 35 by the city and was part of the comprehensive West Side Urban Renewal Plan. The WestSide Community Garden was incorporated in 1983 as a New York State Not For Profit organization with the help of the Trust for Public Land. About the same time, the city awarded Site 35 development rights to the ...
Shirley Chisholm State Park is a 407-acre (1.65 km 2) state park in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bound by Belt Parkway and Spring Creek Park to the north and Jamaica Bay to the south, situated atop the former Pennsylvania Avenue and Fountain Avenue Landfills. The first sections of the park opened in 2019.
Crocheron Park is a public park situated at 214th Street and 35th Avenue in Bayside, Queens, New York City. [1]A view from the eastern end of Crocheron Park, overlooking Little Neck Bay and the Cross Island Parkway A gazebo at the eastern end of Crocheron Park A field, walking path and small forested area in Crocheron Park Playground equipment in Crocheron Park The western entrance to ...