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Dr. Green Playground
Mother Gaston Blvd. and Sutter Ave.
Brooklyn
Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner
Acres: 1.79
This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
This playground honors New York City’s first African American Chancellor of the Board of Education, Dr. Richard Green (1936-1989). Dr. Green received his appointment from Mayor Edward I. Koch in March 1988 and died of a severe asthma attack in the early morning of May 10, 1989.
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