Accessibility InfoEthan Allen Playground
Wortman Ave. between Vermont St. and New Jersey Ave.
Brooklyn, 11207
Directions via Google Maps
This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
Bounded by Cozine Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, Wortman Avenue, and Vermont Street, this playground is named for Ethan Allen (1738-1789), an American Revolutionary soldier, frontiersman, and Vermont folk hero. Most likely, the inspiration for the playground’s name comes from its location on Vermont Street. Ethan Allen was born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1738 to a backwoods farming family. Little is known of his early life other than that he was preparing for college when his father died in 1755, and that he served in the colonial forces during the French and Indian War (1754-1763).
Directions to Ethan Allen Playground
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