Msgr. McGolrick Park

Russell St., Monitor St. bet. Nassau Ave. and Driggs Ave.

Brooklyn, 11222

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

In 1889 the City of Brooklyn acquired the land for a park on a site bounded by Monitor and Russell Streets, Nassau and Driggs Avenues. Winthrop Park was named for Assemblyman Winthrop Jones, who was instrumental in obtaining the $132,825 appropriation for the purchase. A lifelong resident of Greenpoint, Jones co-owned a lumberyard at the corner of Kent and West Streets and also worked as a job printer.