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Murphy's Brother's Playground

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Ave. C, FDR Dr., E. 17 St.

Manhattan

Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner

Acres: 1.27

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

Located near the waterfront of Manhattan’s old Gas House District, this playground has been known by at least three different names over the course of its ninety-five year history. The City of New York originally acquired this land in 1857 and 1861, and the Department of Docks and Ferries filled and improved the western parcel in 1893. After an Act of the Legislature transferred the parcel to the Department of Parks in 1903, it was planted, fenced, and improved as a playground. During its early years, the site was known as the 17th Street Park.

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