De Matti Park
Tompkins Ave., bet. Chestnut St. and Shaughnessy La.
Staten Island
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De Matti Park is one of nine playgrounds that NYC Parks built through a war memorial fund. They opened simultaneously on July 15, 1934. Nicholas De Matti was a Private, First Class, in Company K, 310th Infantry, 78th Division, and a Staten Island native. He died in action in the Mihiel Sector at St. North Thiaucourt, France on September 26, 1918, less than two months before the end of World War I (1914-1918).
Events
KIM programming at DeMatti playground
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoor play. An NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven...