Ocean Beach Improvements – Long Beach NY

City:
Long Beach, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve Ocean Beach [Park] and many of its attendant facilities during the 1930s. One project called for the reconstruction of “life guard stations, comfort stations, locker rooms, restaurants, and fences.”

Source notes

National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T936; roll 9.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 16, 2014.

Location Info


Long Beach, NY Nassau County

Coordinates: 40.583527, -73.663941

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