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Sunken Meadow State Park Improvements – Kings Park NY

Sunken Meadow State Park Beach Pavilion

(Credit: Susan DeMasi)

Sunken Meadow State Park Beach Pavilion

Sunken Meadow State Park Beach Pavilion

(Credit: Susan DeMasi)

Sunken Meadow State Park Beach Pavilion

(Credit: Susan DeMasi)

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

Suffolk County News reported that between 1935 and 1936, the WPA “improved recreational facilities in [the] following State Parks [in Suffolk County]: Sunken Meadow, Heckscher, Wildwood, Orient Point and Hither Hills…”

Source notes

"$1,220,669 Federal WPA Funds Have Been Spent Here"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], Sept. 4, 1936, page 12.

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Location Info

Sunken Meadow Parkway
Kings Park, NY 11754

Coordinates: 40.91158, -73.25789

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