Sunners Playground – Brooklyn NY

City:
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

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

Started:
1940

Completed:
1941

Description

William Sunners Playground, located in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, was constructed using WPA materials and labor.

New York City’s Parks Department writes:
“This playground was acquired by the City in 1940 and first opened to the public on April 12, 1941. It was one of four separate parcels in the area that were obtained by the City for park purpose, in response to a local need for more parkland. At the time, this triangular parcel was valued at approximately $8,000. Each of the four park parcels were laid out as playgrounds by Parks designers and developed with materials and labor provided by the federally-funded Works Progress Administration (WPA).”

Source notes

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B206/history

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 3, 2014.

Location Info


Kings Hwy.
Brooklyn, NY 11234
Kings County

Coordinates: 40.632594, -73.92960

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