Fountain Avenue
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Fountain Avenue is a north–south running street in Brooklyn, New York. Traffic on the avenue is bidirectional for most of its length.
Public housing along Fountain Avenue
Memorial at Fountain Avenue near Belt Parkway
Shirley Chisholm State Park
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Shirley Chisholm State Park is a 407-acre (1.65 km2) state park in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bound by Belt Parkway and Spring Creek Park to the north and Jamaica Bay to the south, situated atop the former Pennsylvania Avenue and Fountain Avenue Landfills. The first sections of the park opened in 2019.
The Pennsylvania Avenue section of the park in 2019; the Fountain Avenue portion is in the background.
Penn Pier, part of the first phase of the park, in July 2019
The Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill in 2017, prior to the park's establishment
The Fountain Avenue Landfill (pictured in 2019) was developed into the second portion of the park opened in 2021.