Shirley Chisholm State Park
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Shirley Chisholm State Park is a 407-acre 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 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.
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.
Shirley Chisholm State Park
…free, and a mural of Chisholm created by Brooklyn artist Danielle Mastrion. The second phase of the park opened a few months later with an entrance on Fountain Avenue, as well as additional educational programming. Before development, the site of this park was mostly marshland and water. However, in 1930, Spring Creek…
Public housing along Fountain Avenue
Memorial at Fountain Avenue near Belt Parkway