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AccessibilityChester Playground
Chester St. to Bristol St. between Sutter Ave. and Pitkin Ave.
Brooklyn
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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
What was here before?
This playground is in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. In 1865, Charles S. Brown purchased a section of farm and meadowland in this area and built 250 frame houses. It remained essentially a farming village until 1887, when Jewish real estate agent Aaron Kaplan purchased local lots to build tenement housing. These developments drew a significant Jewish population from the Lower East Side seeking to escape the overcrowding.
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