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100% Playground

Glenwood Rd. between E. 100 St. and E. 101 St.

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?

Until the late 1920s, the surrounding neighborhood was defined by impassible roads and the land was thick with trees. In August 1929, the City of New York carved out new streets and taxable lots for sale. Two of the earliest owners were the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, which had a rail car storage lot adjacent to this site, and the City itself. Concerned that the new lots would be attractive to the growing transit company, the City purchased a parcel of land, comprising a full city block, to build a much-needed elementary school in 1931. Public School 242 opened in 1935 and was later expanded with an addition. It has been Olympus Academy High School since 2008.

How did this site become a playground?

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