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Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park

Eastern Pkwy., E. New York Ave. bet. Rochester Ave. and Portal St.

Brooklyn

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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

Who is are these courts named for?
Carlos Lezama (1923-2007) was known as the King of Brooklyn Carnival and was instrumental in preserving Caribbean culture and history through the collection of archives and art.

Lezama was born in Venezuela and raised in Trinidad, where he learned to play the melodious tenor steel-pan -- first fashioned by hammering dents into the lids of oil drums left by ships that had refueled in Trinidad. He married his childhood sweetheart, Hilary Yolanda Charles in 1950 and had two children. They departed for the United States during the 1950’s, before their children joined them.

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