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Canarsie Park

Belt Pkwy, Seaview Ave Btw: Paerdegat Basin, E 93 S, E 102 St, Fresh Creek Basin

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?
The Canarsie resided here for thousands of years and called the area now known as the Flatlands, Keskateuw. Their planting lands were located north of this site, extending to Avenue J.

With the arrival of the Dutch, fighting and disease killed much of the local Canarsie population. Settlers documented that the Canarsie traded and sold them the land. This site was originally deeded to Samuel Spicer by the Canarsie in 1664 who in turn sold it to Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff. In 1675 it was bought by Jan Martense Schenck (1640-1689), who arrived from Holland and settled in Breuckelen (Brooklyn) in 1650. He amassed a large tract of land that remained in his family for generations.

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