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AccessibilityJerome Playground South
S/s Cross Bronx Exwy bet. Townsend Av and Jerome Av
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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 situated in what was once known as Quinnahung, or Planting Neck, by the Weckquaesgeek people. Edward Jessup (1624-1666) and John Richardson (1630-1680) bartered with native people in 1661 and subsequently received a patent from the British Royal Crown in 1666, naming the area West Farms. The Cromwell-Poole family farm once occupied this site. Their primary residence, known as the "Townsend-Poole Cottage," built in 1782, was at the crossing of Macombs Road and Featherbed Lane.
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