Saratoga Park

Halsey St. bet. Howard Ave. and Saratoga 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?
Prior to its acquisition as a park, this site, a full square city block, was the property of James C. Brower and his wife. The open land was used as a circus grounds.

How did this site become a park?
The City of Brooklyn purchased the land for park use in 1896. The park was soon graded and planted, and workers laid new paths and enclosed the area with an iron picket fence. The land’s conversion into a park was said to be “greatly appreciated by the owners of property in the neighborhood.” A brick and wood frame shelter was erected in the park in 1903.
In 1914 the park’s gas lamps were electrified and replaced with tungsten-powered luminaires.

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