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AccessibilityWilliam Sheridan Playground
Wythe Ave. bet. Grand St. and S. 1 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?
In 1638 Willem Kieft “purchased" a large area between Wallabout Bay and Newtown Creek from the Canarsee, who first inhabited the land. While the Europeans saw these agreements as transfer of ownership, the Canarsee understood them as a lease agreement or joint tenancy. Troubled relationships between the two factions slowed settlement for decades.
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