Ocean Hill Playground
What was here before?This property belonged to brothers Jacob H. and Henry Sackman, German immigrants from Hamburg who settled...

Ocean Parkway
What was here before?The Ocean Parkway Malls traverse several neighborhoods, including (from north to south) Kensington, Midwo...

Oracle Playground
Oracle Playground is named for its proximity to Adelphi Street, which runs to the west of this site. The word Adelphi has gre...

Orient Grove
This park was originally known as Cooper Gore. A "gore" is a small triangular park, a meaning derived from the definition of a...

Oriental Boulevard Malls
The Oriental Boulevard Malls, like the thoroughfare itself, are named for the Oriental Hotel that once stood at the eastern po...

Osborn Playground
What was here before? In the 1940s, this site was occupied by several two- and three-story buildings with storefronts on th...

Owl’s Head Park
What was here before? The Canarsie lived in and around present-day Owl’s Head Park, fishing in the Hudson River and N...

Owl’s Head Park - Shellfish in New York City
Owl’s Head Park, one of the premier parks in Brooklyn, allows visitors to overlook New York Harbor. At one time, the wa...

Oxport Playground
This Fort Greene playground, located on the south side of Flushing Avenue, was renamed Oxport Playground by Parks in 1996, com...