New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-26
TO BENEFIT CYCLISTS.
IMPROVEMENTS THE PRESENT PARK
ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE.
BICYCLE PATHS LAID AND REPAIRED AND
SHELTERS ERECTED-PLANS TO BE

CARRIED OUT SOON.
In answer to a request for statement with REFER
ence the work already accomplished by tEe pres
ent park administration. together with that IN haH'
the following summary was furnished 10 Il reloi'e'
In less than months there has been construSt.,H
I'm tho ocean Parkway a bicycle road five and mar
niles long ana twenty feet vide to be used as re-
turn cyc.e path. supplementng the eisn,esh- I
The old path has been virtually reconstructed anu
streets instead of the old wooden crossings, when
had become so badly warped as TO be dangerous 10
There has been put down an eighty foot wide con,
cree walk all the way IRON Pr0sPe 49, ne ocean
Parkway is being macadamized from Prospect PARK
to Coney Island for the use Of business wagons ne
east drive VII. De Kept soft Ior the oert ol '''''e
who prefer that kind Of road for their horses. ,h
use OF the Ocean Parkway. which have been the
subject of discussion throughout the state, meet
There have been placed along ihe Ocean parkway
convenient distances. drinking fountains lor nc nc
horses. and benchs have also ben put along me
roadways %ntcn amort m s,pny island
4 little over sco,o has been spen, in making these
Iss thar two months 4, the Coney Island end OF
the cycle Path a shelter has been constructed
"ar @ntrance to Prospect park ne Commissioner
has 1ad TWO rendezvous constructed, where the b.
cyclists rest under the shade Of the trees "hen
coming from gong 10 the siand
A contract has Just been let for hs CONSTRUCTION dor
be- close to- The ives, rendezyous The Conmls
soner has had TWO roads constructed, one on each
entrance 50 that the bcychsts may enter or leave
the Park without danger N c0l.so WIN We
hices. Along the Fort Hamilton, Franklin ana
the walk 80 that Il makes desirable cycle pain.
Az the Plaza entrance 10 the Park Fatoush-ave.
has been asphalted. 80 tina; the bicyclists may
cross the car-;racks safey: and rliis PATHWAY mas
been carried through one Of the walks In Reservoir
Point Park. to enable bcycsts 70 reach the
Eastern Parkway cycle path without danger
Another great Improvement now berg carried
out which VIII be OF benefit TO riders and drivers
t...Ta frlennDre-aye.
| ninety days from the date % beginn ng the
work The Improvement extends from The present
Inc, whore II connect. win the maraGam roais
Of Queens County, and with road Leading 10 the
magnificent Forest Park recently acquired by the
county OF Kings Tor the use Cf BROOKLYN people
through which A drive Is now being constructed
The G.armOre-ave Improvement Is converting a
lnabe into a magnificent driveway which Will
AFFORD 20 Mcycllsts way OK reaching the most
desirable roads OF Long Island .,, s..
conn c; Ell 70 Seventy -ninth-st. Twenty second ave
is also beng macadamszed. and by tho end OF six
weeks his work will be ended. The Comm. 81 oner.
through the operation OF "A law passed by the last
LEGISLATURE u In position TO push the ex-
tension 81 the Eastern Parkway 70 Rdgewood, or
Hishand Park az II Is pcpuary known whom 5,
n,fss-on The Engineers are now at work on the
plans and work win be- begun WITHIN few days
10 build that portion Of the Parkway which Will
connect Bushw. ck-ave. with Rldgewood Park
BID, are nov being called for for the paving OF
Bushwick-ave with brick. from the old city line
20 ia term nus. and Pennsylvania from Bush
wick-aVe 10 A point south OF GenmOre-dve. with
,nacadlm thus giving TO the Eastern District a
fine road for riding and cyrAng 10 the new Glen
New Lots Road. a favorlte cycling road prior 70
the puti ng In Of sewers, viii also be Immediately
condition under contract to be given out next
week.