davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-01

Forest Park. comprising $50 acres, is
the largest park In the borough and is
ten acres larger than the celebrated Pros
pect Park. IN Brooklyn and at present is
covered with forest, as its name implies.
owing 10 its long and narrow shape IL is
available for al immense number Of peo-
pie. occupying as It does a wide area IL
has enc Of the best eighteen-hole golf
links that can be found in any park, and
is provided with handsome clubhouse,
with lockers and convenences, all Of
which aye open to the public free under
proper restrictions From the ridge Of
this park there is magnificent view ex-
tending out over Jamaica Bay to the
Rockaways and tine Atlantic Ocean.
Telewauna, or Rockaway Beach Park.
comprising 26S acres. was acquired on
March 81 1872 by the city OF New York,
and consists of a strip OF land along
Rockaway Beach. on the Atlantic Ocean
its purpose IS TO provide "A reservation at
the seashore for hospitals and an immense
playground for water sports by the public.
This park extends west from the most
westerly OF the Rockaways, known as
Neponsit and Belle Harbor. and covers
the westerly end of ,he Rockaway PENN
sula. T. extends from Jamaica Bay, on
the north. 10 the Atlantic ocean. on the
south. extending for nearly mile east
and west The width of the park is about
half a mile.
Rockaway Park was ceded to the city
within recent years and has d frontage
on the Atlantic O@ean of seventeen and
one-half acres. IL consists of nearly a
half-mile of sea front. bordered by de-
tached residences, whose grass lawns
come to the edge of the boardwalk.
Highland Park. comprising approx