Seth Low Playground, Community playground near Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, United States
Seth Low Playground is a recreational area in southern Brooklyn with play equipment, basketball courts, and paved pathways for neighborhood use. The space sits at the intersection of West 12th Street between Bay Parkway and Avenue P, offering different zones for various activities.
The city acquired the site as a park in 1924; before that it held Indian Pond, a watering hole and ice-skating spot on the New Utrecht–Gravesend line, filled with incinerator ash in 1896. The park honors Seth Low, mayor of New York from 1902 to 1903 and president of Columbia University. Its smaller section, Bealin Square, was named on July 5, 1927, for Sgt. James J. Bealin, the first Bensonhurst resident killed in World War I.
The smaller section of the park is named Bealin Square, designated on July 5, 1927, for Sgt. James J. Bealin, the first Bensonhurst resident killed in World War I. The local American Legion post, which also bore his name, dedicated four trees there to local veterans killed in combat, including Flight Officer Abraham Elhal (1944) and Lt. Walter V. Sigberman.
The five-acre park is bounded by Stillwell Avenue, Bay Parkway, West 12th Street and Avenue P, one block north of the western end of Kings Highway. Entrances face these streets, and the signboard at the fence lists rules in English, Chinese and Russian, including a ban on dogs. The Bealin Square section sits within the same grounds.
The smaller section of the park is Bealin Square, named on July 5, 1927, for Sgt. James J. Bealin, the first Bensonhurst resident killed in World War I. The local American Legion post, which bore his name, dedicated four trees there to local veterans killed in combat, including Flight Officer Abraham Elhal (1944) and Lt. Walter V. Sigberman.
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