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Shirley Chisholm State Park

New York · NY

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A park in Brooklyn named for Shirley Chisholm, the first African American congresswoman.

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Shirley Chisholm State Park is a 407-acre (1.65 km2) state park in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bound by Belt Parkway and Spring Creek Park to the north and Jamaica Bay to the south, situated atop the former Pennsylvania Avenue and Fountain Avenue Landfills. The first sections of the park opened in 2019.

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