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J.J. Byrne Park
Brooklyn-born J.J. Byrne (1863-1930) served as chief clerk of the Bureau of Public Buildings (1907-08) and later Brooklyn Commissioner of Public Works (1924-26). The park has a playground, sprinker fountain in which children can play, and the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a reconstruction of the Vechte-Cortelyou house, originally built by Claes Arents Vechte in 1699. Events take place in the house.
- Directions: Subway: R, W to Union Street
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