Thomas Jefferson Park

Thomas Jefferson Park This is inside Jefferson Park the part where theres a swimming pool Source: 1940 Tax Department photographs, New York City Municipal Archives, https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_89586c45-b7ae-4a55-ae46-9d6fcb4e8792/ Date: 1935-09-16

Thomas Jefferson Park, between First Avenue and the river. from 11th to 114th Street. is known as the Italian park. This is no vast landscaped stretch of green, but its area of six square blocks is a retreat for the teeming section. It includes a swimming pool, a baseball diamond, handball and basketball courts, a children's playground, and alleys for boccie(the Italian version of bowling ). In winter the bathhouse is used as a children's game room. (New York City Guide pp, 270)