Commodore Barry Park
Commodore Barry Park is an urban park in the Fort Greene neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.It encompasses an area of 10.39 acres (42,000 m2) and holds baseball, basketball, football, swimming pool and playground fields/facilities.[1] The park was acquired in 1836 by the Village of Brooklyn (long before it was absorbed into New York City).It is the oldest park in the borough, and it was named for Commodore John Barry in 1951 due to its location next to the Brooklyn Navy Yard that Barry helped found.This article about a location in Brooklyn, New York is a stub.
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