Red Hook Park and Recreation Area is a 58.503 acres (236,753.5 m²) public park in the New York City

New York City

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 borough

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 of Brooklyn

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 located in the Red Hook

Red Hook, Brooklyn

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 neighborhood. The park contains a paved path, benches, a flagpole with a yardarm, a drinking fountain, handball

American handball

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 courts, softball

Softball

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 fields, a soccer

Football (soccer)

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 and football

American football

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 field, a track and field, picnic tables, the adjacent Sol Goldman Pool, and new trees and plantings. The park is maintained and operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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Getting to Red Hook Park

The park is bordered by Otsego, Bay, Hicks, Lorraine, Court and Halleck Streets. The nearest subway stop is Smith/9th Street on the F/G subway lines in Brooklyn. From the subway stop, one can take the 61 bus to reach Red Hook.

External links

• History of Redhook, from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation