Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Park is a List of New York City parks, New York City public park located in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City between 70th Street to the north, 71st Street to the south, 16th Avenue to the east, and New Utrecht Avenue to the west. It is on the east side of the 71st Street (BMT West End Line), 71st Street subway station (). This part of Bensonhurst was within the Town of New Utrecht, Brooklyn, Nieuw Utrecht when it was founded during the New Netherland, Dutch colonial era in 1657. The town had its name Anglicisation of names, Anglicized to New Utrecht during the Province of New York, English colonial era. The town lost its autonomous administrative division, autonomous status and became part of the City of Brooklyn in 1894. Since 16th Avenue and New Utrecht Avenue do not run parallel (geometry), parallel to each other, the footprint of the park is trapezoidal in shape. The land for the urban park, park was purchased by the City of New York in 1929, and the park was grand opening, opened on May 24, 1935. It was originally called Satellite Park. When it opened, the park had American handball, handball courts, playground slide, slides, swing (seat), swings, a swimming pool, wading pool, jungle gym, and a recreation building around its perimeter. A basketball basketball court, court was later added on the southern side of the park extending from east to west. In 1993, the park underwent a $700,000 reconstruction (architecture), reconstruction. The handball courts, basketball court, and child, children's playground were renovation, renovated. The city installed new bench (furniture), benches, fence, fencing, electric light, lights and landscaping and improved the drainage. In 1999, the New York City Council geographical renaming, renamed the park after lieutenant, Lt. Joseph Petrosino, New York City Police Department, NYPD. It features: * Basketball court * Handball courts * Children's playground * Spray showers

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