Mau Mau Island
Mau Mau Island, also called White Island,
The area was uninhabited by European settlers until the late 1700s, when a mill and bridge were built. It was donated to the City of New York in the early 1930s, along with much of Marine Park, by Alfred Tredway White and Frederic Pratt with the requirement that it become parkland.[4][5]
In the 1930s, sand excavated during construction of the Belt Parkway was added to the island. Subsequently, patches of asphalt were laid on top to prevent the sand from blowing onto the nearby Marine Park Golf Course.[6]
In 2011, the
Notes
- ^ According to Seitz & Miller 2011, p. 310, "[T]here was no island in the creek in 1917."
References
- ^ Chaudhury, Nadia (July 26, 2011). "Sailing the High Seas of Brooklyn with Swimming Cities". The L Magazine. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
- ^ "Mau Mau Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-58157-566-8.
- ISBN 978-1581578867.
- ^ Bankoff, H. Arthur; Ricciardi, Christopher; Loorya, Alyssa (January 1998). "Gerritsen's Creek: 1997 Archaeological Field Excavations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert (September 10, 2010). "The Concrete Jungle". New York. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
- ^ "Restoration Sites : Natural Resources Group : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation". Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
40°35′50″N 73°55′05″W / 40.5971400°N 73.9180760°W