Corlears Hook Park

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Corlears Hook Park was created on the landfill built on the projection into the East River. Corlears Hook Park, located at Jackson and Cherry Streets along the FDR Drive on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is named after the Dutch Van Corlear family and a distinctive bend in the shoreline resembling a hook. Transformed in the 19th century for Irish immigrant relief projects, it became landfill supporting local docks.

Constructed, 1905

Though land was purchased in 1893, the park opened in 1905. In the 1930s, it lost space due to construction of the FDR Drive, but gained access to the expansive East River Park through Robert Moses’ developments. Today, the park features sports facilities and performance spaces and is part of the 32-mile Manhattan Waterfront Greenway.

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The Lenape Tribe,Originally marshland used by the Lenape people, the site became a strategic point for Dutch settlers and later played a role in the Revolutionary War.

Robert Moses

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