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Kolbert Playground

Brooklyn, New York

Welcome to Kolbert Playground in Brooklyn, New York. This small urban park was first estaliblished in the Summer of 1936 and is named for a fallen WWII hero Paul Kolbert, and is home to the Rachel Haber Cohen Playground. Cohen grew up in the region, graduated from NYU, gave birth to a daughter in 1995 and eventually got involved in local politics helping Mayor Rudolph Guiliani prepare for the Millenium.

1.58 acresabout one and a quarter football fields
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Acreage1.58
Managed byCity of New York
AddressIntersection of East 17th Street and Avenue L, Brooklyn, NY 11230
Coordinates40.620441, -73.957840
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