Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Marcy Playground was named for William Learned Marcy (1786-1857), a governor of New York, Secretary of War under President James K. Polk and Secretary of State under President Franklin Pierce. The original playground was located about a block away and was dedicated to Samuel Crews, a WWI veteran; the original flagpole was moved with the park. Today, it's part of the Marcy Houses development.
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