This is the long-vanished 1.5 mile marker on Ocean Parkway, which had been located in Kensington in Brooklyn. Mile markers were arrayed at half-mile distances along Ocean Parkway when the lengthy route from Prospect Park to Coney Island was built between 1874 and 1880.
Only one such marker miraculously remains in place, the 3-mile marker, on the west side of the Parkway south of Avenue P in Midwood. It’s not landmarked and is at the mercy of rushing automobiles and reconstruction projects.
7/12/13