McGolrick Playground Comfort Station

120 Russell Street | also 110 Russell Street | Greenpoint | built 1931

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1910
A curved pavilion by Helmle & Huberty shapes the paths of McGolrick Park
The landmark report dates the shelter pavilion to 1910 and credits architects Helmle & Huberty. It is a crescent-shaped open arcade with a small building at each end, its detail compared to the Grand Trianon at Versailles. Its curve fixes the oval in front of it and the paths radiating through the park, a French-style layout the commission called rare in America.
“1910; architects Helmle & Huberty. ... This type of radial landscaping as determined by the form of the building is typically French and rarely encountered in America.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1985
The McGolrick Park pavilion is reconstructed in 1985, then rebuilt again in 2001
Forgotten New York says the landmarked pavilion was reconstructed in 1985. Some critics felt the work strayed too far from the original design, and it was rebuilt again in 2001. The same account notes the pavilion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was declared a city landmark in 1966.
Source: Forgotten New York

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