Saint John's Park topographic map

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About this map

Name: Saint John's Park topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Saint John's Park, Manhattan Community Board 1, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States (40.72086 -74.00794 40.72166 -74.00674)

Average elevation: 11 m

Minimum elevation: -7 m

Maximum elevation: 47 m

It took over 20 years for all the lots to be sold and developed, partly because of the swampy topography, but also because the church was only offering 99-year leases, not outright ownership of the lots, with covenants which limited the heights of residences and the materials they were built with. During this period, St. John's Chapel had very few parishioners. The 64 lots were eventually sold when Trinity changed its policy and decided to sell lots outright, deeding the exclusive use of the square to the lot owners. The sales had the attached covenant that if the owners failed to properly keep up the square it would be given to the city for public use.