"Orchard Beach, aerial view, June 15, 1937. Still under construction in the
summer of 1937, a year after its official dedication, the white sands of the
new 1.06-mile crescent-shaped Orchard Beach connected Hunter Island
(foreground) with Rodman's Neck." Note; no pavilion yet, and water on
the right where the parking lot would be.
Orchard
Beach, Kenneth R. Cobb, NYC Department of Records & Information
Services, 22 May 2020.