house. Most recently it had housed a countertop laminate fabrication firm. Two Chicks and a Hammer had purchased the building in 2015 for use as a warehouse. Green space Most of the Bates–Hendricks neighborhood consists of one- and two-family residences with small front yards and larger back yards. Besides the esplanades on New Jersey and Alabama streets, there are several public green spaces. Hendricks Park, in the 1300 block of Madison Avenue, is part of the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation. Construction began in late 2000 and finished in 2002. This small park on the western edge of the neighborhood is the site of Lars Jonker's abstract sculpture Play. The park also has a small pavilion. Ringgold Park at 1500 Ringgold Street is a minipark with playground equipment. The park was originally constructed in the early 1900s on northwest of its current location. At that time it contained a bathing pool, but by 1936 the pool had been removed and swings and volleyball court had been added. By 1956 a baseball diamond had been laid out. In the 1960s, the construction of I-65 through the park resulted in the relocation to its current site. A Keep Indianapolis Beautiful project to revitalize the park by installing native plantings and updating its equipment was begun in 2015. The Pleasant Run Trail cuts through the southeast corner of the neighborhood along the creek of the same name on its way to Garfield Park a half-mile south. The parkways on each side of the creek are part of the Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System designed by George Kessler. Education The James A. Garfield School 31, an Indianapolis Public Schools elementary school, is located at 307 Lincoln Street across from the southern end of the Alabama Street esplanade. The Southeast Neighborhood School of Excellence (SENSE) for elementary grades at 1601 S. Barth Avenue is also located within the Bates–Hendricks neighborhood. References External links Bates–Hendricks Neighborhood Association Official Web Site Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Federal architecture in Indiana Houses completed in 1858 Neighborhoods in Indianapolis Houses in Indianapolis National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis