 These funds, which Moses requested from the Board of Estimate annually for several years afterward, ended up doing little to fund each of the parks, with the exception of Jacob Riis Park, which would be completed with $3.5 million in funding.The Board of Estimate money went toward the Marine Parkway Bridge, one of Moses's projects to connect Riis Park to the rest of the city, while the park itself was nearly entirely built with WPA money.Work on enlarging the beach began on April 1, 1936.