Other green areas include the University area and parts of Beverley Road to the north.
She lives on public assistance in the six-story apartment building that anchors the block's corner at the intersection of Beverley Road.
A smaller campus and student halls on Beverley Road, Hull, were also sold for redevelopment.
They then moved into a house in Beverley Road, Ruislip.
A school for 150 children was built on the green, and remained in use until 1914 when a new school was built in Beverley Road.
Beverley Road had the Strand (built 1914, closed 1960 and demolished after a 1965 fire).
The Beverley Road and Cortelyou Road stations are only one block apart.
Outside of campus and always popular with students is Beverley Road, where you can choose from a wide variety of modern and traditional pubs.
"I ain't never seen so many people in one block," said Christine Blick, who lives on Beverley Road.
Nadia Oliver, who lives on Beverley Road with her parents, said her father was upset.