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March 24, 2004

PARTNERSHIPS PAYS HOMAGE TO TIRELESS VOLUNTEERS

Six times a year, Partnerships for Parks, a joint program of Parks & Recreation and City...

March 10, 2004

AS THOUGHTS DRIFT TOWARDS WARM WEATHER, PARKS & RECREATION KEEPS ITS EYES ON THE WATER

As most New Yorkers begin looking forward to spring’s arrival, the City is already preparing for...

March 8, 2004

GREENPRINT PART TWO: WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AND A GREENER NEW YORK

On Friday, the Plant focused on two of the initiatives addressed in Commissioner Adrian Benepe’s...

December 2, 2003

SHHH…DON’T WAKE THE OPOSSUMS!

Each season as the temperature get colder, New Yorkers and holiday tourists bundle up in wool...

November 19, 2003

PARKS DEDICATES JOHN MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER IN BROOKLYN

On Friday, November 14, over 300 adults and children from local civic associations, schools,...

October 17, 2003

BRINGING BOROUGHS TOGETHER, ONE BOCCE GAME AT A TIME

If you ask any bocce player, he or she will attest that bocce is one of greatest sports around....

September 15, 2003

All In A Hard Day’s Work: Mullaly Skate Park Reborn

When it first opened its gates in 1988, Mullaly Skate Park in the Bronx was the first of its...

September 10, 2003

NYC TEENS BUILD CHARACTER AND COMMUNITY PRIDE

On Thursday, August 28, on the last day of their program, Summer Tree Corps participants went...

July 22, 2003

CONGRATULATIONS EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

The following individuals were awarded Employee of the Month on Friday, July 18, 2003....

July 2, 2003

LAUNCH RAMP AND QUARTER PIPE COME TO FOREST PARK

Kids have a new place to perfect "a grind" and learn other skateboarding and inline skating...

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Paerdegat Basin Park
Ecology Park is a five acre site set within Paerdegat Basin Park. The goal of the park is to promote habitat restoration and ecological improvement, highlighting fourteen native plant community types that exist or once existed in New York City.

Ecology Park is only open at certain times of year when Parks staff are present in order to protect this unique landscape. Want to visit? Check out our Stewardship Projects page for restoration, planting, and educational events.

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Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy