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Enjoy a stroll beneath Alley Pond’s predominantly oak-tulip canopy ... Participants will get a chance to learn about the park’s trail conditions and witness some of the trail maintenance ...
7. Alley Pond Park is Home to the First Nature Trail in the City When Alley Pond Park opened to the public in 1935, it included several acres of playing fields within the green space, including a ...
In addition to the new pond are three-quarters of a mile of winding recreational trails ... tulip trees – some hundreds of years old – along the expressway and parkway. Alley Park extends ...
A hike through the site reveals the extent of the work being done, with green trails lacing through ... sweetgum, and tulip poplar. At 636 acres, Alley Pond Park is one of the largest parks ...
It was closed off, and became a bicycle trail. Moses loved automobiles almost ... with educational and ecological programs and exhibits. After all, Alley Pond Park is home to “The Queens Giant,” a ...
The trail to it begins ... Urban Park rangers say tulip trees are considered very strong and need little-to-no maintenance — even at this size. Protecting the Alley Pond Park Giant from people ...
Thankfully, for parents who want to get their brood back to the land (without leaving city limits), the Alley Pond Environmental Center has 150 acres of woodlands, trails, streams, and ponds about ...
Alley Pond Park, the second biggest park in Queens ... adding activities inspired by extreme sports (like the Highbridge Trails mountain biking trail). Hmm, does this mean we can expect a winter ...
One of the impressive additions to the Parks Department’s “Great Trees of New York City” list is a 350-year-old Tulip tree in Alley Pond Park that emerges like a giant from the Queen’s ...