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Sizable green space on a former landfill site featuring occasional public events & hiking trails.
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Reviews — 8
Amazing initiative. Landfill turned into one of the biggest and most successful transformational projects in the world. Wild life is blooming and many native animals are coming back. It is unfortunate that some people that are allowed to come in with registration with limited access are starting to litter and you see some littering leftover from the garbage trucks as well that come there. Spectacular Getaway to get in touch with nature and the Creator.
Rode my bike from Brooklyn and took the ferry to check this place out. It was a great little day trip. I don’t really know how to rate the park, as it is a really bizarre place. In any sense it’s amazing that they could turn a landfill into fields of tall grass so big you feel like you’re lost in Kansas somewhere. The air does smell fresh, but there were some concerning things. For example, there was rust colored runoff throughout the park. I was told by a park attendant that this comes from the minerals which help decompose the garbage. Anyway, I was here over a year ago so the photos are old but definitely check this place out if you get the opportunity.
They had free bikes and a bike path almost 4 miles long. Very scenic and beautiful---great for taking pictures. I can't wait until they finish the park!
Really nice place to ride a bike and explore. The park is not entirely opened yet. When I went there was supposed to be a guided birding tour, but it ended up being an "explore" yourself kind of a day which I didn't expect.
Cant say much about the "Park".. but I fondly remember working there when it was the landfill and seeing the bubbling Leachate leaking out of the sides of the hills or smelling the rotten egg odor of Hydrogen Sulfide emanating from areas. Back in the days
Of active dumping in the truck fill I recall
Areas that were hot and smoldering from
Methane that was probably burning under the ground. We called them bank fires.
Not sure if I would be comfortable going there in a recreational setting this Century.
Of active dumping in the truck fill I recall
Areas that were hot and smoldering from
Methane that was probably burning under the ground. We called them bank fires.
Not sure if I would be comfortable going there in a recreational setting this Century.
The beauty! The flat bike trails! A really nice place to cycle or if you are a member of the Audubon, to see native birds. Looking forward to greater lengths of trails opening!
Great park for biking, amazing that this was the largest land fill in the world
