Gwen Ifill Park
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Nature preserve in Queens, New York
Triangular park with gardens & dense trees, named for adjacent Long Island Railroad tracks.
Address: 128-12 174th Pl, Jamaica, NY 11434
Phone: (212) 639-9675
Railroad Park is a large and mostly fenced-off natural area and home to migratory birds, named after the nearby Locust Manor station and Long Island Rail ...
Sep 23, 2022 · NEW YORK -- There could be a new way to explore the outdoors in Queens. A once bustling railroad track may be turned into a park, ...
This park at the intersection of Courtlandt Avenue, East 161st, and East 162nd Streets in the Bronx neighborhood of Melrose takes its name from the old ...
The QueensWay is a community-led effort to transform a blighted, 3.5 mile stretch of abandoned railway in Central Queens into a family-friendly linear park ...
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A very large nature area at 129 Avenue, 172 Street, 176 Street in Queens.. Founded October 21, 1960 — 64 years ago. Learn More at NYC Parks Department.
Nov 26, 2022 · The Queens rail line, which was operated by the Long Island Rail Road, traverses a 47-acre landscape with tree-covered hills, a ravine and ...
Mar 19, 2024 · We first learned about QueensWay, an abandoned train track in Queens set to turn into the borough's High Line, back in 2022. Fast-forward ...
Sep 20, 2022 · An abandoned train track in Queens may soon become an actual park. QueensWay aims to be the borough's High Line.
The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west ...
Mar 13, 2024 · A new Queens park along an abandoned railway gets a $117 million boost from feds ... QueensWay is a project that has existed mostly in concept for ...