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Gantry Plaza State Park
📍 4-44 47th Rd, Long Island City, NY 11101
Old rail gantries, the Pepsi-Cola sign and a wide view of Midtown across the river.
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Hunter's Point South Park
📍 Center Blvd between 50th Ave & 2nd St, Long Island City, NY 11101
A 30-foot cantilevered overlook facing the UN and Midtown.
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Bronx Park & Bronx River paths
📍 Bronx Park, between E Fordham Rd and Pelham Pkwy, Bronx, NY
Riverside paths along the Bronx River between the Zoo and the Botanical Garden.
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Van Cortlandt Park
📍 Broadway & W 242nd St, Bronx, NY 10471
The Bronx's great woodland park: the Parade Ground, Van Cortlandt Lake and forest trails.
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Poe Park (Poe Cottage grounds)
📍 Grand Concourse & E Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10458
The small park around Edgar Allan Poe's last home, with the 1797 cottage and a bandstand.
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Orchard Beach promenade (Pelham Bay Park)
📍 Orchard Beach Rd, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY 10464
The "Bronx Riviera": a crescent beach and promenade on Long Island Sound, quiet and breezy off-season.
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