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American Veterans Memorial Pier

📍 Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge fishing pier just south of Owl's Head Park that juts into the Upper Bay, with views of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline.

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Archie Spigner Park

📍 St. Albans

Southeast Queens neighborhood park (formerly St. Albans Park) with a lawn called Musician's Oval that honors local musicians, paved constellation markers showing when each is best seen, a flagpole that works as a sundial

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Astoria Park

📍 Astoria

A big waterfront park under the Hell Gate and RFK bridges, with trails, a track, tennis courts and the city's oldest and largest pool.

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Baisley Pond Park

📍 South Jamaica

A South Jamaica park around Baisley Pond, with fishing, a running track, cricket fields, shady picnic spots and natural habitat to explore.

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Bennett Park

📍 Hudson Heights

Small, quiet Hudson Heights park on land bought by newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett in 1871 and opened as a park in 1929, with a playground and public restrooms.

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Bensonhurst Park

📍 Bath Beach

One of the bigger parks on the Brooklyn waterfront, with a round central lawn, busy handball courts, ballfields, eight tennis courts near the water and a playground. It's also a starting point for biking the Shore Parkwa

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Blue Heron Park

📍 Annadale

A South Shore nature park with a nature center, a meadow boardwalk, woodland trails and great old trees.

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Bronx Park

📍 Bronx Park

Large park along the Bronx River with forest, natural areas, hiking trails, a greenway and a kayak and canoe launch. The river runs through a gorge here, and it is home to plenty of birds and wildlife.

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Brookville Park

📍 Rosedale

Southeast Queens park with natural areas on the Atlantic Flyway bird migration route, a greenway path, barbecue areas, bocce and tennis courts, ballfields and a playground.

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Brower Park

📍 Crown Heights

Crown Heights park that is home to the Brooklyn Children's Museum, with a grassy picnic lawn, play areas, a skate park and two full basketball courts, plus a dog-friendly area.

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Bush Terminal Piers Park

📍 Sunset Park

Quiet waterfront park on a former port complex, with an esplanade past tide pools and restored wetlands, a nature preserve, ballfields and views of the Bay Ridge Channel. Enter at 43rd St.

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Bushwick Inlet Park

📍 Williamsburg/Greenpoint

A waterfront park on the East River with a big multipurpose field, a green-roofed building, a viewing platform and Manhattan skyline views.

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Calvert Vaux Park

📍 Gravesend

A Gravesend Bay park built from soil dug out for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, with a restored waterfront, water views, birds, trails and sports fields.

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Canarsie Park

📍 Canarsie

A large park between Paerdegat and Fresh Creek basins, with natural areas and trails, cricket and soccer fields, a skate park and barbecue areas.

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Claremont Park

📍 Claremont

Hilly neighborhood park in the West Bronx with lawns for picnics, barbecue areas, two playgrounds, a gazebo, ball courts, a dog-friendly area and an outdoor public pool in summer.

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Coffey Park

📍 Red Hook

Shady neighborhood park in the middle of Red Hook, named for 19th-century local political leader Michael J. Coffey, with a playground, basketball and handball courts, barbecue areas, spray showers and a dog-friendly area

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Concrete Plant Park

📍 West Farms

A former concrete plant turned riverside park on the Bronx River, with re-established salt marsh and a kayak and canoe launch.

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Conference House Park

📍 Tottenville

NYC's southernmost park: 265 acres with four historic buildings, Raritan Bay views, hiking and biking trails and a visitors center.

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Crocheron Park

📍 Bayside

A Bayside park on Little Neck Bay with a scenic pond, winding paths, a footbridge to the waterfront and good fall color.

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Crotona Park

📍 Crotona

A 127-acre Bronx flagship park with a 3.3-acre lake full of turtles and ducks, 28 tree species, a nature center and the borough's largest pool.

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Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

📍 Hamilton Heights

Multi-level 28-acre park built 69 feet above the Hudson, with a river promenade, playgrounds, a running track, courts and picnic areas. Pool, skating and the carousel charge small fees. No pets.

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Ferry Point Park

📍 Throgs Neck

A mile and a half of Bronx waterfront with views of the East River, Long Island Sound, the Manhattan skyline and the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges.

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Fort Greene Park

📍 Fort Greene

A historic hilltop park shaped by Olmsted and Vaux, with sloping hills, majestic trees, a visitor center and the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.

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Fort Totten Park

📍 Bayside

Waterfront park on the Long Island Sound side of Bayside, built around a preserved Civil War fortress, with historic buildings to explore, natural areas, a nature center and a summer pool. Winter is a good time to watch

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Fort Washington Park

📍 Washington Heights

A 160-acre ribbon of cliffs, meadows and woods on the Hudson, with the Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge and views of the Palisades.

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Francis Lewis Park

📍 Whitestone

Whitestone waterfront park on land the British granted in 1765 to Welsh-born merchant Francis Lewis, with a kayak and canoe launch, bocce, basketball and pickleball courts and a playground.

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Grand Ferry Park

📍 Williamsburg

Small waterfront park on the site of the old Grand Street ferry landing, with East River and Manhattan views and a quiet spot to sit by the water.

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Great Kills Park

📍 Great Kills

A 523-acre national park on the South Shore with a beach, a multi-use path, hiking and biking trails and fishing spots.

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Harlem River Park

📍 East Harlem

Riverside greenway strip along the Harlem River in East Harlem, with a bike and walking path, natural areas, a playground and a soccer field.

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Hermon A. MacNeil Park

📍 College Point

Waterfront park at the tip of College Point with a promenade for walking, running or biking, old shade trees, a kayak and canoe launch onto the East River and Flushing Bay, and low-flying planes heading to and from LaGua

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Highbridge Park

📍 Washington Heights

Cliffside woods along the Harlem River, home to the High Bridge (the city's oldest standing bridge) and its water tower, plus the city's first mountain-bike course and a skate park.

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Highland Park

📍 Cypress Hills

Hilly park on the Brooklyn–Queens border with hiking trails and natural areas, plus playgrounds, ball fields, tennis courts and barbecue areas.

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Hunts Point Riverside Park

📍 Hunts Point

Former dumping ground turned Bronx River waterfront park, with a fishing pier, a kayak and canoe launch, barbecue areas and a link to the Bronx River Greenway.

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Isham Park

📍 Inwood

Hillside Inwood park on ground that played a part in the Revolutionary War battle of Fort Washington, with an outcrop of Inwood marble and a large ginkgo tree. Urban Park Rangers lead restoration work here with local stu

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Jacob Riis Park

📍 Rockaway

A national park beach with a 1932 bathhouse, picnic area and playgrounds. Lifeguards Memorial Day–Labor Day.

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