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Robert Moses State Park. Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.
The park was created during Robert Moses' administration as President of the Long Island State Park Commission as part of the development of parkways on Long Island. [7] The park, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) in length, [1] is renowned for its beaches (which, excepting the beach on Zachs Bay, [8] [9] face the open Atlantic Ocean) and furnishes one of ...
Long Island also has several non-building structures, including broadcast antennas, smokestacks, and water towers. The most prominent of these are the four 620-foot stacks of the Northport Power Station, and other power plants constructed by the Long Island Lighting Company. [1] [4]
Operated by. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Visitors. 982,530 (in 2014) [ 4] Open. All year. Website. Heckscher State Park. Heckscher State Park is a 1,657-acre (6.71 km 2) state park [ 2] on the shore of the Great South Bay at East Islip in Suffolk County, New York, USA.
The water tower for Robert Moses State Park can be seen in the distance. Captree State Park is home to "The Captree Fleet", which comprises between 24 and 28 independently-owned charter boats that are available for fishing, scuba diving, sightseeing and excursion tours. [7] The fleet is the largest public fishing fleet on Long Island. [1]
Long Island, Boston Harbor, 2008. Long Island is located in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island is part of the City of Boston, [1] [2] and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is 1.75 miles (2.82 km) long and covers 225 acres (0.9 km 2).
Bus: Q48, Q58, Q64, Q88. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park or simply Flushing Meadows) is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union ...
Adventureland is an amusement park in East Farmingdale, New York, located on Route 110 (Broad Hollow Road). Adventureland has been Long Island's main amusement park since 1962. There are a total of twenty eight rides, two of which are roller coasters and three are water rides. Adventureland is opened seasonally: weekends in March, April, May ...