Forest Park (05-29-2006)

Forest Park
Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive
(small red brick building)
Queens, New York
718-846-2731
Series: A Walk through Forest Park
(05-29-2006)

Forest Park, the land of the Lenape and the Delaware Native Americans, is a huge park encompassing some 538 acres of land. This beautiful New York City Park in borough of Queens has giant trees and long established trails that are a treat for any park lover.

In 1895 Brooklyn was fast becoming more populated. And with open spaces immensely becoming more meager, the Brooklyn Parks Department was searching for land to create recreation facilities away from the populated areas in Brooklyn. A heavily wooded area in Queens County was chosen because of its wonderful views and plentiful wildlife.

The new park was named Brooklyn Forest Park. But by the time the last parcel of land was purchased in 1898, Brooklyn and Queens had become part of New York City. So the name of the park was changed to Forest Park.

Many facilities were added to the park in the years that followed. Today Forest Park has miles of trails and many vast green spaces. Facilities from golf to tennis are offered in the park. Forest Park has something for everyone. For me, I was stunned by the sheer vastness of the park. We always try to find our little separateness when we visit the park. So I tried to capture through photography the individuality of the park. The park is wonderfully green, but I rendered the images in Black and White. You will have to use you own imagination.

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items are from 29 May 2006.