decelerationkills t1_izxnw5r wrote on December 12, 2022 at 4:49 PM

Reply to comment by Canyousourcethatplz in What Is New York’s Greenest Borough? Probably Not the One You Think. by CactusBoyScout

you gotta go at least once my dude!

Not all of Staten Island is bad (despite popular opinion) even if it’s just to enjoy the view from the ferry on a summer afternoon .

I would say for me most to least visited Manhattan Bk queens Bronx Staten Island .

I found that in my experience most if not all people that I know that live on the island want to meet in Jersey or the city further decreasing my opportunities to go there. Whether that is good or bad is subjective lol

app4that t1_izxszun wrote on December 12, 2022 at 5:22 PM

A few notes about the exceptional Queens parks, for those who don't know.

Forest Park (in beautiful Forest Hills) has the most 'feels like a giant forest' vibe of perhaps any city park I have visited. The trails are a delight.

Juniper Valley Park, in Middle Village, is often rated as the #1 cleanest park in all the 5 boroughs. It is immaculate, or as close as you can get to that in NYC.

The Gantry is a State Park in Astoria and it is small but very lovely with awesome views of Manhattan that you just can't get in, well Manhattan, for obvious reasons.

There are many more worthy of discovery, some wild and natural like Baisley Pond, some are actually really nice, uncrowded beaches with huge clean boardwalks to bike on or stroll, like Rockaway, and some are notable for everything you can do there (Flushing Meadows with loads of sights in and around it, including the best kept secret botanical garden, known as the Queens Botanical Garden, which charges a modest admission, but is totally worth a visit, and then there is Cunningham Park with it's acres of ball fields and open space.

CactusBoyScout OP t1_izxuag6 wrote on December 12, 2022 at 5:31 PM

Forest Park also has that disused train line that they’re thinking of reactivating or turning into another High Line.

You can walk along the old tracks and even find the old station platforms if you go far enough.

decelerationkills t1_izxuuxw wrote on December 12, 2022 at 5:34 PM

Nice yo!! Thank you for organizing all that, hopefully this will encourage others to go to the parks that we do have and just go check out other boroughs and see what’s up!

Make good use of those parks people! And be a good neighbor, clean up after yourself!!

CactusBoyScout OP t1_izxv8od wrote on December 12, 2022 at 5:37 PM

One of my favorite things to do when I’m bored in NY and don’t want to spend any money is just pick a city park I’ve never visited and go check it out. They’re all pretty unique.

My deep cut pick: Marine Park in Brooklyn.

It’s like a beautiful wetland sanctuary with some nice recreation facilities. I think they redid everything recently too because it used to have a pretty bad reputation for abandoned junk being dumped there.

Wowzlul t1_izyqu4z wrote on December 12, 2022 at 8:56 PM

> You can walk along the old tracks and even find the old station platforms if you go far enough.

I have seent the Richmond Hill station platform with mah own two eyes, and it is glorious.

CactusBoyScout OP t1_izyszce wrote on December 12, 2022 at 9:10 PM

Last time I went there, some young guy in a NYC Parks uniform popped out and I thought I was busted.

But he was like “Oh you’re good. I’m just walking the tracks too and wore this old uniform in case I got caught.”

Wowzlul t1_izyttfs wrote on December 12, 2022 at 9:15 PM

I have so many good pics of the RBB infrastructure with new growth twisting it apart. There's also that awesome graffiti on the Richmond Hill platform you can only see from the air.