Alley Pond Park and Environmental Center
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🥾 Hike · Queens
2 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 50 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Driving is easiest, with a free lot at the environmental center; Q27/Q46 buses
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
A big park in eastern Queens: the Alley Pond Environmental Center has turtles, snakes and rabbits, the boardwalk outside reaches into the salt marsh, and deeper in is a rare patch of old forest for Queens, including a 400-plus-year-old tulip tree.
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