Belmont Lake State Park, located in West Babylon is a 463-acre day use park bisected by Carll’s Creek and Belmont Lake. The park, established in 1926 had been owned by August Belmont and served as farmland for some of Belmont’s equestrian activities. Robert Moses chose this park to establish the regional headquarters for all state parks on Long Island in Read more...

Bear Mountain State Park is a 5205acre state park located on the west side of the Hudson River in Rockland County, New York. The park offers biking, hiking, boating, picnicking, swimming, cross-country skiing, cross-country running, sledding and ice skating. It also includes several facilities such as the Perkins Memorial Tower, the Trailside Museum and Zoo, the Bear Mountain Inn, a Read more...

The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum is a center for nature with a focus on environmental education and a mission to develop responsible caretakers of the natural world. Read more...

Enjoy a stroll through the Central Park Zoo and visit our sea lions, new grizzly bears exhibit and daily penguin feedings. Read more...

Socrates Sculpture Park was an abandoned riverside landfill and illegal dumpsite until 1986 when a coalition of artists and community members, under the leadership of artist Mark di Suvero, transformed it into an open studio and exhibition space for artists and a neighborhood park for local residents. Socrates Sculpture Park is the only site in the New York Metropolitan area Read more...

Randall’s Island Park Alliance, Inc. (RIPA), formerly Randall’s Island Sports Foundation, Inc., was founded in 1992 as a public-private partnership to work on behalf of Randall’s Island Park, located in the East River between East Harlem, the South Bronx and Astoria, Queens. In May 2010, RIPA finished rebuilding over 60 new athletic playing fields. Randall’s Island Park now has more Read more...