Wolfe's Pond Park

Wolfe's Pond Park is a public park on Staten Iceland in New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Is maintaining the park from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Location

The park covers an area of ​​approximately 1.2 square kilometers and is located on the Lower New York Bay on the southern side of the island of Staten Iceland, is in an area called the South Shore. The park is bounded on the north by the Staten Iceland Railway, in the west by the Holten Avenue, the south by the Lower New York Bay, or the Raritan Bay and on the east by the Chisolm Street, Luten Avenue and Irvington Street. The Hylan Boulevard runs right through the park, the main entrance is the Cormalia Street, which leads from Hylan Boulevard to the parking area in the southern part of the park. There are still Wolfe 's Pond, a lake which reaches almost to the beach, two playgrounds, sports fields and a beach access. The northern part of the park 's original, here are mainly forests with lakes. In the northeast corner is the Tottenville High School.

History

The result is the landscape in which today the park is about 20,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age. As the Wisconsin ice shield to the south has spread, it has transported large amounts of sand, clay and gravel. Some of this material is still visible on the beach in the park. About 6,000 years ago Native Americans settled in the area and lived next to the fishing and hunting also crops like squash and corn that they grew here. When the Europeans arrived in the 17th century, an industry has grown up on the south shore of Staten Iceland catching and processing of oysters, which occurred in the bay at high populations and were caught commercially. Furthermore, here was operated on his land farming by the owner Joel Wolfe. In 1857 the State of New York purchased the land to set up a quarantine station for sick immigrants there. Later, this facility was transferred to the artificial islands Hoffman and Swinburne Iceland Iceland and the country in 1907 sold to a private investor. 1929 buys the city of New York the country. At this time, numerous summer cottages were around the lake. In 1933, these buildings were demolished and created the parks. Furthermore, a causeway between the sea and the lake was built to prevent flooding with salt water. In 1941, the city wanted to Wolfe 's Pond Parkway build, which should connect the Richmond Parkway to the park. This approximately 1.6 km long section of the influential urban planner Robert Moses was introduced, but never built. In the maps of the region but he was still drawn up in the 1970s as planned.

Accessibility

Besides the possibility by car on Hylan Boulevard to visit the park, you can reach from the station Prince 's Bay Staten Iceland Railway the park on foot. Furthermore, operate on the Hylan Boulevard several bus lines.

Trivia

The criminal Costabile Farace murdered on October 8, 1979 along with three other companions a 17 year old boy and injured his 16 -year-old friend in the park.

In the years 1991 and 2011, the dam between the lake and the sea washed over and broke. The penetrating into the lake of salt water killed many based there freshwater fish and turtles.

In 2011, a Super Spartan Race in the Park took place. This is a special obstacle course over 8 miles with over 20 different tests and obstacles.

Every year on July 4, Independence Day takes place in the park instead of a festival with big firework, which attracts many spectators in the park.