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Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York, in 2021. The LISPC was created in 1924 by the New York State Legislature to build and operate parks & parkways on Long Island. [2] [3] [4] Governor Al Smith was appointed as its first President, and Robert Moses, who had drafted the bill creating the agency, served until 1953.
Belmont Lake State Park was established in 1926 on land that was formerly part of the "Nursery Stud Farm", a Thoroughbred horse farm owned by August Belmont, namesake of the Belmont Stakes. [1] [5] The park was selected by Robert Moses as regional headquarters for all state parks on Long Island in 1935. [1]
After the New York State Park Commission was first created in 1902, New York State Police had responsibility for patrolling parks and parkways. In 1946, Long Island State Park Commission President Robert Moses created the Long Island State Park Police Department to patrol Long Island’s parks. Throughout its existence, the force was strongly ...
NYCB underwent multiple acquisitions in the 2000s, acquiring Haven Bancorp for $196 million in 2000, [7] Richmond County Financial in an $802 million transaction in 2001, [8] asset manager Peter B. Cannell & Co. in 2002, [9] Roslyn Bancorp in a $1.6 billion transaction in 2003, [10] Long Island Financial in a $70 million transaction in 2005 ...
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.
The park is linked to Bethpage State Park by Trail View State Park, a 7.4-mile-long (11.9 km) linear park built on the former right-of-way for the Caumsett State Parkway and the proposed northern extension of the Bethpage State Parkway. [5] The park is filled with various types of wildlife like deer, fox and eagles. [6]
Trail View State Park is a 454-acre (1.84 km 2) state park located on Long Island on the Nassau–Suffolk county border in New York. The linear park, created in September 2002, runs between Bethpage State Park and Cold Spring Harbor State Park .
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve is 265-acre (1.07 km 2) state park [2] located near the southwestern shore of Staten Island, New York. [5] It is the only state park located on Staten Island. History