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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.
Nissequogue River State Park is a 521-acre (2.11 km 2) state park located on the banks and bluffs of the Nissequogue River in Kings Park, New York. The park was opened in 2000, and established on the waterfront portion of the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center. The name of the park was originally assigned to what is today the Caleb Smith ...
June 23, 1980. Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, also called Hasbrouck House, is located in Newburgh, New York, United States, overlooking the Hudson River. George Washington and his staff were headquartered in the house while commanding the Continental Army during the final year and a half of the American Revolutionary War; at 16 ...
August 3, 1990. Caleb Smith State Park Preserve is a state park located in Suffolk County, New York in the United States. The park is near the north shore of Long Island in the town of Smithtown. Prior to its current name, the park was called Nissequogue River State Park, [3] a name now used for park lands on the former Kings Park Psychiatric ...
Sunken Meadow State Park, also known as Governor Alfred E. Smith State Park, is a 1,287-acre (5.21 km 2) state park [2] located in the Town of Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York on the north shore of Long Island. The park, accessible via the Sunken Meadow State Parkway, contains the 27-hole Sunken Meadow State Park Golf Course.
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] The park served as the headquarters of ...
Arthur Thomas Roth (December 22, 1905 in The Bronx – September 17, 1997 in Rockville Centre, New York) was an American banker. Known as "Mr. Long Island", Arthur Roth played a key role in the development of Long Island banking from 1926 through the 1970s. Roth started as a messenger at the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company at age 17 and ...
1993. Operated by. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Visitors. 3,187,269 (in 2014) [1] Status. Open all year. Riverbank State Park is a 28-acre (11 ha) state park [2] built on top of a sewage treatment facility on the Hudson River, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was opened in 1993.