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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.
The park formerly offered a campground with tent and trailer sites, as well as an Olympic-sized swimming pool, which were closed due to budget cuts. Heckscher State Park is known as the "Home of the White-tailed Deer", as deer are fairly populous throughout the park. [6] Additionally, about 280 bird species can be observed in the park. [7]
Prospect Point at the Niagara Reservation, c. 1900.The reservation, known today as Niagara Falls State Park, was the first park opened by New York State.. State-level procurement and management of parks in New York began in 1883, when then-governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation authorizing the appropriation of lands near Niagara Falls for a "state reservation".
Officers of the Long Island State Parkway Police were given the option of transferring to either the State Police or the State Park Police. Headquartered at Belmont Lake State Park in North Babylon, the New York State Park Police currently patrols 25,000 acres (101 km 2) of parkland in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. [1]
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]
Belmont Lake State Park: Long Island: Suffolk: 463 acres (187 ha) 1926 [26] 578,226: Belmont Lake: Day-use only. Formerly hosted the headquarters of the Long Island State Park Commission. [26] Bethpage State Park: Long Island: Nassau, Suffolk: 1,477 acres (598 ha) 1934 [27]: 21 795,563
John P. Smith (1912–1972) was a general superintendent of the Long Island State Park Commission.. Born in Raterson, New Jersey, Smith moved to Islip where he attended and later graduated from Pratt Institute in 1933.
The New York State Park Police are divided into 4 districts and 11 zones, serving 60 of New York State's 62 counties: Long Island/Metro District. NYC Zone [Counties served: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond] Long Island Zone [Counties served: Nassau, Suffolk] Hudson Valley District. Palisades Zone [Counties served: Orange, Rockland ...