Great Kills Park, New York City

Name: Great Kills Park
Address: New York City, United States

#1492 among attractions in New York City

Park, Relax in park

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Great Kills Park is a public park in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City. Originally named Marine Park, it is a part of the Staten Island unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. Administered by the National Park Service, it covers an area of approximately 580 acres of salt marsh, beach and woodlands, stretching along two miles of Staten Island's south shore. ()

Created: 1949Elevation: 10 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 40°32'57"N, 74°7'21"W

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South Shore (Great Kills)New York City United States

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Great Kills Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Staten Island Zoo, Clove Lakes Park, Moravian Cemetery, Silver Mount Cemetery.

5.3 miN
Zoo, Outdoor activities, Park
Staten Island Zoo, New York City
134 min walk • The Staten Island Zoo is an 8-acre urban zoo in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City. The zoo is open year-round except on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. It has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums since 1988.
4.9 miN
Park
Clove Lakes Park, New York City
125 min walk • Clove Lakes Park is a public park in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. Clove Lakes Park has a rich natural history with valuable ecological assets and a few remnants of the past.
2.3 miN
Cemetery
Moravian Cemetery, New York City
60 min walk • The Moravian Cemetery is a cemetery in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City.
5.2 miN
Cemetery
Silver Mount Cemetery, New York City
134 min walk • Silver Mount Cemetery is located at 918 Victory Boulevard on Staten Island, New York, United States. It was originally named Cooper Cemetery around 1866. It covers about 17 acres.
5.2 miNE
Museum, History museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, New York City
134 min walk • The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, formerly known as the Garibaldi Memorial, is a circa 1840 Gothic Revival cottage in the Rosebank section of Staten Island, New York. It was home to inventor and candle maker Antonio Meucci. The Italian revolutionary and political leader Giuseppe Garibaldi lived there from 1851 to 1853.
3.2 miNE
Park, Beach
South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk, New York City
83 min walk • The South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk, alternately referred to as the FDR Boardwalk or the South Beach Boardwalk, is a boardwalk facing the Lower New York Bay on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City.
4.6 miNW
Church
Church of Our Lady of Pity, New York City
118 min walk • The Church of Our Lady of Pity is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Staten Island, New York City.
4.2 miN
Park
Ingram Woods, New York City
108 min walk • Ingram Woods is a 3.7-acre forest preserve in the Westerleigh neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, bound by Warwick Avenue, Purdy Avenue, Ingram Avenue, and Gannon Avenue North.
4.9 miNE
Lighthouse
Fort Wadsworth Light, New York City
127 min walk • Fort Wadsworth Light is a 1903 lighthouse built atop Battery Weed on Staten Island in New York Harbor. The light illuminates the Narrows, the entrance to the harbor. It is located under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
1.8 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Elm Tree Beacon Light, New York City
45 min walk • Elm Tree Beacon Light served as the front range with New Dorp Light as the rear to mark Swash Channel. The channel is now marked by Staten Island Light and West Bank Light.
4.9 miNE
Park, Forts and castles
Fort Wadsworth, New York City
127 min walk • Fort Wadsworth is a former United States military installation on Staten Island in New York City, situated on The Narrows which divide New York Bay into Upper and Lower halves, a natural point for defense of the Upper Bay and Manhattan beyond.