| Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park | |
|---|---|
  Location of Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park within New York State | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | 450 South 4th Street Lewiston, New York[1] |
| Nearest city | Lewiston, New York |
| Coordinates | 43°09′50″N 79°02′35″W / 43.164°N 79.043°W |
| Area | 108 acres (0.44 km2)[2] |
| Created | 1974 |
| Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitors | 301,523 (in 2014)[3] |
| Open | All year |
| Website | Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park |
Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park (or Earl W. Brydges State Artpark) is a 108-acre (0.44 km2) state park[2] located in the Village of Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. The park, which is officially named after former New York State Senator Earl Brydges, is generally referred to as Artpark.
The Earl W. Brydges Artpark programs are managed by Artpark & Company, Inc for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation under a Cooperative Agreement. Artpark & Company is a not-for-profit 501c3 Arts and Education organization which serves the people of Western New York and Southern Ontario.
Today Artpark programming attracts over 150,000 audiences over the course of its summer season (June-August) and serves a population of approximately 1.2 million Western New Yorkers and over 1 million Canadian residents. Over the course of its 40-year history, over 2.5 million persons have attended musical and theater performances at Artpark.
The park overlooks the Niagara Gorge.[4]
The park is 1 of 80 New York State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with the park experiencing 3 minutes and 25 seconds of totality.[5]
- ^ "Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park - Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ a b "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 671. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Artpark State Park". Niagara Falls National Heritage Area. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ R, Mike (September 22, 2021). "New York 2024 Eclipse State Parks Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.