Great Kills Park

Great Kills Park
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TypeUrban park
LocationStaten Island, New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates40°32′40″N 74°7′30″W / 40.54444°N 74.12500°W / 40.54444; -74.12500
Area580 acres (230 ha)
Created1949
Operated byNational Park Service
StatusOpen all year. Approximately half of the park is closed for decontamination.

Great Kills Park is a public park in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City. Originally named Marine Park,[1] 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 (2.3 km2) of salt marsh, beach and woodlands, stretching along two miles (3 km) of Staten Island's south shore.[2]

  1. ^ "WPB Order Expedites Marine Park Project". Staten Island Advance. May 3, 1943. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Great Kills Park", National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy. Retrieved July 1, 2018.