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Alley Pond Environmental Center
Category: Arts & Entertainment Museums Museums [Edit]
228-06 Northern BlvdDouglaston, NY 11362
Neighborhood: Douglaston
(718) 229-4000
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 9 am - 4:30 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
6 reviews for Alley Pond Environmental Center
6 reviews in English
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Review from Astrid G.
3/13/2012 5 Check-ins Here
During the spring, fall, and summer, rarely a weekend goes by that I'm not at Alley Pond either biking or running down the greenway or hiking through its many trails. It's not exactly the great wilderness, but this is the closest you can get to it in Queens (which means at some spots in the park, you can hear or even see the Grand Central or Cross Island Parkways and surrounding streets). I like to take the greenway all the way down through Alley Pond, into neighboring Cunningham Park, and continue on into the Fresh Meadows/ Flushing area. And for more sedentary activities, there are plenty of grassy spots to bask in the sun (or chill out in the shade) and lots of benches and picnic/bbq areas. Alley Pond is also the home of the tallest (and possibly oldest) measurable tree in NYC, the Queens Giant.
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Review from Sonny G.
10/11/2011
This review is for the bike paths because that's the only things we made use of at this park. I used to come with my family when I was younger. We would always go on a Sunday morning and pack sandwhiches. It was my immediate family obviously, and my cousins and their parents. It was so fun and we would ride from bellerose to flushing all on a guided path and then we'd stop and take a break for lunch, and continue on. Great spot to take the kids. Gets everyone out of the house and biking is a healthy alternative to most of todays activities like movies and fast food.
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Review from Jade H.
4/26/2009
Absolutely a beautiful park. Alley Pond Park also provides us with glimpses into the truest view of how Queens was: Swamp and Meadows. The way they've organized the roads and trails around these areas of nature is spectacular.
I'm not saying this is better than Central Park, but it is different in that Central Park is 100% Man thought up and designed. Alley Pond Park was naturally this way and then Man came and built around it. If it is a glimpse of the wildlife of New York's past that you want to see, then this is it. -
Review from Irene F.
11/26/2007
Yay Alley Pond Park! We had our field day here in high school. What this meant was they threw a bunch of city kids on a bus and took us out to commune with "nature". What this really mean was we shuffled around the park in our usual cliques and some people snuck off behind rocks to smoke cigarettes and then there was some BBQ action and then we went home.
But hey, still better than a day of classes!
Nowadays when I think about it, I realize how pretty of a park it was, but between Riverside and Central parks, I am pretty well covered park-wise!Listed in: The Great Outdoors
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Review from Stephen B.
Rego Park, NY
5/8/2011
I've run in this park for years and year. I love this park, how long it is, how big it is. There are fields for BBQ and picnics. There's a new adventure course, that looks interesting. I've run a 5K and a 5 mile race here. I've run, biked, played Frisbee in the field, had a BBQ. I plan my bike rides, and runs to go through here. What a wonderful thing green space is in the city. My only wish is that you didn't always hear cars in the big fat bit, on the trails. The Cross Island and the Grand Central Parkway border it there. The old motor way that's now a path is the best part, as I shoots up and down suburban hills. I fantasize about living close and walking here every day.
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Review from Angel H.
Queens, NY
It truly is a beautiful place. Like reviewer Stephen B. says, the only downside is the background traffic noise. However, once you take in the park, the cars pretty much fade away from being heard.
