Great Kills Park
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Great Kills Park in Great Kills, Staten Island
is a part of the Staten Island
unit of Gateway National Recreation Area
, part of the National Park System it covers an area of approximately 1200 acres (4.9 km²) of salt marsh
, beach and woodlands stretching along two miles (3 km) of Staten Island's south shore
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Great Kills Harbor, located within the park is a man-made harbor that was created by joining Crooke's Island to the mainland of Staten Island with dredge material.The park is frequented by various species of birds due to the diverse habitats within the park.
The park's main entrance is at Hylan Boulevard
and Buffalo Street.
Great Kills, Staten Island
Great Kills is a neighborhood within New York City's borough of Staten Island. It is located on the island's South Shore, and according to many local geographers, it is the South Shore's northernmost community...
is a part of the Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
unit of Gateway National Recreation Area
Gateway National Recreation Area
Gateway National Recreation Area is a National Recreation Area in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Scattered over Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, New York and Monmouth County, New Jersey, it provides recreational opportunities that are rare for a dense urban environment, including ocean...
, part of the National Park System it covers an area of approximately 1200 acres (4.9 km²) of salt marsh
Salt marsh
A salt marsh is an environment in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and salt water or brackish water, it is dominated by dense stands of halophytic plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh...
, beach and woodlands stretching along two miles (3 km) of Staten Island's south shore
South Shore, Staten Island
The South Shore is a geographical term applied to the area in the New York City borough of Staten Island, south and east of the island's ridge of hills along the waterfront and adjacent areas from the Narrows to the mouth of the Arthur Kill, although many observers prefer to restrict its scope to...
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Great Kills Harbor, located within the park is a man-made harbor that was created by joining Crooke's Island to the mainland of Staten Island with dredge material.The park is frequented by various species of birds due to the diverse habitats within the park.
The park's main entrance is at Hylan Boulevard
Hylan Boulevard
Hylan Boulevard is a major northeast-southwest boulevard in the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long , and runs from the North Shore neighborhood of Rosebank to the South Shore neighborhood of Tottenville....
and Buffalo Street.