Chris_NJ t1_ivu4um8 wrote on November 10, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Reply to comment by Accurate-Positive-37 in Does anyone know what park this photo was taken at? Apparently it’s somewhere around here and has a hilltop that overlooks the industrial landscape as well as Newark airport? by Sebastian__F

I have heard 2 stories on the origin of the name. One is that mosquitos would come when the wind blew from the west over all the pig farms of Secaucus. The other is that water coming up from an underwater spring in the park attracted mosquitos. Personally, I don't recall getting bitten there.

fandagan t1_ivu8fnx wrote on November 10, 2022 at 5:25 PM

I live right around here and go there often. Mosquitos are more a problem in the surrounding streets than in the park itself thanks to unkempt grass/weeds and standing water. The park itself, while in need of some TLC, is at least trimmed and maintained which means fewer places for pests to hide and thrive. Maybe that wasn't always the case.