CactusBoyScout OP t1_izxuag6 wrote on December 12, 2022 at 5:31 PM

Reply to comment by app4that in What Is New York’s Greenest Borough? Probably Not the One You Think. by CactusBoyScout

Forest Park also has that disused train line that they’re thinking of reactivating or turning into another High Line.

You can walk along the old tracks and even find the old station platforms if you go far enough.

decelerationkills t1_izxuuxw wrote on December 12, 2022 at 5:34 PM

Nice yo!! Thank you for organizing all that, hopefully this will encourage others to go to the parks that we do have and just go check out other boroughs and see what’s up!

Make good use of those parks people! And be a good neighbor, clean up after yourself!!

CactusBoyScout OP t1_izxv8od wrote on December 12, 2022 at 5:37 PM

One of my favorite things to do when I’m bored in NY and don’t want to spend any money is just pick a city park I’ve never visited and go check it out. They’re all pretty unique.

My deep cut pick: Marine Park in Brooklyn.

It’s like a beautiful wetland sanctuary with some nice recreation facilities. I think they redid everything recently too because it used to have a pretty bad reputation for abandoned junk being dumped there.

Wowzlul t1_izyqu4z wrote on December 12, 2022 at 8:56 PM

> You can walk along the old tracks and even find the old station platforms if you go far enough.

I have seent the Richmond Hill station platform with mah own two eyes, and it is glorious.

CactusBoyScout OP t1_izyszce wrote on December 12, 2022 at 9:10 PM

Last time I went there, some young guy in a NYC Parks uniform popped out and I thought I was busted.

But he was like “Oh you’re good. I’m just walking the tracks too and wore this old uniform in case I got caught.”

Wowzlul t1_izyttfs wrote on December 12, 2022 at 9:15 PM

I have so many good pics of the RBB infrastructure with new growth twisting it apart. There's also that awesome graffiti on the Richmond Hill platform you can only see from the air.