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Great Kills Park
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 of salt marsh, beach and woodlands stretching along two miles (3 km) of Staten Island's south shore.〔(Great Kills Park - National Parks of New York Harbor )〕
== History ==
In 1860 the businessman and pioneering naturalist John J. Crooke bought a part of the land and lived in a wooden house at the beach. In 1916 an erosion cut the narrow spit of land and Crooke's Point became an island to itself. In 1929 New York City bought Crooke's Point and adjacent land and started to build a public park. Due to the Great Depression the work was delayed and the park could not be opened to the public until 1949. In 1973 the park became a part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.〔(NPS - Things To Do - Staten Island )〕
Great Kills Harbor, located within the park, is a man-made harbor that was created by joining Crooke's Island back to the mainland of Staten Island with dredge material.〔The New York City Audubon Society guide to finding birds in the metropolitan area By Marcia T. Fowle, Paul Kerlinger, New York City Audubon Society p. 102〕 The park is frequented by various species of birds due to the diverse habitats within the park.〔Where to find birds in New York State: the top 500 sites By Susan Roney Drennan p. 404〕
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