Date visited: 2/18/2023

This New York City park features a bike trail, athletic fields and a great view of the Throgs Neck Bridge. The bike path connects to Fort Totten . We followed the All-Trails route that goes through both parks.

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Date visited: 2/18/2023

This is a former US Military Installation, but is now owned by the City of New York. Most of the site is now a public park. There is still a US Army Reserve facility on the site, as well as some FDNY and NYPD buildings. While the park grounds are very nice, many of the buildings are unused and are in various states of disrepair. The old run down hospital looks like it could be from any number of horror movies. I mean, it must be haunted! The building that looks like a castle used to be the Fort Totten Officers' Club but is now the Bayside Historical Society. This was a fun walk, mainly because it was a different kind of place than we usually visit. Combined with Little Bay Park, we walked a total of three miles here.

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Date visited: 4/23/2023

When we started these adventures at the start of the COVID era, these kinds of crowds were just a memory. But now, it seems like everyone is back to the pre-COVID era, because this park was packed! This is the site of the 1939 & 1964 World Fairs. Obviously, the Unisphere is an iconic landmark. We walked for four miles around the park, but the nicest section of the park is the area just around the Unisphere. Kids were kicking soccer balls all over the park, not just on the soccer fields. There's a photo below where there is a soccer ball next to the dogs. I shoot photos with a high shutter, so you can't tell that ball was in motion, and the photo snapped a split second before the ball hit Mandy (she was fine, it wasn't moving that fast). The atmosphere here was pretty crazy. It made for a fun adventure.

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