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Lemon Creek Park

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Hylan Blvd. from Sharrott Ave. to Seguine Ave.

Staten Island

Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner

Acres: 104.55

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

Lemon Creek, which empties into Prince’s Bay, has been known by several names over the last few hundred years. In 1830, the freshwater stream was known as Seguine’s Creek, and later, as the Little North River in 1895. Shortly thereafter, the name of Lemon Creek began to appear on maps, and it has remained, although the origin of this unusual name is not known.

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