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PARK FACT:

The park's Vinland Playground is named in honor if the Norse explorer who discovered America nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

Shore Park and Parkway

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4 Ave., Shore Rd., Belt Pkwy., Verrazano Bridge

Brooklyn

Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner

Acres: 58.00

Highlights

Narrows Botanical Gardens

A small patch of land within the 58-acre Shore Road Park, Narrows Botanical Gardens was formerly an overlooked area of parkland. Today the gardens thrive, enriching the… Read More

Shore Road Park - Peregrine Falcons in New York City

From this spot in Shore Road Park, one can enjoy a splendid view of the Verrazanno-Narrows Bridge, which opened on November 21, 1964 to much celebration. At the time, it… Read More

Vinland Playground

This playground commemorates the first discovery of America by Norse explorer Leif Ericson (c.960-c.1020) and subsequent naming of the continent as Vinland. In the… Read More

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