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You may use any of Parks' recreational spaces, except tennis courts, without a permit. However, if a permit holder arrives with a valid permit in hand, you must vacate the field or court. An individual must have a season permit or single-play ticket to use Parks' tennis courts.
Organized play (leagues) requires a permit. Click here for an application and more information about permits.
Kazimiroff Trail
HUNTER ISLAND (Bronx) | 
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Pelham Bay Park
Other Details: Leave the city far behind on the Kazimiroff Nature Trail, which provides self-guided long and short loop paths around 189-acre Hunter Island, leading visitors along the island’s wetland border, through its interior forest, and onto the shore of beautiful Orchard Beach.
Long Pond Trail
PAGE AVENUE & EUGENE STREET (Staten Island) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Long Pond Park
Length: 1.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Lullwater
ENTER PARK AT LINCOLN ROAD AND OCEAN AVENUE ENTRANCE. TRAILS BEGIN OR ARE NEAR THE PROSPECT PARK AUDUBON CENTER. (Brooklyn) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Prospect Park
Length: 1.0 mile
Difficulty: Easy
Other Details: Explore the Lullwater to see how nature thrives in the heart of Brooklyn. The Lullwater is a great place to see birds and other wildlife. Bathrooms, café and trail guides are available at the Prospect Park Audubon Center.
Midwood
ENTER PARK AT LINCOLN ROAD AND OCEAN AVENUE ENTRANCE. TRAILS BEGIN OR ARE NEAR THE PROSPECT PARK AUDUBON CENTER. (Brooklyn) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Prospect Park
Length: 0.75 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Other Details: Step back in time with a walk through Brooklyn’s oldest remaining forest. The Midwood, home to some of Prospect Park’s largest trees, is a relic of Brooklyn’s history, and was preserved and incorporated into the park during its original construction. The thirty-minute hike loops from Prospect Park’s Audubon Center through a forest filled with birds and other animals.
Old Croton Aqueduct Trail
ENTER TRAIL AT EITHER DICKINSON AVENUE & VAN CORTLANDT PARK SOUTH OR MOSHOLU PARKWAY & WEST GUN HILL ROAD. (Bronx) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Van Cortlandt Park
Length: 1.1 mile
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
Other Details: [Trail renovations will begin soon. Please bear with us as we correct erosion and rebuild paths.] This segment is part of the 41-mile-long aqueduct that brought water from the Croton Dam to New York City in the 1800s.
Check out our Van Cortlandt Trails page for a map and directions to scenic locations.
Orange Trail
MEMORIAL DRIVE AND FOREST PARK DRIVE EAST (Queens) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Forest Park
Length: 2.4 miles
Other Details: This trail will lead you through a 2.4 mile adventurous hike along the perimeter of the forest.
Check out our Forest Park Trails page for a map featuring entrances and directions to scenic locations.
Paerdegat Basin Hiking Trails
CHECK OUT OUR PAERDEGAT BASIN TRAILS PAGE FOR A MAP FEATURING ENTRANCES AND DIRECTIONS TO SCENIC LOCATIONS. (Brooklyn) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Paerdegat Basin Park
Difficulty: Moderate
Peninsula
ENTER PARK AT LINCOLN ROAD AND OCEAN AVENUE ENTRANCE. TRAILS BEGIN OR ARE NEAR THE PROSPECT PARK AUDUBON CENTER. (Brooklyn) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Prospect Park
Length: 0.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Other Details: Discover how the Peninsula has changed over the last 300 years. The Peninsula's restored landscapes provide scenic views, a home for Park wildlife, and great fishing. Bathrooms, café and trail guides are available at the Prospect Park Audubon Center.
Putnam Trail
ENTER THE PARK AT VAN CORTLANDT PARK SOUTH AND BAILEY AVENUE. (Bronx) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Van Cortlandt Park
Length: 1.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Other Details: This section of the 15-mile trail that runs up to Brewster, NY may be accessed by the Van Cortlandt Golf Course parking lot. Native hardwood (oak-hickory) forest, historically significant route (former railroad route that ran through the park into the 1980s!)
Check out our Van Cortlandt Trails page for a map and directions to scenic locations.
Salt Marsh Nature Trail
ENTER BEHIND THE SALT MARSH NATURE CENTER, LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST 33RD STREET AND AVENUE U. (Brooklyn) |
Facility Type: Hiking Trails
Park Name: Marine Park
Length: 0.8 miles
Other Details: The first half of this mile-long trail follows the shore of Gerritsen Beach, which empties into Jamaica Bay. The trail’s second leg winds through a prairie of tall grass, where you can sometimes spot cottontail rabbits and ring-necked pheasants.
Check out our Marine Park Trails page for a map and directions to scenic locations, and comfort stations and maps are also available inside the Salt Marsh Nature Center. 
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