Motor Parkway

This park is named for the Long Island Motor Parkway; a private toll road built in 1908 by the young auto enthusiast William K. Vanderbilt Jr. (1849-1920). One of the first concrete roads in the nation, the parkway originally stretched 48 miles from Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma. While only portions remain, the section that begins here and ends at Cunningham Park has been restored as part of the NYC Greenway program, a planned network of over 350 miles of landscaped bicycle and pedestrian paths throughout the city.

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• FIRST MOTOR PARKWAY JOINS REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
• "FRIENDS OF" GROUPS GETTING IT DONE

More About Motor Parkway

Zip Code: 11364
Community Board: 11
Council Member:Barry Grodenchik
Park ID: Q130
Acreage: 13.89
Property Type: Nature Area

Other Parks Nearby

• Telephone Playground (0.23 miles)
• Cunningham Park (0.31 miles)
• Alley Pond Park (0.64 miles)
• Seven Gables Playground (0.68 miles)
• Tall Oak Playground (0.71 miles)