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OutdoorsIN January/February/March 2019 Welcome to Urban Outdoors in Ranger Facilities Please call specific locations for hours. BRONX As winter takes hold in New York City, it is Pelham Bay Ranger Station // (718) 319-7258 natural to want to stay inside. But at NYC // Bruckner , we know that this is a great time of and Wilkinson Avenue year for New Yorkers to get active and enjoy the outdoors. Van Cortlandt Nature Center // (718) 548-0912 // West 246th Street and When the weather outside is frightful, consider it an opportunity to explore a side of the city that we can only experience for a few months every year. The Rangers Nature Center // (718) 421-2021 continue to offer many unique opportunities Marine Park // East 33rd Street and Avenue U throughout the winter. Join us to kick off 2019 on a guided New Year’s Day Hike in each borough. This is also the best time to search for winter wildlife, including seals, owls, Payson Center // (212) 304-2277 and eagles. Kids Week programs encourage // Payson Avenue and families to get outside and into the park while Dyckman Street school is out.

This season, grab your boots, mittens, and hat, and head to your nearest park! New York Adventure Center City parks are open and ready to welcome you (718) 217-6034 // (718) 217-4685 year-round. Alley Pond Park // Enter at Winchester Boulevard, under the Grand Central Parkway

Forest Park Ranger Station // (718) 846-2731 // Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive

Fort Totten Visitors Center // (718) 352-1769 Park // Enter the park at fort entrance, north of intersection of 212th Street and and follow signs

STATEN ISLAND Blue Heron Nature Center // (718) 967-3542 // 222 Poillon Ave. between Amboy and Hylan Boulevard

2 Outdoors, January /February/March 2019 Winter Hiking Our Urban Park Ranger hiking guides will introduce you to the hidden gems of New York City. On our hikes, you may explore nature, discover our city’s urban forests, or just unplug from the world to clear your head.

BRONX Saturday, March 30 // Northern Manhattan Tuesday, Jan. 1 // New Year’s Day Hike Parks Super Hike Van Cortlandt Park // 11:00 a.m. Inwood Hill Park // 1:00 p.m. Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration West 246th Street and Broadway begins on Wednesday, March 20.

Sunday, Feb. 3 // Nature Exploration: QUEENS Van Cortlandt Park // 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1 // New Year’s Day Hike Meet at Mosholu Avenue and Broadway Forest Park // 11:00 a.m. Meet at the Buddy Monument, Sunday, March 3 // Night Hike Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South Pelham Bay Park // 6:00 p.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration Sunday, Feb. 24 // Nature Exploration Hike begins on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Flushing Corona Park // 1:00 p.m. Mauro , Park Drive East and 73rd Terrace BROOKLYN Sunday, March 17 // Hike the Vanderbilt Tuesday, Jan. 1 // New Year’s Day Hike Motor Parkway // 11:00 a.m. // 11:00 a.m. Prospect Park Center, Meet in parking lot at 73rd Avenue and East Drive and Lincoln Road Hollis Hills Terrace

Sunday, Feb. 3 // Photo Scavenger Hunt Hike Sunset Park // 1:00 p.m. Seventh Avenue at 43rd Street Tuesday, Jan. 1 // New Year’s Day Hike // 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 9 // Winter Meditation Hike Playground at Ramona Avenue and Lenevar Avenue Prospect Park // 11:00 a.m. Prospect Park Audubon Center, Saturday, Feb. 16 // Healthy Heart Hike East Drive and Lincoln Road Clove Park // 11:00 a.m. Parking lot from Clove Road and Park Drive MANHATTAN Saturday, March 30 // Conservation Hike Tuesday, Jan. 1 // New Year’s Day Hike Brookfield Park // 11:00 a.m. // 1:00 p.m. Parking lot at Brookfield Avenue and Arthur Road and Margaret Corbin Circle

Sunday, Feb. 24 // Winter Wildlife Night Hike Inwood Hill Park // 6:00 p.m. Payson Playground, Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street

3 Urban Park Ranger Programs From winter birding to survival workshops, the Urban Park Rangers are hosting fun outdoor activities all winter long. For a complete detailed listing of programs and to register, visit nyc.gov/parks/rangers.

BRONX Sunday, Jan. 13 // Seal Exploration Pelham Bay Park // 10:00 a.m. Orchard Nature Center, Section 2 of

Saturday, Jan. 19 // The Explorer’s Club: Fire Making Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Van Cortlandt Nature Center, West 246th Street and Broadway

Saturday, Jan. 26 // Astronomy: The Winter Sky Van Cortlandt Park // 6:00 p.m. Van Cortlandt Nature Center, West 246th Street and Broadway

Sunday, Jan. 27 // Birding: Owls Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

Saturday, Feb. 2 // The Explorer’s Club: Cartographer’s Orienteering Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. Pelham Bay Nature Center, Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue

Saturday, Feb. 9 // Birding: Winter Birds Van Cortlandt Park // 11:00 a.m. Van Cortlandt Nature Center, West 246th Street and Broadway Sunday, Feb. 24 // African-American History Month: Sunday, Feb. 10 // Valentine’s Day Hike and Craft The Birthplace of Hip Hop Van Cortlandt Park // 11:00 a.m. Cedar Playground // 1:00 p.m. Van Cortlandt Nature Center, West 179th Street between Cedar Avenue West 246th Street and Broadway and

Sunday, Feb. 17 // The Explorer’s Club: Saturday, March 9 // The Explorer’s Club: Natural Cordage and Knot Tying Deer Exploration Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Orchard Beach Nature Center, West 246th Street and Broadway Section 2 of Orchard Beach

4 Outdoors, January /February/March 2019 Saturday, Feb. 9 // African-American History Month: Brooklyn and The Underground Railroad Brooklyn Park // 11:00 a.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, Jan. 30.

Saturday, Feb. 16 // Survival Series: Fire Making // 1:00 p.m. Fort Greene Visitor Center, Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park

Sunday, March 3 // Historic New York: Nature and Design Prospect Park // 1:00 p.m. Meet under the Arch at Grand Army Plaza Sunday, March 17 // Women’s History Month: Sunday, March 10 // Science Discovery Workshop Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Meet at Pelham and Split Rock Course, Salt Marsh Nature Center, 870 Shore Road East 33rd Street and Avenue U

Saturday, March 30 // Birding: Hawk Watch Sunday, March 17 // Women’s History Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Month: Gravesend Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Gravesend // 11:00 a.m. West 246th Street and Broadway Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, March 6. BROOKLYN Saturday, March 23 // Nature’s Workshop: Natural Music Instruments Sunday, Jan. 13 // Nature’s Workshop: Fort Greene Park // 1:00 p.m. Natural Jewelry Making Fort Greene Visitor Center, Myrtle Avenue Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. and Washington Park Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Saturday, March 30 // Survival Series: Cordage and Rope Making Sunday, Jan. 20 // Survival Series: Survival 101 Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Salt Marsh Nature Center, Salt Marsh Nature Center, East 33rd Street East 33rd Street and Avenue U and Avenue U

Sunday, Jan. 27 // Nature’s Workshop: Nature Journals MANHATTAN Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 // The New York City Salt Marsh Nature Center, East 33rd Street History Club: and Avenue U Central Park // 1:00 p.m. West and Central Park West Sunday, Feb. 3 // Survival Series: Shelter Sunday, Jan. 20 // Astronomy: Prospect Park// 1:00 p.m. The Supermoon Prospect Park Audubon Center, Central Park // 6 :00 p.m. East Drive and Lincoln Road The Great Hill, West 106th Street and Central Park West

5 Sunday, Jan. 27 // Gather Around the Campfire Inwood Hill Park // 1:00 p.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

Sunday, Feb. 3 // Winter Tree ID Central Park // 1:00 p.m. Dana Discovery Center, West and

Saturday, Feb. 9 // The New York City Naturalist Club: Bald Eagles Inwood Hill Park // 9:00 a.m. Payson Playground, Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street

Sunday, Feb. 17 // The New York City History Club: Revolutionary War History Fort Tryon Park // 1:00 p.m. Anne Loftus Playground, Dyckman Street and Seaman Avenue QUEENS Saturday, Feb. 23 // African-American Sunday, Jan. 13 // Park of the Month: History Month: Seneca Village Central Park// 1:00 p.m. Baisley Pond Park // 10:00 a.m. West 81st Street and Central Park West Meet in the parking lot at Baisley Boulevard and Saturday, March 2 // Park: Past and Present Saturday, Jan. 19 // Birding: Hawk Watch High Line Park // 10:00 a.m. Flushing Meadows Corona Park // 11:00 a.m. West between Meet inside the park at the 11th Avenue and 12th Avenue Sunday, Jan. 20 // Nature’s Workshop: Saturday, March 9 // Women’s History Month: Nature Illustrations The Women Within Central Park Forest Park // 1:00 p.m. Central Park // 11:00 a.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, Jan. 9. begins on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Sunday, Jan. 27 // Birding: Winter Waterfowl Sunday, March 10 // The New York City Brookville Park // 1:00 p.m. Naturalist Club: Fungus Among-us! Brookville Boulevard and Caney Road Inwood Hill Park // 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 3 // Winter Tree ID Isham Street and Seaman Avenue // 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 16 // The New York City Meet at Chapin Parkway and Gothic Drive History Club: The Forts of Central Park Sunday, Feb. 10 // African-American History Month: Central Park // 1:00 p.m. The Flushing Freedom Mile and East 106th Street Daniel Carter Beard Square // 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 23 // The New York City Northern Boulevard and Linden Place History Club: The Hidden Streams and Saturday, Feb. 16 // Park of the Month: Wetlands of Manahatta: Sherman Creek Powell’s Park // 1:00 p.m. Powell’s Cove Park // 10:00 a.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration 11th Avenue and 130th Street begins on Wednesday, March 13.

6 Outdoors, January /February/March 2019 Sunday, Feb. 17 // Historic New York: Sunday, Jan. 20 // Animal of the Month: ’s Path Alley Pond Park // 1:00 p.m. Brookfield Park // 11:00 a.m. Enter at Winchester Boulevard under the Grand Parking lot entrance at Road and Central Parkway and proceed to the Alley Pond Park Brookfield Avenue Adventure Course Saturday, Feb. 2 // Ecosystem Explorers: Sunday, Feb. 24 // Astronomy Pond Ecology Alley Pond Park // 6:00 p.m. Blue Heron Park // 11:00 a.m. Enter at Winchester Boulevard under the Grand Blue Heron Nature Center, 222 Poillon Ave. Central Parkway and proceed to the Alley Pond Park Adventure Course Sunday, Feb. 3 // African-American History Month: Sandy Ground Saturday, March 9 // Coastal Ecology Exploration Bloomingdale Park // 11:00 a.m. Rockaway Beach // 1:00 p.m. Playground at Ramona Avenue and Lenevar Avenue Beach 94th Street and Shorefront Parkway Saturday, Feb. 9 // Birding: Winter Birds Sunday, March 16 // Astronomy Silver Park // 11:00 a.m. Fort Totten Park // 6:00 p.m. Forest Avenue and Silver Lake Park Drive Fort Totten Visitor Center, Totten Road and Cross Island Parkway. Enter park and follow signs to the Sunday, Feb. 10 // Animal of the Month: Visitor Center. Seal Watch Lemon Creek Park // 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 10 // Women’s History Month: pier at Sharrott Avenue and Hylan Boulevard Historic Women in Queens Marie Curie Playground // 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 17 // Ecosystem Explorers: 46th Avenue and 211th Street Micro-Ecosystems Allison Pond Park // 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 23 // Park of the Month: Prospect Avenue and Brentwood Avenue Cunningham Park Cunningham Park // 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 // Birding: Winter Waterfowl Meet in parking lot at Union Turnpike and 196th Place Brookfield Park // 11:00 a.m. Parking lot at Brookfield Avenue and Saturday, March 30 // Historic New York: Fort Totten Tour Saturday, March 2 // Nocturnal Hike Fort Totten Park // 10:00 a.m. Wolfe’s Pond Park // 6:00 p.m. Fort Totten Visitor Center, Totten Road and Cross Comfort Station near the parking lot Island Parkway. Enter park and follow signs to the at the end of Cornelia Avenue Visitor Center. Sunday, March 10 // Animal of the Month: Fox Brookfield Park // 11:00 a.m. STATEN ISLAND Parking lot at Brookfield Avenue and Arthur Kill Road Sunday, Jan. 6 // Ecosystem Explorers: Grasslands Sunday, March 24 // Women’s History Month: Brookfield Park // 1:00 p.m. Women of the Parking lot at Brookfield Avenue and Arthur Kill Road Conference Park // 1:00 p.m. Visitors Center parking lot at Hylan Boulevard Saturday, Jan. 12 // Astronomy and Satterlee Street // 6:00 p.m. Archery Field parking lot from the Eton Place entrance Saturday, March 30 // Animal Tracks Blue Heron Park // 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 // Historic Brookfield Blue Heron Nature Center, 222 Poillon Avenue Brookfield Park // 11:00 a.m. between Amboy Road and Hylan Boulevard Parking lot at Brookfield Avenue and Arthur Kill Road

7 QUEENS Monday, Feb. 18 Nature Exploration Forest Park // 11:00 a.m. Forest Park Visitor Center Woodhaven Blvd and Forest Park Drive Tuesday, Feb. 19 Who Lives Here? Fort Totten Park // 11:00 a.m. Fort Totten Visitor Center Totten Road and Cross Island Parkway Urban Park Rangers Kids Week Wednesday, Feb. 20 Gather Around the Campfire Feb. 18–22, 2019 Alley Pond Park // 11:00 a.m. Pond Park Adventure Course, Winchester Boulevard and School’s out! Take the kids to the park to enjoy a variety of nature Grand Central Parkway programs. Get outside and get excited! Thursday, Feb. 21 Nature Puppet Show Forest Park // 11:00 a.m. BRONX Wednesday, Feb. 20 Ridge, 1 Forest Parkway Nature Games Monday, Feb. 18 Friday, Feb. 22 Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Orienteering for Kids Birding for Kids Salt Marsh Nature Center Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. // 11:00 a.m. East 33rd Street and Avenue U Pelham Bay Nature Center Rose Avenue and Oak Avenue Bruckner Boulevard and Thursday, Feb. 21 Wilkinson Avenue Birds of Prey STATEN ISLAND Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 Monday, Feb. 18 Salt Marsh Nature Center Nature Exploration Be A Tree Detective East 33rd Street and Avenue U Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Westerleigh Park // 1:00 p.m. Van Cortlandt Nature Center Thursday, Feb. 21 Avenue and Neal Dow Avenue West 246th Street and Broadway Build a Birdfeeder Tuesday, Feb. 19 Fort Greene Park // 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 Ranger Recycle Games Fort Greene Visitors Center Birds of Prey Blue Heron Park // 1:00 p.m. Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park // 1:00 p.m. Blue Heron Nature Center, Crotona Nature Center Friday, Feb. 22 222 Poillon Ave. Charlotte Street and Knot Tying Wednesday, Feb. 20 Crotona Park East Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Lenape Bingo Salt Marsh Nature Center Thursday, Feb. 21 Park // 1:00 p.m. East 33rd Street and Avenue U Urban Forest Exploration Conference House Visitors Center Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. Hylan Boulevard and Satterlee Street MANHATTAN Pelham Bay Nature Center Thursday, Feb. 21 Bruckner Boulevard and Monday, Feb. 18 Winter Scavenger Hunt Wilkinson Avenue Geology Rocks! Von Briesen Park // 1:00 p.m. Central Park // 1:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22 Parking lot from Bay Street and Dana Discovery Center Winter Scavenger Hunt School Road entrance West 110th Street and Lenox Avenue Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22 Van Cortlandt Nature Center Tuesday, Feb. 19 Tent Building th West 246 Street and Broadway Reptiles and Amphibians Walker Park // 1:00 p.m. Inwood Hill Park // 1:00 p.m. Delafield Place and Bard Avenue BROOKLYN Payson Playground Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street Monday, Feb. 18 Find My Way: Maps and Compasses Wednesday, Feb. 20 Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Trees and Winter Wildlife Salt Marsh Nature Center Central Park // 1:00 p.m. East 33rd Street and Avenue U Dana Discovery Center, West 110th Street and Lenox Avenue Tuesday, Feb. 19 Shelter Building Thursday, Feb. 21 Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Birds of Prey Salt Marsh Nature Center Inwood Hill Park // 1:00 p.m. East 33rd Street and Avenue U Payson Playground Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street Tuesday, Feb. 19 Fort Greene History and Friday, Feb. 22 Colonial Games All About Owls Fort Greene Park // 1:00 p.m. Central Park // 1:00 p.m. Fort Greene Visitors Center Dana Discovery Center, Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park West 110th Street and Lenox Avenue