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OutdoorsIN CITY January/February/March 2020 Welcome to Urban Park Outdoors in Ranger Facilities Please call specific locations for hours. BRONX The winter months may bring cold and snowy Pelham Bay Ranger Station // (718) 319-7258 days, but they also give us the chance to // Bruckner Boulevard explore a side of New York City we only get and Wilkinson Avenue to enjoy for a few months each year. Van Cortlandt Nature Center // (718) 548-0912 Join the Urban Park Rangers during this // West 246th Street and season as we lead you through a vast array of outdoor activities. Our wildlife viewing programs highlight some of our city’s rarely seen wildlife such as owls, eagles, and seals. Salt Marsh Nature Center // (718) 421-2021 Outdoor Skills programs are designed for Marine Park // East 33rd Street and Avenue U participants to learn different techniques for surviving outdoors. Kids Week programs lead young New Yorkers into to the outdoors during mid-winter recess. The Urban Park Rangers Payson Center // (212) 304-2277 also honor the contributions made by many // Payson Avenue and historical figures to our city and our parks during Black History Month and Women’s History Month. We encourage you to lace up your boots, Adventure Center grab your mittens and hat, and head to your (718) 217-6034 // (718) 217-4685 nearest park! New York City parks are open Alley Pond Park // Enter at Winchester Boulevard, year-round, and we are ready to welcome you. under the Grand Central Parkway Let the Urban Park Rangers brighten even the Ranger Station // (718) 846-2731 grayest of days. Forest Park // 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 Cross Island Parkway and follow signs

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

2 Outdoors, January /February/March 2020 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 Saturday, Feb. 22 // Birding: Bald Eagle Watch Saturday, Jan. 11 // The Bartow-Pell Riverdale Park // 11:00 a.m. Mansion Winter Hike Spaulding Lane and Palisade Avenue Pelham Bay Park // Noon Sunday, Feb. 23 // Black History Month: Poetry Hike Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. begins on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Pelham Bay Park Nature Center, Sunday, Jan. 12 // Winter Relaxation Hike Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29 // The Pelham Bay Super Hike Meet at Mosholu Avenue and Broadway Pelham Bay Park // 10:00 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 // Seal Exploration Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. begins on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Nature Center, Saturday, March 7 // Women’s History Month: Section 2 of Orchard Beach Cass Gallagher Saturday, Jan. 25 // Astronomy: The Winter Sky Van Cortlandt Park // 11:00 a.m. Van Cortlandt Park // 6:00 p.m. Meet at Mosholu Avenue and Broadway Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Sunday, March 8 // Bronx History: West 246th Street and Broadway and Valentine Varian House Sunday, Jan. 26 // Birding: Owls Williamsbridge Oval // 1:00 p.m. Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, Feb. 26. begins on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Saturday, March 14 // Seal Exploration Sunday, Feb. 2 // Nature Exploration: John Muir Trail Pelham Bay Park // 10:00 a.m. Van Cortlandt Park // 11:00 a.m. Orchard Beach Nature Center, Meet at Mosholu Avenue and Broadway Section 2 of Orchard Beach

Saturday, Feb. 8 // Birding: Winter Residents Sunday, March 15 // Women’s History Month: Van Cortlandt Park // 11:00 a.m. Anne Hutchinson Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. West 246th Street and Broadway Meet at Pelham and Split Rock Golf Course, 870 Shore Road. Sunday Feb. 9 // Astronomy: The Snow Moon Pelham Bay Park // 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21 // Early Spring Gardening Pelham Bay Park Nature Center, Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue Van Cortlandt Nature Center, West 246th Street and Broadway Saturday, Feb. 15 // The Old Croton Aqueduct Hike Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 28 // Nature Exploration: Van Cortlandt Nature Center, West 246th Street and Broadway Seton Falls Park // 1:00 p.m. Meet at Baychester Avenue and East 233rd Street.

3 Sunday, March 29 // Outdoor Skills: Camp Cooking Saturday, Feb. 8 // Birding: Winter Waterfowl Van Cortlandt Park // 11:00 a.m. Manhattan Beach // 10:00 a.m Meeting location TBA. Registration Oriental Boulevard and Falmouth Street entrance begins on Wednesday, March 18. Sunday, Feb. 9 // Astronomy: The Snow Moon Marine Park // 6:00 p.m. BROOKLYN Salt Marsh Nature Center, East 33rd Street and Avenue U Saturday, Jan. 11 // Outdoor Skills: Survival During the American Revolution Saturday, Feb. 15 // Nature Photography: // 1:00 p.m. Winter Landscapes Fort Greene Visitors Center, Sunset Park // 1:00 p.m. Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park Meet at Seventh Avenue and 43rd Street.

Sunday, Jan. 12 // Birding: Winter Birds Saturday, Feb. 22 // Black History Month: Canarsie Park // 11:00 a.m. Brooklyn and the Meet at Park House 88th Street and Seaview Avenue. Brooklyn // 11:00 a.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration Sunday, Jan. 19 // Winter Mythology: begins on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Stories Around the Campfire Fort Greene Park // 6:00 p.m. Sunday, March 1 // Nature’s Workshop: Terrariums Fort Greene Visitors Center, Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Saturday, Jan. 25 // Outdoor Skills: Navigation and Orienteering Sunday, March 15 // Women’s History Month: Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Gravesend Cemetery Tour Salt Marsh Nature Center, Gravesend Cemetery // 11:00 a.m. East 33rd Street and Avenue U Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, March 4th. Sunday, Jan. 26 // Winter Tree ID // 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 21 // Nature’s Workshop: Prospect Park Audubon Center, Creating Music from Nature East Drive and Lincoln Road Fort Greene Park // 1:00 p.m. Fort Greene Visitors Center, Saturday, Feb. 1 // Outdoor Skills: Fire Making Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park McCarren Park // 1:00 p.m. Driggs Avenue and Lorimer Street Sunday, March 22 // Historic New York: Nature and Design of Prospect Park Prospect Park // 1:00 p.m. Meet under the Arch in Grand Army Plaza.

Saturday, March 28 // Wildlife Viewing: City Squirrels Fort Greene Park // 1:00 p.m. Fort Greene Visitors Center, Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park

4 Outdoors, January /February/March 2020 MANHATTAN Saturday, Jan. 11 // Birding: Bald Eagle Watch Inwood Hill Park // 9:00 a.m. Payson Playground, Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street

Sunday, Jan. 12 // Winter Wonderland Hike // 1:00 p.m. Fort Washington Avenue and Margaret Corbin Circle

Sunday, Jan. 19 // Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking // 1:00 p.m. West 81st Street and Central Park West

Sunday, Jan. 26 // Birding: Winter Waterfowl Central Park // 1:00 p.m. West 90th Street and Central Park West Saturday, Feb. 29 // Historic New York: Saturday, Feb. 1 // Conservation 101: Washington Square Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and More // 1:00 p.m Inwood Hill Park // 11:00 a.m Washington Square Arch, Payson Playground, Dyckman Street and Washington Square North and Henshaw Street Saturday, March 7 // Nature Exploration Hike Saturday, Feb. 8 // Birding: Bald Eagle Watch Central Park // 1:00 p.m. Inwood Hill Park // 9:00 a.m. West 100th Street and Central Park West Payson Playground, Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street Sunday, March 8 // Astronomy: The Worm Moon Inwood Hill Park // 7:00 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 // Geology: Highbridge Rocks! West 218th Street and Indian Road // 1:00 p.m. West 164th Street and Edgecombe Avenue Saturday, March 14 // Women’s History Month: Historic Women of Central Park Saturday, Feb. 15 // Birding: Birds Along Broadway Central Park // 11:00 a.m. Riverside Park // 11:00 a.m. Grand Army Plaza, Fifth Avenue and East West 142nd Street and Riverside Drive Sunday, March 22 // Birding: Spring Migrants Sunday, Feb. 16 // Historic New York: // 10:00 a.m. Mount Morris Fire Watchtower West 41st Street and // 1:00 p.m. West 122nd Street and Mount Morris Park West Saturday, March 28 // Northern Manhattan Parks Super Hike Saturday, Feb. 22 // Black History Month: Inwood Hill Park // 1:00 p.m. Seneca Village West 218th Street and Indian Road Central Park // 1:00 p.m. West 81st Street and Central Park West Sunday, March 29 // Nature Photography Hike Central Park // 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 // Outdoor Skills: Fire Making Conservatory Gardens, East 106th Street Inwood Hill Park // 1:00 p.m. and Fifth Avenue West 218th Street and Indian Road

5 QUEENS Sunday, Feb. 23 // Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking Saturday, Jan. 11 // Astronomy: The Night Sky // 1:00 p.m. Fort Totten Park // 6:00 p.m. Meet at 35th Avenue by Golden Pond. Fort Totten Visitors Center, Totten Road and Cross Sunday, March 1 // Nature Art: Scenery Sketches Island Parkway. Follow signs to the Visitor Center. // 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 // Outdoor Skills: Wilderness Survival Meet at Queensbridge Park Greenway Forest Park // 1:00 p.m. and Vernon Boulevard. Meet at the Buddy Monument, Myrtle Avenue Saturday, March 7 // Women’s History Month: and Park Lane South Historic Women in Queens Sunday, Jan. 19 // Birding: Owls Athens Square Park // 11:00 a.m. Alley Pond Park // 11:00 a.m. Meet at 30th Avenue and 30th Street. Enter at Winchester Boulevard under the Grand Sunday, March 8 // Historic New York: Central Parkway and proceed to the Alley Pond Park Fort Totten Tunnel Tour Adventure Course. Fort Totten Park // 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 // Nature Scavenger Hunt Fort Totten Visitors Center, Totten Road and Cross // 11:00 a.m. Island Parkway. Enter park and follow signs to the Meet in the parking lot at Juniper Boulevard Visitor Center. North and 80th Street. Sunday, March 15 // Rockaway Park Bike Tour Sunday, Jan. 26 // Birding: Winter Waterfowl Rockaway Beach // 11:00 a.m. // 1:00 p.m. Meet on the Boardwalk at Beach 94th Street. Meet at Baisley Boulevard and Saturday, March 21 // Nature Exploration: Saturday, Feb. 1 // Black History Month: Signs of Spring Black History in Parks // 11:00 a.m. Park // 11:00 a.m. Meet at Rose Avenue and Oak Avenue. Meet at Roy Wilkins Recreation Center. Sunday, March 22 // Nature’s Workshop: Enter at Baisley Boulevard and 177th Street. Poetry in the Park Sunday, Feb. 2 // Nature’s Workshop: Forest Park // 10:00 a.m. Creating with Nature Meet at the Buddy Monument, // 10:00 a.m. Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South. Meet at Chapin Parkway and Gothic Drive . Sunday, March 29 // Nature Exploration Saturday, Feb. 8 // Winter Wonderland Hike Hike and Meditation // 11:00 a.m. Hermon MacNeil Park // 1:00 p.m. Meet at Hoyt Avenue North and 19th Street. Meet at 115th Street and Poppenhusen Avenue.

Sunday, Feb. 9 // Astronomy: The Snow Moon Alley Pond Park // 6:00 p.m. Enter at Winchester Boulevard under the Grand Central Parkway and proceed to the Alley Pond Park Adventure Course.

Sunday, Feb. 16 // Winter Tree ID: Evergreens Flushing Meadows Corona Park // 11:00 a.m. Meet at the .

Saturday, Feb. 22 // Forest Park Super Hike Forest Park // 10:00 a.m. Meeting location TBA. Lottery registration begins on Wednesday, Feb 12.

6 Outdoors, January /February/March 2020 Saturday, Jan. 11 // Outdoor Skills: Orienteering Silver Lake Park // 1:00 p.m. Forest Avenue and Silver Lake Park Drive

Sunday, Jan. 12 // Birding: Winter Waterfowl // 11:00 a.m. Comfort Station near Eton Place entrance

Saturday, Jan. 18 // Birding: Raptor Watch Brookfield Park // 11:00 a.m. Parking lot at Brookfield Avenue and Road

Sunday, Jan. 19 // Winter Tree ID Von Briesen Park // 1:00 p.m. Bay Street and School Road entrance

Saturday, Jan. 25 // Astronomy: The Night Sky // 7:00 p.m. Potter Avenue and Royal Oak Road

Sunday, Feb. 2 // Winter Hibernation Hike Sunday, March 15 // Nature’s Workshop: Clove Lakes Park // 9:00 a.m. Natural Basket Weaving Martling Avenue and Brooks Pond Place Blue Heron Nature Center // 11:00 a.m. Blue Heron Nature Center, Sunday, Feb. 9 // Seal Exploration 222 Poillon Ave. Lemon Creek Pier // 1:00 p.m. Fishing pier at Sharrott Avenue and Hylan Boulevard Sunday, March 22 // Women’s History Month: Women of the Saturday, Feb. 15 // Living with White-Tailed Deer // 1:00 p.m. Greenbelt Nature Center // 1:00 p.m. Visitors Center parking lot at Hylan Boulevard 700 Rockland Ave. and Satterlee Street

Sunday, Feb. 16 // Nature Exploration Hike Saturday, March 28 // Composting 101 Clove Lakes Park // 11:00 a.m. Blue Heron Park // 11:00 a.m. Clove Road and Park Drive Blue Heron Nature Center, 222 Poillon Ave. Saturday, Feb. 22 // Black History Month: Black History of Staten Island // 11:00 a.m. Bay Street and

Saturday, Feb. 29 // Outdoor Skills: Fire Making Willowbrook Park // 11:00 a.m. Comfort Station near Eton Place entrance

Sunday, March 1 // Birding: Owls High Rock Park // 4:00 p.m. Parking lot at the end of Nevada Avenue

Saturday, March 7 // Nocturnal Nature Exploration Hike Allison Pond Park // 7:00 p.m. Prospect Avenue and Brentwood Avenue

7 Reptiles and Amphibians Inwood Hill Park // 1:00 p.m. Payson Playground Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street Friday, Feb. 21 Owl Pellets Central Park // 1:00 p.m. Dana Discovery Center, West and

QUEENS Monday, Feb. 17 Nature Exploration Hike for Kids // 11:00 a.m. and Grand Avenue Tuesday, Feb. 18 Nature Puppet Show Fort Totten Park // 11:00 a.m. Urban Park Rangers Kids Week Fort Totten Visitors Center Totten Road and Cross Island Parkway Feb. 17–21, 2020 Wednesday, Feb. 19 School’s out, so take the kids to the park to enjoy a variety of nature Gather Around the Campfire Alley Pond Park // 11:00 a.m. programs. Get outside and get excited! Alley Pond Park Adventure Course, Winchester Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway BRONX Fort Greene History and Colonial Games Thursday, Feb. 20 Fort Greene Park // 11:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17 Winter Wildlife Crafts Fort Greene Visitors Center Orienteering for Kids Forest Park // 11:00 a.m. Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. Forest Park Ranger Station, Pelham Bay Nature Center Wednesday, Feb. 19 Woodhaven Boulevard and Bruckner Boulevard and Nature’s Workshop Forest Park Drive Wilkinson Avenue Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 Salt Marsh Nature Center Tuesday, Feb. 18 Birding for Kids East 33rd Street and Avenue U Survival Skills Flushing Meadows Corona Park // 11:00 a.m. Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 Meadow Lake Boathouse parking lot Van Cortlandt Nature Center Nature Sounds and Instruments West 246th Street and Broadway Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. STATEN ISLAND Salt Marsh Nature Center Wednesday, Feb. 19 Monday, Feb. 17 East 33rd Street and Avenue U Ranger Games All About Owls // 1:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 Blue Heron Park // 1:00 p.m. Metcalf Playground, Metcalf Avenue Build a Birdfeeder Blue Heron Nature Center, and Seward Avenue Fort Greene Park // 11:00 a.m. 222 Poillon Ave. Fort Greene Visitors Center Thursday, Feb. 20 Tuesday, Feb. 18 Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park Nature Exploration Hike for Kids Lenape Bingo Pelham Bay Park // 1:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 Conference House Park // 1:00 p.m. Pelham Bay Nature Center Birds of Prey Conference House Visitors Center Bruckner Boulevard and Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Hylan Boulevard and Satterlee Street Wilkinson Avenue Salt Marsh Nature Center Wednesday, Feb. 19 East 33rd Street and Avenue U Friday, Feb. 21 Animal Tracks Winter Scavenger Hunt Allison Pond Park // 1:00 p.m. MANHATTAN Van Cortlandt Park // 1:00 p.m. Prospect Avenue and Brentwood Avenue Van Cortlandt Nature Center Monday, Feb. 17 Thursday, Feb. 20 West 246th Street and Broadway Geology Rocks! Winter Crafts Central Park // 1:00 p.m. Blue Heron Park // 1:00 p.m. BROOKLYN Dana Discovery Center Blue Heron Nature Center, West 110th Street and Lenox Avenue Monday, Feb. 17 222 Poillon Ave. Find My Way: Maps and Compasses Tuesday, Feb. 18 Friday, Feb. 21 Marine Park // 1:00 p.m. Birds of Prey Campfire Sing Along Salt Marsh Nature Center Inwood Hill Park // 1:00 p.m. Willowbrook Park // 1:00 p.m. East 33rd Street and Avenue U Payson Playground Meet at archery field parking lot Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street Tuesday, Feb. 18 Shelter Building Wednesday, Feb. 19 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. 18 Thursday, Feb. 20