Broad Channel American Park: Queens, NYC

The park occupies a 17.3-acre site on Big Egg Marsh, a narrow island measuring about 20 blocks long and four blocks wide. Long before opening to the public in May 1995, the property was used by the Yeshiva of Flatbush to operate the Broad Channel Day Camp. Its transition to a public recreation space was completed when the City Parks Foundation partnered with the Broad Channel Athletic Club to build the ball fields, which now sit alongside a playground.