| 词条 | Baisley Pond Park |
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| name = Baisley Pond Park | photo = Baisley Pond (Queens) View to the South.JPG | photo_width = | photo_caption = View across Baisley Pond | type = Public park | location = Queens, New York City, NY, United States | coords = {{coord|40|40|40|N|73|47|5|W|display=inline,title}} | area = {{convert|109.61|acre}} | created = 1919 | operator = New York City Department of Parks & Recreation | visitation_num = | status = Open all year }}Baisley Pond Park is a public park located in the southeastern part of Queens, New York City, bordering the neighborhoods of South Jamaica, Rochdale, and St. Albans. It contains 109.61 acres including the 30 acres of Baisley Pond in the center of the park. It is maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.[1] DescriptionThe park is a popular place for sports and other forms of outdoor recreation. Facilities include barbecuing areas, baseball fields, basketball courts, bicycle paths, cricket fields, fitness equipment, a football field, handball courts, five children's playgrounds, a running track, a soccer field, spray showers, and tennis courts. Several parts of the park have free Wi-Fi. The Sutphin Playground is notable for its sculpture of an American mastodon, an extinct elephant-like animal, recalling a time in the 1850s when workers dredging the pond found the bones of an individual mastodon that lived in the area almost 10,000 years ago, just after the end of the last ice age. The Mother Carter Garden, which is surrounded by an ornamental fence and has seating with views of the pond, memorializes Laura “Mother” Carter (1914-1999), a beloved community leader.[1] Several events take place in the park, most notably the annual Southern Queens Gospel Festival, the eighth of which took place in July 2013.[2][3] The pond itself hosts diverse fauna and flora. It is known for its lily pads which shelter American Bullfrogs. The Parks Department lists three turtle species (red-eared slider, snapping turtle, and musk turtle).[1] Fish species include several of interest to anglers, including largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, brown bullhead, and common carp.[4] Many species of water birds favor the pond. Summer species include great egret, snowy egret, great blue heron, and double-crested cormorant. In winter the waterfowl population is especially large and diverse, with several species that are less common in the area, such as American wigeon, redhead duck, and grebes, mixing with more common species like mallard and Canada goose. HistoryBaisley Pond is located in the Jamaica Bay watershed of western Long Island.It is located on 130th avenue and on 150th street.[5] It was formed in the 18th century, when local farmers dammed three streams to power a grain mill. It was named for David Baisley, a farmer who owned the mill in the early 19th century.[1][6] In 1852, the burgeoning City of Brooklyn acquired the pond from Baisley for its new water system.[1][7] On April 6, 1858, while draining the lake for use as a reservoir, the remains of an American Mastodon (similar to a Mammoth) were discovered at the bottom of the pond. The remains included bones and teeth.[1][7] By that year, water from the pond was being transported through the Ridgewood Aqueduct (or "conduit") and then pumped uphill to the Ridgewood Reservoir, from which it was distributed to Brooklyn neighborhoods. As the city grew this water system was expanded to include additional bodies of water in what are today Queens and Nassau counties. Eventually farmers in this area complained that the local water table was being depleted. In 1898, after Brooklyn became a borough of the City of New York, the pond was connected to New York's larger and more reliable upstate water system, and the old Brooklyn system, including Baisley Pond, was no longer used as a water source.[1] New York City transferred the northern section of the park, including the pond, to the Parks Department in 1914 and opened it to the public in 1919.[1][8]{{rp|291, 299, 307}}[9] At this time the surrounding area was still rural. However, it developed rapidly in the 1920s with the building of new houses and streets. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, the Parks Department under Robert Moses built additional recreational facilities with the help of the Works Progress Administration, including a boat landing, playgrounds, tennis courts, and baseball fields. The "Southern Extension" of the park, located south of Rockaway Boulevard, remained undeveloped and neglected until 1984, when new sports facilities were built.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web|title=Baisley Pond Park|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/baisleypondpark/history|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|accessdate=8 November 2013}} {{Protected areas of New York City}}2. ^{{cite web|title=The Daily Plant: This Weekend in Parks|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/news/daily-plant?id=22956|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|accessdate=8 November 2013}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=‘Yes I Can’ Have a Gospel Fest in Queens|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/arts/music/23gospelfest.html?_r=0|accessdate=8 November 2013|newspaper=New York Times}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Baisley Pond Park|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/62986.html|publisher=New York State Department of Environmental Conservation|accessdate=8 November 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan 2012 Update|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/jamaica_bay/JBWPP_Update_100112_FINAL.pdf|publisher=New York City Department of Environmental Protection|accessdate=8 November 2013|page=48}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.qchron.com/32ndanniversaryedition/farmer-baisley-s-pond-now-a-beautiful-park/article_74466249-e0bd-5439-95a4-820754b19587.html | title=Farmer Baisley’s pond: now a beautiful park | work=Queens Chronicle | date=7 January 2014 | accessdate=13 June 2014 | author=Costella, Ann Marie}} 7. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Wilford |first1=Sarah |title=Mammoth Fossil Found in Baisley Park: Huge Tooth Caused Sensation in Science |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201935%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201935%2520-%25205057.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff8d22f897%26DocId%3D4822935%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D81c%2B81d%2B81e%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201935%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201935%2520-%25205057.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff8d22f897%26DocId%3D4822935%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D81c%2B81d%2B81e%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |accessdate=29 January 2019 |work=Long Island Daily Press |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=September 7, 1935 |page=6}} 8. ^{{Cite web |url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/records/pdf/govpub/4310annual_report_nyc_dept_parks_1914_part3.pdf|title=1914 New York City Department of Public Parks Annual Report: Part 3 |last= |first= |date=1911 |website=nyc.gov |publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|access-date=January 28, 2019 }} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Droesch Cites St. Albans Sales: Points Out New Park Facilities Promsied |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201931%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201931%2520-%25204028.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dfffffffff5516962%26DocId%3D4777950%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3D2b8%2B2b9%2B2ba%2B2bb%2B2d2%2B2d3%2B2d4%2B2d5%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201931%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201931%2520-%25204028.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dfffffffff5516962%26DocId%3D4777950%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3D2b8%2B2b9%2B2ba%2B2bb%2B2d2%2B2d3%2B2d4%2B2d5%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |accessdate=28 January 2019 |work=Long Island Daily Press |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=July 25, 1931 |page=10}} 5 : Urban public parks|Jamaica, Queens|Parks in Queens, New York|Protected areas established in 1919|1919 establishments in New York (state) |
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