Valley Stream State Park is a

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located in the village of Valley Stream in Nassau County,

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. The park is one of three state parks located in the

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. Like Hempstead Lake State Park, Valley Stream State Park contained Cornell's Pond, a feeder reservoir for the Ridgewood Reservoir. This park opened in 1928 together with

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, Hempstead Lake State Park,

Belmont Lake State Park Belmont Lake State Park is a day-use state park located in North Babylon, New York on Long Island. History Belmont Lake State Park was established in 1926 on land that was formerly part of the " Nursery Stud Farm", a Thoroughbred horse farm owne ...

, and Heckscher State Park. Initially the park included Cornell's Pond, which had a freshwater beach that charged an admission fee of 10 cents. Crowded and unsanitary conditions led local residents to lobby for its closing in 1947. In 1958, the state to transferred the park's southern portion with this pond to the Village of Valley Stream. It reopened as the village-operated Arthur J. Hendrickson Park. Valley Stream State Park is a day-use facility, convenient to the

(exit 15A). The park offers a nature trail, cross-country skiing, a playground and playing fields, horseshoe, volleyball, basketball, and bocce ball courts, picnic tables and pavilions, fireplaces and grills, and recreation programs. Pets are not permitted.

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New York State Parks: Valley Stream State Park

Hidden Waters of NYC: Valley Stream
Valley Stream, New York State parks of New York (state) Robert Moses projects Parks in Nassau County, New York Urban public parks {{NassauCountyNY-geo-stub

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