Alley Pond Park

Alley Pond Park is the second-largest public park in Queens, New York City. It occupies 655.294 acres (265.188 ha). It is a roomy park with athletic courts. The park contains the Queens Giant, an old tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) that is the tallest carefully measured tree in New York City and probably the oldest living thing in the New York metropolitan area. The Alley Pond Environmental Center, with a library, museum and animal exhibits, is located in the northern part of the park.