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Greenbelt Conservancy

Caring for the Greenbelt's parks and open space
in Staten Island, NY through education,
conservation, research and prudent recreation

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Greenbelt History

Click each of the links below to discover some of the history of the Greenbelt and the Greenbelt Conservancy. The essays were written by people involved in the Greenbelt and efforts to preserve this precious and beautiful land.

  • Entering High Rock Park: A Tribute to Gretta Moulton by Dorothy Reilly
  • How High Rock Park was Saved and the Greenbelt was Named
    by Bradford Greene 
  • Greenbelt Conservancy Formed: A Great Deal of Land by Kenneth Saccaro
  • A Favorite Child by Kathleen Vorwick
  • Protecting the Greenbelt by Ellen O’Flaherty Pratt
  • A Flowering Jewel in the Center of the Greenbelt by Richard Buegler
  • High Rock as Home by Dorothy Reilly
  • Hiking to Save the Greenbelt: Pea Soup and Sherry by Elizabeth Seder
  • The Elliot Willensky Years by A. Mae Seeley
  • Learning in the Greenbelt: A Natural Education by Lenore Miller
   

The Greenbelt Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with NYC Parks to care for the Greenbelt's 2,800 acres of open space, parks, trail system and public facilities in central Staten Island.

Greenbelt Conservancy Headquarters

High Rock Park at 200 Nevada Avenue
Staten Island NY 10306
1-718-667-2165
Email: The Greenbelt Conservancy

 

Greenbelt Nature Center

700 Rockland Avenue
Staten Island NY 10314 (Directions)
1-718-351-3450
Email the Greenbelt Nature Center

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