Photo by Mitch Waxman Queensboro Bridge as a mess hall and club for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Lawrence Cemetery was granted to the Lawrence family by Dutch Governor Willem Keift of New Amsterdam in 1645. It is the final resting place of Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, mayor of New York City from 1834 to 1837. Inside scoop: Fort Totten Park was an active Army base from 1857 until 1995 and the home to four major Army hospitals since the Civil War. The Fire Department of New York presently controls about one third of the property and the NYC Parks Department controls another third. Address: 208 Totten Avenue, Bayside, and www. baysidehistorical.org. 4 Nature Alley Pond Environmenta l Center Alley Pond Park is more than 655 acres of trees, water marshes, meadows, hills, and trails. It occupies part of a terminal moraine that was formed by a glacier roughly 15,000 years ago, and features kettle ponds formed by melting ice and natural springs. Though located near the Long Island Expressway, in the spring, pollen fills the air, and flowers bloom everywhere. In the summer, frogs and salamanders sun themselves on tree branches and rocks in the ponds. In the fall, birds of all feathers pass through. And in the winter, raccoon tracks can be found in the snow. 64 QUEENS IN YOUR POCKET • www.itsinqueens.com
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