Freshkills Park is a 2,200 acre landfill-to park-project and a model for sustainable land reclamation. This park is the largest park being built in NYC in over 150 years!

Join Shannon Erickson (Director of Education and Development), Christopher Ricker (Director of Programs) and others for a tour of North Park of Freshkills Park, and then up to the top of North Mound, located in the DSNY Site! On this tour the Freshkills Park Alliance and NYC Parks will discuss the past, present, and future of Freshkills Park. Visitors will have the opportunity to admire its grasslands, wetlands, and wildlife.

From Urban Omnibus: Since 2015, Urban Omnibus has chronicled the construction of Freshkills Park through the series “Capturing Change.” Photographer-in-residence Jade Doskow focuses in on otherworldly landscapes in “Extra Terrestrial,” while earlier portfolios take close looks at the progression of the West Mound’s landfill cap, the infrastructure that makes possible the transformation from landfill to park, and landscapes of methane, salt, iron, and straw. 

See also: Artists bring new perspectives to New York’s most damaged environments in “Unlikely Attractions” and follow the trail of the city’s municipal solid waste in “Wastestreaming.”

This will be an approximately 3+ mile walk. The roads themselves can be uneven at times. North Park is wheelchair accessible; North Mound, within DSNY property is not (uneven gravel paths). The site is completely outdoors. Please wear long pants and closed-toe shoes; dress for weather.

For any accessibility needs, please contact [email protected] by Friday, October 11th.

Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. All participants will need to sign a waiver before entering the site and those under 18 need to have a parent or guardian's signature. No pets allowed.