Saturday April 7 at 11 AM
Saturday May 5 at 11 AM & 1 PM
Sunday May 6 at 11 AM & 1 PM
Saturday June 16 at 11 AM
Saturday July 14 at 11 AM
Saturday August 11 at 10 AM
Saturday, September 15 at 11am
Saturday, October 13 at 11am and 1pm
Sunday, October 14th at 11am and 1pm
Saturday, November 17th at 12pm
Description
NYC H2O is offering free tours of the Ridgewood Reservoir to community members and the public.
The Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park is a 50+ acre natural oasis that straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens. Built in 1859 to supply the once independent City of Brooklyn with high quality water, it became obsolete with the addition of new reservoirs in the Catskills in the 1950’s and was decommissioned in the 1980’s. Since then, nature took its course in a perfect case study of ecological succession. A lush and dense forest has grown in its two outside basins while a freshwater pond with waterfowl sits in the middle basin.
Join us to explore this incredible natural resource in the heart of NYC. Please make a reservation.
We will meet in the parking lot at Vermont Place.
