The Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park is a 50 acre natural oasis on the Brooklyn-Queens border. 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 and lush forest has grown inside its basins.
Location Information
RSVP is required and capacity is limited. Meeting location, ending location, and directions will be provided via email before walk date.
Sunday, May 5, 201911:00 AM
1-2 hours
Borough: Queens
Theme: Advocacy, Art & Architecture, Environment, History & Culture
