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===Parks===
===Parks===
New York City has over 28,000 acres (113 km²) of municipal parkland and 14 miles (22 km) of public beaches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/99a/pr042-99.html |title=Mayor Giuliani Announces Amount of Parkland in New York City has Passed {{convert|28000|acre|sqkm}} Mark |date=[[February 3]], [[1999]] |publisher=New York City Mayor's Office |accessdate=2007-06-06}}; {{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/facilities/af_beaches.html |title=Beaches |publisher=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation |accessdate=2007-06-06}}</ref> This parkland is augmented by thousands of acres of [[Gateway National Recreation Area]], part of the US [[National Park System]], that lie within city boundaries. The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the only wildife refuge in the National Park System, alone is over {{convert|9000|acre|sqkm}} of marsh islands and water taking up most of [[Jamaica Bay]] and included. Manhattan's [[Central Park]], designed by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] and [[Calvert Vaux]], is the most visited city park in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Park Facts |publisher=The Trust for Public Land, Center for City Park Excellence |date=June 2006 |url=http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=20531&folder_id=3208|accessdate=2006-07-19}}</ref> [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]] in Brooklyn, also designed by Olmsted and Vaux, has a 90 acre (36 [[hectare]]) meadow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prospectpark.org/general/main.cfm?target=home |title=General Information |publisher=Prospect Park Alliance |accessdate=2007-06-06}}</ref> [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]] in Queens, the city's third largest, was the setting for the [[1939 New York World's Fair|1939 World's Fair]] and [[1964 New York World's Fair|1964 World's Fair]].
New York City has over 28,000 acres (113 km²) of municipal parkland and 14 miles (22 km) of public beaches [http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/99a/pr042-99.html] Mayor Giuliani Announces Amount of Parkland in New York City has Passed {{convert|28000|acre|sqkm}} Mark |date=[[February 3]], [[1999]] |publisher=New York City Mayor's Office |accessdate=2007-06-06}}; {{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/facilities/af_beaches.html |title=Beaches |publisher=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation |accessdate=2007-06-06}}</ref> This parkland is augmented by thousands of acres of [[Gateway National Recreation Area]], part of the US [[National Park System]], that lie within city boundaries. The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the only wildife refuge in the National Park System, alone is over {{convert|9000|acre|sqkm}} of marsh islands and water taking up most of [[Jamaica Bay]] and included. Manhattan's [[Central Park]], designed by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] and [[Calvert Vaux]], is the most visited city park in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Park Facts |publisher=The Trust for Public Land, Center for City Park Excellence |date=June 2006 |url=http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=20531&folder_id=3208|accessdate=2006-07-19}}</ref> [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]] in Brooklyn, also designed by Olmsted and Vaux, has a 90 acre (36 [[hectare]]) meadow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prospectpark.org/general/main.cfm?target=home |title=General Information |publisher=Prospect Park Alliance |accessdate=2007-06-06}}</ref> [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]] in Queens, the city's third largest, was the setting for the [[1939 New York World's Fair|1939 World's Fair]] and [[1964 New York World's Fair|1964 World's Fair]].
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