Conference House Park, Staten Island

The borough that offers the biggest collection of hidden waterways also has the southernmost point in the state of New York at Conference House Park. Known historically as Ward’s Point, the tip of land where Arthur Kill flows into Raritan Bay has an unnamed brook that shares its location’s superlative as the state’s southernmost stream.

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The brook flows entirely within the  park, at its conclusion meeting the sea with views of South Amboy and the hills of Cheesequake State Park. Lovely name.

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