Parks & Gardens
Parks & GardensSmiling Hogshead Ranch
LIC
This unassuming community garden hides overgrown train tracks, beehives, and enough greenery to make you forget you're in industrial Queens. Wind chimes, wildflowers, and the occasional rat create an unexpectedly wild urban refuge.
Urban nature escape
Hidden community garden
Abandoned rail trail
Quiet lunch spot
Tips
đż"you can imagine what NYC used to look like before it was colonized"
đabandoned train tracks lead all the way to Greenpoint
đfeatures composting, apiary, bike repair, and free library
Smiling Hogshead Ranch
LIC
Parks & GardensParks & GardensThis unassuming community garden hides overgrown train tracks, beehives, and enough greenery to make you forget you're in industrial Queens. Wind chimes, wildflowers, and the occasional rat create an unexpectedly wild urban refuge.
Urban nature escape
Hidden community garden
Abandoned rail trail
Quiet lunch spot
Tips
đż"you can imagine what NYC used to look like before it was colonized"
đabandoned train tracks lead all the way to Greenpoint
đfeatures composting, apiary, bike repair, and free library