Last Chance Pond Park: Dongan Hills, Staten Island
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With the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964, many residents of Brooklyn and other nearby places began to move to Staten Island. With the increase of Staten Island's population and housing, a decrease occurred in Staten Island's undeveloped areas and many of the natural habitats found in the borough began to disappear. Many of Staten Island's current parks would today be plots of land taken up by houses and buildings if it were not for the residents of Staten Island who did not want to see the beautiful natural habitats destroyed. If you look into the past of Staten Island's parks, you will hear many stories about how members of the communities worked together to preserve these places. One such story is that of Last Chance Pond Park, which…
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