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National Parks of New York HarborThere is no better place on a hot summer day than the Atlantic beach at Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways
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National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy

NPNH Conservancy

There are many ways to experience the National Parks of New York Harbor (NPNH). The NPNH Conservancy's website can give you many options to tour the area for an hour, a day or longer.

National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy

The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy is a public-private partnership with the National Parks of New York Harbor and sanctioned as its primary partner under a U.S. Department of the Interior General Agreement. With nearly 27,000 acres, the National Park Service is one of the largest caretakers, public or private, on the waterfront, hosting approximately 20 million visitors annually -- four million of whom visit through Lower Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Their Mission: to create for the people an unrivaled vehicle to preserve the environment, promote economic development and create on New York Harbor, the finest urban waterfront recreation and educational park system in the world.

The historic bell at St. Paul's Church National Historic Site is rung on festival days during the summer and on the 4th of July every year  

Did You Know?
The bell at St. Paul's Church National Historic Site was cast in the same foundry as the Liberty Bell. St. Paul's Church is one of 23 unique destinations within the National Parks of New York Harbor.
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Last Updated: April 24, 2009 at 11:37 EST