Any forests or forest-looking parks in the NYC area? (New York: live, vs)

[jackswastedlife]

For a photography project, I'm looking for a forest, preferably somewhere I can get via train. Something like this http://feelgrafix.com/data_images/ou...ine-forest.jpg

[SonnyDaze]

Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Last stop on the 1 or 4 (the 1 will leave you closer).

[Kefir King]

Northwestern part of Inwood Hill Park is wonderfully woodsy.
<A train to Dyckman St.>
Be prepared for some hill-climbing.

[DoomDan515]

Forest Park in Queens. It lives up to it's name.

[martinjsxx]

Alley Pond Park has a lot of wooded trails, paved and unpaved, that give a real sense of a forest. It's not near any trains though.

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Originally Posted by DoomDan515

Forest Park in Queens. It lives up to it's name.

Yep, take the J train to Forest Park. The point when developing Forest Park was to give it a more natural forest appearance vs other more landscaped parks life Central Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadow, Fort Greene Park, etc...

[NJ Brazen_3133]

Kissena Corridor Park in Queens by Colden St, and Kissena Blvd in Flushing

There is another park by Union Tpke, and CIP in Queens

[Glacier Azure]

That's Alley Pond Park, which was already mentioned. Nice area to ride a bike too. That hill down Douglaston Pkwy. is wicked.

[Moth]

New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. A genuine, preserved woodland. Look no further.

[willdogs]

Originally Posted by jackswastedlife

For a photography project, I'm looking for a forest, preferably somewhere I can get via train. Something like this http://feelgrafix.com/data_images/ou...ine-forest.jpg

• Bronx Botanical Gardens
• Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx (Largest park in NYC). Pelham Bay Park also has Orchard Beach so you get the best of both worlds.

Both of these fit the bill