Shirley Chisholm State Park

Park · Brooklyn

Shirley Chisholm State Park covers 407 acres between the Belt Parkway and Jamaica Bay in southeastern Brooklyn.

  • 0.66 square miles
  • 15 street corners

The City's Sanitation Department began filling the Pennsylvania Avenue landfill in 1956 and the Fountain Avenue landfill in the early 1960s; once both were capped and replanted, the park opened atop them in 2019 as the largest state park in New York City. Visitors find 10 miles of biking and hiking trails, waterfront piers and views reaching the Empire State Building. Its namesake, Brooklyn-born Shirley Chisholm, represented this area as the first Black woman in Congress and later became the first Black woman to seek a major party's presidential nomination.

Sources: Shirley Chisholm State Park (New York State Parks); Shirley Chisholm State Park (Wikipedia).

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Shirley Chisholm State Park borders two areas, and Chisholm Park Fountain Ring Drive holds more of its corners than any other street, five of 15.

Street map of Shirley Chisholm State Park, Brooklyn, outlined among Spring Creek-Starrett City and Spring Creek Park, with its paths and the streets around it.Spring Creek-Starrett City
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported zero crashes at all 15 of its corners.

Camera tickets

In 2025 the Department of Finance recorded no red-light, school-zone speed or bus-lane camera ticket at its corners.

Streets and trees

Street with the most corners
Chisholm Park Fountain Ring Drive, with five of the area's 15

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.