Freshkills Park (South)

Park · Staten Island

Near Arden Heights on Staten Island's western edge, Freshkills Park (South) covers the southern part of Freshkills Park, a 2,200-acre park, about three times the size of Central Park, taking shape on the former Fresh Kills Landfill.

  • 1.71 square miles
  • 5 street corners
  • 9 bus routes

The landfill opened in 1948 and closed in 2001. City Planning's 2006 draft master plan proposed sports, natural areas and neighborhood recreation for the park's South Park area, with the hilly South Mound seen as a good fit for mountain biking. The Owl Hollow Soccer Fields in Arden Heights opened in 2013, and NYC Parks, working with the nonprofit Freshkills Park Alliance, aims to open the whole park by 2036.

Sources: FAQs (Freshkills Park Alliance); The Park Plan (Freshkills Park Alliance); Fresh Kills Park Transformation Takes Major Step Forward with Release of Draft Master Plan Illustrating Planned Features of the Park (April 6, 2006) (NYC Department of City Planning); Fresh Kills Landfill (Wikipedia).

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Freshkills Park (South) borders four areas.

Street map of Freshkills Park (South), Staten Island, outlined among Freshkills Park (North), Arden Heights-Rossville, Tottenville-Charleston and New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, with its paths and the streets around it.New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-TravisFreshkills Park (North)Arden Heights-RossvilleTottenville-Charleston
  • Freshkills Park (South)
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  • Park

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on nine routes stop in or at the edge of Freshkills Park (South).

  • 3 local bus routes
  • 6 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • S56
  • S74
  • S84

Express bus routes

  • SIM2
  • SIM4C
  • SIM22
  • SIM23
  • SIM24
  • SIM25

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Staten Island corner.

  • 8 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 1.6 a corner, on average
  • 2.2 the average Staten Island corner
  • 2 corners with a clean record

Camera tickets

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

Parks

Parkland
147 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Isle Of Meadows (87.2 acres) and Freshkills Park (59.8 acres)

Streets and trees

Trees
303 in NYC Parks' records, most often pin oak, Callery pear and red maple
Height above sea level
From 9 feet at Muldoon Avenue & West Shore Expressway to 52 feet at Arden Avenue & West Service Road

Schools

The City lists one school in Freshkills Park (South).

Public school
1

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.