New facilities - and fees, closures - at LI parks
Photo credit: Bill Davis | The state's budget crisis will close all of Brookhaven and most of Nissequogue River state parks because no one has come to their rescue. (Aug. 2, 2009)
LIers will pay more to play in state parks
State parks on LI threatened under cuts
Long Island parks photos
Robert Moses State Park
A nasty winter with three severe nor'easters hit the park hard: The beaches at Fields 4 and 5 virtually disappeared.
The beach at Field 5 has been restored along with half of Field 4, said Ronald Foley, regional director of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
The agency hired a contractor to place 200,000 cubic yards of sand...
