Gantry Plaza State Park
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Gantry Plaza State Park is a state park on the East River in Long Island City, in the New York City borough of Queens.
The 2.5 acre park is a former dock facility and includes restored gantry cranes used to load and unload rail car floats and barges serving local industry and the Long Island Rail Road. See Long Island City (LIRR station)
The park offers picnic tables, a playground, a fishing pier and playing fields with a view of the midtown Manhattan skyline.
