World's largest landfill becomes second-largest park in NYC, now open to the public

Former Staten Island landfill will feature public park with soil...

Once the world's largest garbage dump, a portion of the massive Fresh Kills complex in Staten Island is now being turned into parkland -- and the soil will be replenished by composted human poop flushed from the solar-powered restroom, Mayor Adams announced at a groundbreaking ceremony.

Public park and wildlife sanctuary comes to Staten Island’s Freshkills, formerly the world’s largest landfill

Mayor Eric Adams joined a slew of elected officials on Staten Island on Oct. 15 for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the North Park section of Freshkills Park, the dumping ground for New Yorker’s residential garbage from 1948-2001. A bi-partisan effort turned the space — once the largest landfill in the world, visible from space — into 2,200 acres of urban parkland, making it three times larger than Central Park and the largest park to be develope…

World's largest landfill becomes second-largest park in NYC, now open to the public

According to the Mayor's office the space will offer views of the hills, waterways, and plenty of areas designated to birdwatching. There will also be parking and waterless restrooms.