Freshkills Biological Station

The Freshkills Biological Station is an urban field station located within the boundaries of Freshkills Park, on Staten Island, New York.

Year Founded: 2024

Year Joined OBFS: 2024

Size of Field Station (hectares): 1001-2500

FSML Web Address: https://freshkills-station.org

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: No

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: Yes

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 0

Conference space: 1-25

Food service or catering available?: Yes

ADA accessibility: Yes

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: Yes

Classes Offered: Continuing Education/Informal learning and Onsite public programs

Hiking trails: Yes

Access to public transportation: Yes

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: Yes

Internship employment: Yes

Environmental Information

Research Facilities

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?

Names of Universities affilated: 0

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Name of partner

Tribal partners/users: No

MSI/HBCU users: Yes

Community College users: Yes

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: Yes

Year round staff: 6-10

Seasonal staff: 3-5

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 0

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: Yes

Hiking trails: Yes

Internship employment: Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes: Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal

Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Maximum Elevation: 101-300 meters

Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)

Freshwater habitats: Yes

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: No

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: Yes

Wet Lab space: No

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site: No

Long term data sets: Yes

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan: Yes

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments: Yes

Date Joined OBFS: June 5, 2024

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