Freshkills Biological Station

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

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UN Geographic Region: North America
Street: 2240 Richmond Avenue
City: Staten Island
Zip Code: 10314
Country: United States
State/Province: NY
Latitude: 40
Longitude: 74
FSML E-mail Address: admin@freshkills-station.nyc
FSML Web Address: https://freshkills-station.org
FSML Year Founded: 2024
Year Join OBFS: 2024
Contact Name: Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
Contact Email: jose@freshkills-station.nyc
Contact Position: Director
Contact Address: 2240 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10314 USA
Contact Phone Number: +12123017634
Station Director Name: Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
Station Director Email: jose@freshkills-station.nyc
Billing Contact Name: Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
Billing Contact Email: jose@freshkills-station.nyc
Voting Delegate Email: jose@freshkills-station.nyc
Operating Budget: $0 - $50,000
Size of Field Station: 1001-2500
Private nonprofit organization?: Yes
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: Other
Other: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Minority Serving Institution/Historically Black Colleges and Universities users?: Yes
Community College users: Yes
Open to the Public?: Yes
Onsite staff?: Yes
Year Round Staff: 6-10
Seasonal Staff: 3-5
Overnight housing facilities: 0
Conference space: 1-25
Food service or catering available?: Yes
ADA accessibility: Yes
Electricity: On Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 0-20 minutes
Internet Access?: Yes
Library?: Yes
Classes: Onsite public programs
Hiking trails?: Yes
Access to public transportation?: Yes
Artists in Residence Program?: Yes
Internships?: Yes
Biome Type: Terrestrial
Marine Biomes: Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal
Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation: 101-300 meters
Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)
Freshwater habitats: Yes
Urban/Rural: Urban
Dry lab space?: Yes
Long term data sets?: Yes
On site herbarium or voucher species?: Yes
Formal Data Management Plan: Yes
Outdoor manipulative experiments: Yes
Research and/or graduate student training: 75
Outreach: 25

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?: Other: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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: Undergraduate, Graduate, K-12, 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?: Other

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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