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The park and one-time landfill site still is not particularly inviting – but it is restoring habitats to help people and wildlife alike in New York City. So far, Freshkills Park is barely ready for visitors, with few signposts dotted about. And it is a long treck from Manhattan by public transport. The route by car is not much easier, with drivers having to navigate their way to a turn-off between a motorway, warehouse and hotel in Staten Island before reaching a large rust-coloured pillar that says “Freshkills Park.” So unsurprisingly, the site saw relatively few visitors last year, though if…

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