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

Private nonprofit organization?
Yes
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
No
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
No
Member of the Virtual Field
No

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
No
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