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The Long Island State Park Commission (also known as LISPC) is a government agency on Long Island, in the state of New York, headquartered at Belmont Lake State Park in North Babylon. Originally a standalone agency, it is now a regional subdivision of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.WEB, 2023-04-11, Bryan Erwin Named Chair of State Council of Parks - New York Almanack,weblink 2024-01-21, en-US,

History

The LISPC was created in 1924 by the New York State Legislature to build and operate parks & parkways on Long Island.POWER BROKER, NEWS, Fire Island Park Given 600 Acres By Government,weblink January 5, 2023, The Brooklyn Daily Times, June 23, 1924, 6, Newspapers.com, WEB, Regional Plan Association's 100-Year History on Long Island,weblink 2024-01-21, RPA, en-US, Governor Al Smith was appointed as its first President, and Robert Moses, who had drafted the bill creating the agency, served until 1953.WEB, Robert Moses Collection,weblink 2024-01-21, New York State Archives, en, NEWS, Goldberger, Paul, 1981-07-30, ROBERT MOSES, MASTER BUILDER, IS DEAD AT 92,weblink 2024-01-21, The New York Times, en-US, 0362-4331, NEWS, Smith, J. Y., 1981-07-30, Robert Moses, Master Builder of Parks, Bridges, Buildings, Dies,weblink 2024-01-21, Washington Post, en-US, 0190-8286, NEWS, 1942-05-13, Lehman Renames Moses To Long Island Park Post,weblink 2024-01-21, The New York Times, en-US, 0362-4331, (File:Jones Beach West Bathhouse 2021g.jpg|thumb|Jones Beach in 2021.)Among the several parks constructed and formerly operated by the Long Island State Park Commission are Bethpage State Park, Jones Beach State Park, Sunken Meadow State Park, Montauk Point State Park, Robert Moses State Park, Belmont Lake State Park, and Valley Stream State Park – in addition to several others.WEB, Gralla, Joan, 2019-08-03, Jones Beach at 90: A seaside castle for the public lives on,weblink 2024-01-21, Newsday, en, The LISPC also oversaw the construction of Long Island's parkway system, which includes the Northern State Parkway, the Sagtikos State Parkway, the Bethpage State Parkway, and the Sunken Meadow State Parkway, and several others.WEB, Compact NYSDOT Highway Record Plans: Beginning 1900,weblink 2024-01-21, State of New York, en, Around 1980, the Long Island State Park Commission was dissolved as a standalone agency, with jurisdiction over its parks largely being taken over by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, while its parkways were taken over by the New York State Department of Transportation.NEWS, Kramer, Joel, March 30, 1978, Albany Pact Would End Toll on Southern Pkwy: Albany Pact Would End All Tolls On Southern Parkway, Lido Loop, Newsday, 1, 5, ProQuest,

Governance

The Long Island State Park Commission is a regional subdivision of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, being one of NYS OPRHP's eleven Regional Park Commissions.

See also

• Long Island State Parkway Police
• Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
• New York State Parkway System

References

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External links

• Postcard of the West Bath House at Jones Beach State Park (CardCow.com)
• Hither Hills State Park (Vintage Views of New York)

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