This park is huge and has several parts . While we always go to the lower levels for playground/ basketball areas we decided to visit the upper level Ridgewood Reservoir area .
It's an elevated area with views of Brooklyn and Queens . You came see the ait traffic towers at JFK and even The Rockaways from some points.
To get up top there are staircases all around the park. If you enter on the side facing parking lot there is an accessible ramp that takes you to the top as well.
Up top you can walk or bike ( shared pathway). Walk around to check out the views or hit the middle pathway for the reservoir views.
Signage is good and there are lots of historical and informational checkpoints.
We went sort of mid morning and it wasn't crowded. Other evening and weekends when we visited other parts of the park there's been a significant amount of people but not crowded. The parking lot however can get jam packed on weekends.
Lots of park workers around cleaning and giving directions etc , It's a well kept park. The picnic areas are nice as well.
One side of the Reservoir is very noise due to the Jackie Robinson highway running along that end , heavy traffic sounds. Other than that it was a peaceful walk and bird /nature sounds were quite audible. I nice place to get your steps in and enjoy views. read more
