Udalls Park Preserve

The Udalls Cove Preservation Committee gives its own founding this way: "Then one woman said, 'Enough.' Aurora Gareiss, a feisty, middle-aged Douglaston resident whose home looked out on Udalls Cove, determined that what was left of the wetlands and woods around the Cove should be conserved." The committee records that "Much of the area has been acquired by New York State and City, and the Village of Great Neck Estates." NYC Parks' historical sign for the preserve reads: "These are the peninsulas of Great Neck, Bayside, and Douglaston that flank the pre-glacial river valley of Little Neck Bay and Udall's Cove."