From the beach to the ice cream counter to the lighthouse, NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano has your guide to visiting Robert Moses State Park. Skip to content Menu Today's paper.

A line forms to buy ice cream at Robert Moses State Park's Field 5 as visitors to the beach try to stay cool on a hot summer day. Credit: Daniel Goodrich. By Mishka FoxReader essay May 18, 2025.

Moses ordered trees to be taken down but relented after newspapers called the protest “the Battle of Central Park.” He eventually abandoned the parking lot plan; the site is now known as the ...

The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s book about New York City’s master builder, Robert Moses, turned 50 in 2024.Caro’s compelling tale of untrammeled, corrupted power wielded by one man over decades seems ...

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Half a century after its publication, “The Power Broker,” Robert Caro’s epic biography of the urban planner and city-destroyer Robert Moses, needs no revival.