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Gantry Plaza State Park is a State Park on the East River in Long Island City , in the New York City Borough of Queens . The 2.5 acre park is a former dock facility and includes restored gantry cranes used from the middle 19th to middle 20th century to load and unload rail Car Float s and barges serving local industry and the Long Island Rail Road. See Long Island City (LIRR Station) The park offers picnic tables, a playground, a fishing pier and playing fields with a view of United Nations Headquarters and the Midtown Manhattan skyline. The film Munich took advantage of this view in its final scene. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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