The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that with an area of 2,772 acres (1,122 ha), Pelham Bay Park is the largest public park in New York City? Source: NY Times. "The largest park in the system is still Pelham Bay (2,772, a gain of 7)"
ALT1:. .. that a meadow in New York City's Pelham Bay Park is the only known habitat of a rare moth? Source: Friends of PBP. "One can find Switchgrass, Goldenrod, Little Bluestem, Bayberry, and Gamma Grass which is listed as a rare plant by New York State and is the only host plant enjoyed by a rare moth, Amphipoea erepta ryensis. The moth’s only known habitat is Pelham Bay Park."
ALT2: ... that a lagoon in New York City's Pelham Bay Park was dredged so that it could host the 1964 Summer Olympics rowing trials? NYC Parks. "The lagoon was widened and dredged when it was chosen as the site of the 1964 Olympic Rowing trials. In the process many small islands in the lagoon, such as Rodger’s Island, were eliminated. Parks built a viewing tower along the southeast edge of the lagoon for the trials, and the United States 1964 Olympic Rowing Team went on to win two gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal in Tokyo, Japan."
Comment: The article passed GA review in this diff on the talk page, but the main page didn't automatically update, so I manually added the {{good article}} icon. Also, there are a lot more possible hooks, I just listed three but I can provide more on request.
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:43, 18 June 2018 (UTC).
Overall: Would prefer ALT0 or ALT2, which are more interesting to a broad audience. I suggest linking to New York City in the ALT0 hook, to add some balance. SounderBruce 22:05, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Would prefer ALT0 or ALT2, which are more interesting to a broad audience. I suggest linking to New York City in the ALT0 hook, to add some balance. SounderBruce 22:05, 22 June 2018 (UTC)