Huguenot Ponds natural area

Billiou St. and Comely St. bet. Huguenot Ave. and Kingdom Ave.

Huguenot Ponds is a 1.5-acre park in Staten Island that contains a network of ponds that are part of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Bluebelt program, which uses natural systems to manage, store, and convey stormwater runoff. These ponds are part of the Arbutus Creek Bluebelt, a watershed that drains into Arbutus Creek.

In the larger pond to the north of Comely Street, a colorful display of odonates can be seen fluttering across the pond. The smaller pond to the south of Comely Street is skirted by silver maple (Acer saccharinum) and pin oak (Quercus palustris). A variety of emergent plants can be found in the shallow pond such as buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), and smallspike falsenettle (Boehmeria cylindrica).