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In and around the 86th street Central Park NYPD precinct, discover where you can still see remnants of the massive Croton reservoir that was buried in the 1930s.
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Photo via Paul Kittas We’ve previously covered the existing remnants of the Croton Aqueduct, the first to bring fresh drinking