Here's a Google Map I created to store data on possible jam venues:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=10j-qDQ6IP1VSJ_EnJ7b5szZwnpTpKPtp&usp=sharing
I'm not expert at Google Maps configuration but am pretty sure I can share this so that others can add data as well; coming up.
Wow, Valhalla's Kensico Dam Plaza and the dam above are quite scenic in many ways. Lovely architecture, sculpture, memorials, and very importantly, multiple covered stone gazebos and arcades that can accommodate many musicians while social distancing.
The Merritt H. Smith memorial gazebos on the plaza level (four of them!) each could accommodate up to 6 musicians while social distancing; no seating inside.
The colonnaded curved arcades on the upper dam level (again, four of them!) are very large and each could likely accommodate up to 12 musicians while social distancing. Again, no seating provided.
The park is open until 10pm through the end of October and until 8pm in November.
The Merrit memorial gazebos:
The atop-dam curved colonnaded arcades:
Views from the top of the dam:
Operating hours confirmed by the cops and park rangers on site:
VE Macy Park in Ardsley has another gigonda gazebo that was pretty actively in use by the community during my visit (unlike the Ridge Road Park gazebo) but if untenanted would accommodate a large number of musicians while social distancing. Ample picnic bench seating in the gazebo. Park officially closes at 8pm.
Ridge Road Park in Hartsdale hosts a frickin' huge gazebo and also very large grilling pavilion. Officially open until 8pm but looks unpoliced. The gazebo is nicely nestled back into the more wooded surroundings. Vast bench seating in the gazebo, which even has power outlets! (Though I didn't manage to test them.)
The walk around Ridge Road Park:
Deep in the woods of Ward Acres Park in northern New Rochelle is an isolated, derelict house... perfect for Halloween! Or any time in fall. The house has a large covered porch that could accommodate 6 or more musicians while social distancing. Although the house is a 5-minute walk from the front entrance of the park (where parking is available), it's only a 60-second walk from the back of the park on Pinebrook Blvd, where it's possible to get dropped off with your instrument by an accommodating friend who then returns to park in the front entrance and walks in the front way.
Park officially closes at 8pm but looks mostly unpoliced. No seating provided on the porch.
The hike in from the front entrance:
First glimpse of the house:
The short road from the house to the park's back "entrance" on Pinebrook Blvd.:
The back entrance on Pinebrook Blvd.:
