Celebrate LIC Henge with HPPC this year by entering our photo contest! LIC Henge is a yearly phenomenon where the setting sun aligns perfectly with the east-west street grid of Manhattan. This year, on May 29 park visitors should be able to see half sun on the grid and on May 30 should be able to see full sun on the grid.
How to enter: Participants can enter by posting their picture(s) on Instagram, tagging HPPC, and including the Hashtag #LICHenge. If they do not have Instagram, pictures can be submitted to info@hunterspointparks.org.
Photos must be taken from Gantry Plaza State Park and/or Hunter’s Point South Park, not within Manhattan or from any other vantage point and must be taken in 2021.
Participants who submit photos to the contest provide HPPC non-commercial license to use the images in perpetuity in future publications and promotions for relevant Conservancy purposes.
The contest will open on the first day of the spring Henge, May 29th and will be open until June 1st. Winners will be decided on by a panel of HPPC board members and announced by June 10th.
Hunters Point Parks Conservancy reserves the right to delay this contest until the summer ‘Henge’ (July 12 & 13) should there be poor weather and/or not enough photo submissions.
Prizes:
1st place: $50 gift card to LIC Landing & HPPC t-shirt
2nd place: $25 gift card to LIC Landing & HPPC t-shirt
3rd place: HPPC t-shirt
All 3 winning photos will also be featured in the newsletter and on social media.