
Tulip Poplar, New York City
Tulip Poplar tree, New York. Called the Queens Giant, also known as the Alley Pond Giant, it is the oldest tree in the New York City area. It is estimated to be between 400 and 450 years old and was well established by the time the first English settlers came to displace the native Matinecock peoples from what is now Queens, New York, near Little Neck Bay.