Virginia Dent (1922-2005) was the principal collaborator of Aurora Gareiss, the founder of the Udalls Cove Preservation Committee. The organization, with the leadership of those two women, succeeded in the mission of ensuring the protection and preservation of the last remaining undeveloped wetlands and wooded uplands in the Udalls Cove watershed. Udalls Cove is the eastern arm of Little Neck Bay, itself part of Long Island Sound. Dent was also the Executive Director of the New York State Northeast Queens Nature and Historical Preserve Commission, a state agency that existed from 1973 to 2009.

The Virginia Point Section of Udalls Cove Park and Preserve (a NYC park) is located north and west of the intersection of Little Neck Parkway and 255th Street.