Dorothy Lewandowski Archives – QNS

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Laurelton

NYC Parks appoints Laurelton’s Michael Dockett as Queens borough commissioner

By Bill Parry

New Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Elmhurst Park is a long time in coming

Elmhurst

New Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Elmhurst Park is a long time in coming

By Mark Hallum

Elmhurst

New Queens Vietnam Veterans memorial at Elmhurst Park is a long time in coming

By Mark Hallum

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Sunnyside

Sunnyside residents’ petition to rename playground for fallen firefighter gains thousands of signatures

By Jenna Bagcal

Mayor Bill de Blasio highlights NYC parks’ Trees and Sidewalks program which helps homeowners repair severe sidewalk damage caused by root growth from street trees on Thursday, July 20.

Whitestone

Mayor focuses on tree-related sidewalk damage during a visit to Whitestone

By QNS News Team

Maspeth

Maspeth’s Frank Principe Park to undergo renovations

By Angelica Acevedo

Kids play on the new tire swing at Joseph DeVoy Playground in Forest Hills.

This Forest Hills playground is rebuilt like a ‘treehouse’ for the whole neighborhood

By Robert Pozarycki

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Astoria

Parents start petition to reopen Astoria Park bathrooms closed last summer

By Angela Matua

Woodside

Big renovation for Woodside park

By Bill Parry

Councilman Eric Ulrich, Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski and the Howard Beach Kiwanis Club dedicated a refurbished traffic triangle in the club's honor.

Renovated Howard Beach triangle now a tribute to local Kiwanians

By QNS News Team

Rosedale residents joined City Councilman Donovan Richards, state Senator James Sanders and Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski on Wednesday to announce renovation plans for Brookville Park.

Rosedale

Athletic fields, picnic areas to be improved at Rosedale’s Brookville Park

By Robert Pozarycki

Eastern Forest Park gets $1.9 million improvements

By Tom Momberg

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Elmhurst

Elmhurst plants a tree to honor late Parks Department employee

By Ridgewood Times Staff

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Little Bay parking lot expanded for 99 more vehicles

By Alina Suriel

Glendale

Evergreen Park renovations celebrated at Glendale groundbreaking

By Ridgewood Times Staff

Flushing

Exterior lights tested at the New York State Pavilion

By Bill Parry

As temperatures stay frigid, Queens councilman hosts kids coat drive

By Salvatore Licata

Arborcide strikes Bayside

By Kelsey Durham

BOCCEEDIT

New Juniper Valley Park bocce courts met with skepticism

By Eric Jankiewicz

Laurelton

Laurelton gets new playgrounds to delight of students at PS 132

By Juan Soto

Unisphere

Festival to celebrate World’s Fair anniversaries this Sunday

By QNS News Team

Ridgewood Reservoir transformed into nature preserve

Ridgewood

Ridgewood Reservoir transformed into nature preserve

By Bianca Fortis

City courts volleyball players with refurbished park area

Flushing

City courts volleyball players with refurbished park area

By Joe Anuta

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Pol: Trees at root of flooding problem

By Melissa Chan

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