Parks Department Archives – QNS

Rockaway Beach, along with all other city beaches, will close on Wednesday and Thursday due to dangerous conditions linked to Hurricane Erin.

Weather

All Queens beaches to close for two days as Hurricane Erin tracks northward

By Shane O’Brien

The current space of the former Queensbridge Baby Park. QNS/File

Politics

CM Won launches petition calling on city to fully restore Queensbridge Baby Park

By Shane O’Brien

Long Island City

Hundreds sign petition to preserve Court Square Park fountain in Long Island City

Astoria

Rainey Park delays spark protest in Astoria as residents demand access before summer

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Queens parks host family-friendly holiday events between Christmas and New Year’s

By Shane O’Brien

Handcuffs

AMNY

Off-duty NYC Parks employee arrested in Queens for reckless motorcycle chase

Mayor Adams announces new public restrooms to be built

AMNY

When you gotta go: NYC to get 46 new public restrooms over next 5 years

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AMNY

City budget talks: Council gives Mayor Adams’ team an earful on potential impact of Parks Department cutbacks

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Whitestone

Francis Lewis Park in Whitestone receives $2.1M for upgrades to restrooms, water fountains

By Iryna Shkurhan

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NYC Parks receives nearly $10 million in funding to restore, update Forest Park

By Anthony Medina

Rockaway beaches update

City reopens beaches along the Rockaways after thorough search for sharks

By Bill Parry

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City announces beach closures in the Rockaways will continue this summer without impacting the boardwalk

By Bill Parry

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Brooklyn Paper

Tree pruning in Brooklyn and Queens axed since last year due to alleged insurance scam

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Bayside

Friends of Alley Pond Park team up with Parks Department for Estuary Day celebration

By Ethan Marshall

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AMNY

Two fatal Rockaway Beach drownings prompt new warnings for beachgoers about swimming in unguarded areas

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PoliticsNY

City Council seeks to give every neighborhood a walk in the park

NYC Parks and Flushing Community open new Memorial Plaza

Flushing

New memorial honors African and Native American burial ground in Flushing

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Community Board 11 unanimously approves Captain Dermody Triangle reconstruction project

By Jenna Bagcal

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Health

Face masks to be distributed at Queens parks starting this weekend

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

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Ridgewood

Parks Department finishes Rosemary’s Playground construction ahead of schedule in Ridgewood

By Max Parrott

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Oakland Gardens

Hundreds attend Alley Pond Environmental Center’s grand opening of temporary HQ in Oakland Gardens

By Jenna Bagcal

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Oakland Gardens

Alley Pond Environmental Center gets new building and announces temporary home in Oakland Gardens

By Jenna Bagcal

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Bellerose

Plans for promised Bellerose community reading garden move forward

By Jenna Bagcal

2019-11-04 Rozic Plants Sapling from 9_11 Survivor Tree

Bayside

Rozic and Bayside Hills Civic Association plant sapling of 9/11 Survivor Tree on Bell Boulevard

By Jenna Bagcal

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