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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Gets a Smart Climate Makeover

New York Family

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park gets a smart climate makeover

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Maspeth

The rise and fall of one of Maspeth’s most historic churches: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Astoria

Whitey Ford Field in Astoria hosts first adult baseball event in decades with East River Sharks homerun derby next week

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Western Queens gets two new parks, including one for dogs

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

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News

Eastern Queens Greenway project connecting local parks gets $6 million in City Council funding

By Bill Parry

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Climate orgs promote initiatives at borough’s inaugural Climate Expo in Kew Gardens

By Iryna Shkurhan

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Bayside

Buz O’Rourke Playground in Bayside set for $6.5 million ‘makeover’

By Iryna Shkurhan

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Sunnyside

Resurfacing of Big Bush Park athletic field in Woodside begins, project likely to come in under budget

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‘A great way to cap off the season’: Queens councilman hosts end-of-summer festival in Juniper Valley Park

By Rebecca Roche

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Governor Hochul signs Queens lawmaker’s bill to ban smoking in public parks and beaches

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Queens lawmaker resumes park cleanup program to beautify public spaces this spring

By Julia Moro

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Cherry blossoms are in full bloom around Queens

By Julia Moro

Central Park in the fall

New York Family

Where to see fall foliage in New York City

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AMNY

City Parks Foundation helps bring programming back to NYC parks with several grants

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Jamaica

Jamaica resident recognized for spearheading environmental initiatives through nonprofit amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Politics

Queens councilmen celebrate $25 million in funding for city Parks Department

By Bill Parry

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Queens councilman helps bring new patrol to Park of Americas in Corona

By Bill Parry

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New York Family

The best water playgrounds and sprinkler parks in New York City

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Flushing

Queens lawmaker hosts virtual rally urging city officials to restore $80 million for NYC Parks Department

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Astoria

Mayor announces additional Open Streets in Queens

By Angélica Acevedo

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News

New York City playgrounds officially reopen in Phase 2

By QNS Special

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Queens councilman calls for city to use borough’s public golf courses as pedestrian social distancing space

By Angélica Acevedo

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Health

Face masks to be distributed at Queens parks starting this weekend

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

More from Around New York

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Brooklyn superintendent beaten to death during possible fight over stolen packages: cops

An exhibit on display offers highlights from New York City's drag history, as chronicled in the book, “The Drag Queens of New York," by Julian Fleisher.

Exhibit recalls the ‘sleazy goodness’ behind the East Village’s drag history

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Kelley Brooke, CEO/‌President of Brooke Management Group

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New York Family

Skip the Cooking! Great Westchester Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving 2025