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Flushing Meadows Corona Park
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59 reviews for Flushing Meadows Corona Park
59 reviews in English
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Review from Tom I.
Astoria, NY
I like this park, especially in fall, when most campers...I mean the folks who cook BBQ in the park, are gone, and quiet.
Great jogging path, leftover from world expo, and prenty of parking. Even has its own zoo! It's like mini Central Park in Queenz! -
Review from Jonathan S.
Asharoken, NY
1/31/2012 1 Check-in Here
Welcome to the central park of Queens, sandwiched between both Van Wyck Expwy and Grand Central Pkwy, it's very easily accessible.
ON summer weekend it can be crazy with the crowds of people having family reunions and just families hanging out in the summer. On the north end there is the golf course and tennis courts where the US Open is held. The most popular gathering spot is hear the boat house on the van wyck side, there is a decent sized parking lot there just a few steps from the lake.
Beware, crowds and insufficient parking.
Do rent a paddle boat and go out on the lake. -
Review from Florence K.
JAMAICA, NY
12/4/2011
This park is wonderful to get your run on... on dry days... or days before rain. It gets very swampy when it's wet and just when you think you're running on solid grass, your foot gets swallowed in mud... making it a nightmare for your sneakers and feet. There are also many puddles that you need to avoid and it sorta sucks when you have to slow your pace to create a plan of action.
Also, it can get very dirty with litter and park clean up doesn't seem too diligent about cleaning it up.
On a brighter note, from the Unisphere all the way around the path of Meadow Lake is a good 3.5 miles. Running around Meadow Lake is very peaceful and a great way to start your day when the sun is coming up, the view is serene and quite breath-taking. I suggest running in the morning anyway because the park is less congested with less people and car traffic... -
Review from Phil H.
I had not walked through this park since I was a little kid. Even back then I was always amazed by the Unisphere, Rocket Thrower, and the two Flying Saucer observation towers. Walking through this park again the other evening I find that I am still amazed at these remnants from the 1964 World's Fair.
The park itself is huge with so much to see and do there. It's also home to Citi Field, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York Hall Of Science, Queens Wildlife Center, aquatic center, fountains, performance theater, playgrounds, soccer and ball fields, Meadow Lake and so much more. It is so easy to spend a nice day here exploring or just relaxing. Very easy to get to by taking the #7 subway to the Willets Point / Citi Field stop.
There are plenty of spots to picnic at, but also be aware that there are not that many bathrooms here. Also, during the day there are plenty of food trucks and ice cream stands to grab a bite to eat. Lay out a blanket in a shady spot, or just grab a bench kick back and eat at.
The grounds seem so much more well maintained now. Clean overall with nicely manicured lawns. Will definitely have to come back here again soon during a nice weekend to walk around and take it all in. -
Review from Mr F G and Ms M S.
Flushing, NY
12/20/2011 4 photos
We love this park. It's huge! It's nice to walk around here. The foliage here is beautiful around fall season. The Queens Museum of Art is pretty cool. Great place for having a picnic & BBQ. You can also watch the dragon boat festival here.
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Review from Julia B.
10/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
Beautiful, large open green space!
Walking through it on the way to the Queen's Theater to watch the rock musical, Chix 6, I was in awe of this park. I'd love to come back during the day to really have a good walk around, as we came around dusk. -
Review from Diane K.
9/29/2011
I've waited patiently to write a review for Flushing, hoping that my heart-break would pass. But alas, it has not.
A RAIN-OUT??!!! A RAIN-OUT FOR TWO DAYS??!!!! A RAIN-OUT FOR THE ONLY TWO DAYS I WAS IN NEW YORK TO WATCH WORLD-CLASS TENNIS??!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Soooooo I have a really good idea of what the grounds are like at Flushing Meadows during the US Open since I spent two days wandering them in the rain waiting for a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of hope that did come for 15 minutes when Rafael Nadal lost three games to a no-namer because he didn't want to play in such conditions.
Well I'll have you know, Rafa, that those 15 minutes were all I got! And I was there to support you! And I had your hat on, even! So there.
Back to the grounds: they're lovely. I enjoyed a few Grey Goose Honey Dueces to assist the melancholy mood. I enjoyed seeing how pitiful my serve actually is at the slam tracker indoor fun center. And I enjoyed cheering with the fans anytime it looked like the weather was clearing, if only to come back and wash away my hopes and dreams. I imagine it's pretty amazing to watch a match live. There's nothing like it, I imagine...
I will get the best of you Flushing! You wait and see. -
Review from Almagrace B.
Queens, NY
I love the carousel ride it has right beside the Queens Zoo, It was perfect to end up our trip for the day.
Bringing back childhood nostalgia of once long ago forgotten memories.
Although the balloon stand was quite pricey. $2 for a simple balloon on a string that my boy released through the skies....nice,Listed in: Kid's Rule, Parks, Parks, Parks,
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Review from Glenn G.
10/22/2011
This place is something special. I hear some people knock it as old, dated and dirty but as for me, I loved it. It oozes with history. The remnants of the worlds fair gives it a nostalgic feel and the hall of science and CitiField make it as modern as it should be. Not too mention the tennis stadiums, the zoo, the numerous paths make this place a great time. The only negatives are the flying saucer observation decks look so bad (rusty and in need of paint) and that CitiField should be called SHEA STADIUM (and if the need of CitiBank as a sponsor is so important then at least call it "SHEA STADIUM sponsored by CitiBank"); and the last negative... the area outside of the park is looking bad these days (I don't know if I want to be walking around the community at night, much less through the park).
Listed in: Great Outdoors
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Review from Jason R.
6/22/2011 1 Check-in Here
I have been in the vicinity a few times over the years for met games or the us open, but I have never actually visited the park. This was a nice surprise for me though and I didn't realize how massive of a place it really is.
What brought me here was the NYC police chase 5k and it allowed me to experience the whole park in a very quick time frame.
First the parking there is kind of awkward to finagle too. Some spots need permits others are out of the way or hidden.
The views are amazing though from starting the race at the fountain area around the large globe that is the main view point of the park to running around the park and seeing the ball fields or getting lost in the trees around you. They have ample picnicking areas and a playhouse where they have shows.
You can definitely have a great day here
Just map out the bathrooms when you get there because they are few and far between. -
Review from Gary L.
I ride in this park every week, all year around and only during U.S Open time, the stupid NYPD officers would always bust my chops for no reason. I see plenty of other people who ride without helmets and stop to take a break for a drink of water but when I do it, the cops shout at me and tell me I have to keep moving. I stopped near the World's Fair tower for a drink of water and checked my cell phone for the time and suddenly the cops who were patrolling the area only during U.S Open time came up and started telling me I can't be there.
I later took a break and relaxed by the globe. I watched a park employee give three rich ass ladies a tour of the park. The three ladies looked like they never seen Asians and Hispanics before.
The main reason I gave Flushing Meadow Park three stars this time around is because the park actually looks cleaner. They cleaned up the park really well after Hurricane Irene. There were no more flooded areas, fallen trees and branches every where. The only thing I disliked about the park were the NYPD officers. They up their security for that one week the U.S Open is here and you have every cop in the park acting and pretending they're doing their jobs. Bunch of overpaid fat asses. A whole lot of them were just standing around chit chatting and if they weren't doing that, they were just sitting in their vehicles with their engines on and blasting their AC I bet. It's funny how they can give people fines for idling their engine but it's alright for them to sit in their vehicle and watch every hot piece of ass that walks pass their windows. I have more respect for the park employees than the cops who work during the U.S Open and act like they run shit at the park.3 Previous Reviews: Show all »
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6/18/2010
On weekday basis, the park looks fairly clean and its pretty peaceful I would say. People playing… Read more »
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Review from kelly m.
Brooklyn, NY
8/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
Jogging around the lake is nearly impossible from fall through spring: after it rains, days and weeks after it rains, during snow season, weeks after the snow has melted everywhere else...
Also, poop everywhere, all along the trail around the lake. During the summer there is less but during the winter, every inch not flooded in water is covered with poop. No you will not be able to avoid.
Summertime is nicer... a pleasant 21/2 -3 mile run... -
Review from Brian D.
Bellerose, NY
7/26/2011 3 Check-ins Here
Wish this park wasn't surrounded by highways (curse you Robert Moses). The highways make for a noisy and smoggy park. Additionally the place is crowded. Not sure why anyone would spend time at this park.
NYC has better parks. -
Review from Brandon Z.
Ridgewood, Queens, NY
2/22/2011
The site of two World's Fairs, their remnants in varying states of repair. The Fountain of the Planets bakes drily in the sun and the New York State Pavilion's obeservation towers and "tent of tomorrow" skeleton slowly crumble.
The old helipad is now a banquet hall on stilts, while the New York City Pavilion is now the Queens Museum of Art, the Panorama and other wonders hidden within. A zoo, the rockets of the Hall of Science to the west.
Sculptures like the Rocket Thrower show a Space Age patina; a time capsule and Robert Moses mosaic portrait stand as ruins of a strange era of optimism about technology, capitalism, and the ultimate triumph of man in a future golden era.
Modernity hangs heavy as a cloudwall of exhaust and concrete around the perimeters; the rail yard and the corporate sporting venues that fill space on the northern end. The lakes to the south-- oft forgotten, much fenced. Somewhere in a culvert is the former Flushing Creek.
The global borough of today asserts itself in the soccer fields and food vendors, radio-controlled car races and skateboarders 'neath the ever-shining Unisphere (Copyright U.S. Steel). An endless parade of landings into LGA caps the scene; picnic in the Jet Age. -
Review from Kara T.
Corona, NY
We had one 75 degree day in March and we bet your bottom dollar I was taking advantage of it. We decided to drop by Tozt and pick up some dinner for a picnic in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Parking was very easy to find and we entered the park from the College Point entrance. There were families, couples and kids all over the park. Walking hand in hand and playing on the swing sets and jungle gyms. I encountered a very friendly squirrel who happily eat the cone part of my ice cream cone directly out of my hand.
We spent a lot of time sitting around the Unisphere that was built for the worlds fair back in the 1940's. People we riding bikes, rollerblading, skateboarding and running in the area. Also a lot of people sitting on benches and enjoying the scenery.
There are a bunch of soccer fields to for games and practice. Also a couple basketball hoops but soccer was by far the popular sport to be playing in the park.
I can't wait for summer to come so I can spend many more days people watching, eating and walking about the park. -
Review from A A.
Rego Park, NY
8/26/2011
Park is nice overall although I agree some citizens do not respect the ecology by leaving garbage, etc. However, it is surrounded by highways and only during the US OPEN can you hear less noise from the airplanes. Not that I am saying that practice is necessarily good. I respect the Queens Museum for letting you pay what you can and or wish.
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Review from Justin L.
Brooklyn, NY
8/8/2010
The
Park is
Gigantic,
Uncrowded and
Ranks as one of the city's best havens.Listed in: Escapes Within New York
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Review from Matt E.
7/30/2010
Flushing Meadows Park is one of the largest parks in NYC at 1,255 acres. It's never full of tourists and there's always plenty of room to find a quiet spot and relax. It's clean but not nearly as interesting or well maintained as the more popular parks in the city. In addition to the sports fields, the lawns, and the large lake the park has an really nice mini golf course (which is open late and has decently priced beer), a pitch and putt course, Citifield (home of the Mets), the USTA National Tennis Center (home of the US Open), and the Queens Museum of Art (home of the scale model of NYC).
The park was actually designed and built for the 1939 Worlds Fair and the most notable symbol of the park is the Unisphere that was built for the 1964 Worlds Fair. The Mets moved to Queens when they opened Shea Stadium in 1964 as well (Citifield opened next door 2009 and Shea was demolished). The National Tennis Center also made their home in the park when that complex was opened in 1978. The park has a few free parking lots but if you don't want to drive in just take the 7 train to the next to the last stop. It's really a great park to check out if you've never been. -
Review from Jimmy C.
4/3/2010 8 photos
I like to eat lunch at this park. I mean... I'm not bringing my sandwich and apple in a paperbag during my lunch break to sit at a park bench or anything (which sounds pretty lame). I like to find the Hispanic food truck and eat their steak, beans, rice and salad combo ($9.00 for a great meal). They're there all the time cause of all the Hispanics that hang out at this park.
I love this park cause it's close to my house and it has grown on me. It wasn't by choice. Once a year, white people will take over the park for the US Open. Once a year, the Chinese will take over the park for that Dragon boating thing. The rest of the 363 days? That's right, Hispanics overrule with their 'futbol'. Not only do they use soccer balls for soccer, they even use soccer balls for some variation of volleyball. It's a very interesting sight to see.
One of my Jewish friends told me, a few years ago, that he thought this place was smelly for jogging. It doesn't smell, I don't know what he was talking about. It's great for jogging because this place is huge!!! and it's so within reach no matter where you are in the city. Central Park does not hold a candle to this place. Do you ever hear that expression? "Something something does not hold a candle to this place..."? That means Central Park sucks compared to Flushing Meadow Park. It's just fact. You can't beat science.
They close the park at night and cops have told me to leave the premise cause no one is supposed to be in there after park hours. Here's the secret, you can totally run here at night by hiding behind trees when you see the cop car coming! Like I said, the place is HUGE!
One of my plans this summer is to run so much that I have to throw up and pass out at this park. I will post a follow-up review with some pictures of me running away from cops at night and also a picture of the puddle of vomit I plan on making.
(pause)
Fun times!Listed in: Jimmy C. has eaten here.
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Review from Julie T.
Elmhurst, NY
6/7/2011
I have been a queens girl since I was born and practically grew up in this park. From cutting school to family barbeques to racing my bike around the lake: this park is a slice of NY. Come visit anyother time besides us open time unless you want to see only tourists. Go Queens!!
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Review from Spence B.
Flushing, NY
5/31/2011
Hands down, one of the nicest parks in all the boro's. No explanation necessary, go see for yourself. I think the order is Central, Prospect, Flushing Meadows.
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Review from ace h.
Beechhurst, NY
7/26/2011 1 Check-in Here
I been coming to the meadow lake since I was a kid. Its a nice park , especially by the lake; every family sits in there own little spots doing there bbq. You can stay there till whenver you want even though the sign says park closes at 9PM but who reads that anyways. The park is nice and clean, the only problem is there is no bathroom and for some reason the cops don't come there. Just stay away from the area where they have the huge globe , you will be guaranteed to get robbed unless your with a large group.
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Review from Marvin G.
Corona, NY
7/10/2011 63 Check-ins Here
beautiful park.
especially for a nice walk by yourself or your dogs or loved one.
has everything.
zoo, playgrounds, hall of science, carosauls etc. -
Review from Olivia M.
Elmhurst, NY
11/16/2008
Now, This is our PARK....all of us residents of Queens loves this park....located between Flushing and Corona, its 10 minutes by car from my place. Known once to be a swamp many many years ago, it is now the largest park in Queens. It is 1 1/2 times the size of Manhattan's Central Park. It is so big it hosts the New York Mets at Shea Stadium and the US OPEN Tennis as well as hundred and hundred of daily visitors who comes for picnics, festivals, cricket, soccer, jogging, bicycling, . It has 2 lakes, miniature golf, very very large picnic areas. You can rent bicycle and boats.
It is also home to the Queens Museum of Art, NY Hall of Science, Queens Zoo, Queens Botanical Garden and Queens Theatre in the Park. The Worlds fair was held there twice..1940 and 1965. Remnants of which is still visible today,
It also houses a restaurant called "Terrace on the Park" which gives you a spectacular view of the city.Listed in: My Neighborhood, New York's Pride.........
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Review from Jade H.
4/28/2010
Let me just say that this park has changed so much since I was a little girl. The trees have grown bigger and taller and the landscaping has increased in intensity. I loved biking here as a kid when my mom brought me here with my sisters.
We're grown up now but I still love biking around here. The only problem is that this is truly the people's park and the people can be litter bugs. PICK UP AFTER YOURSELVES! People, JEEZ, a little courtesy and environment consciousness please.
It connects so many parts of the flushing/fresh meadows neighborhood. From the Queens botanical garden, I can ride my bike all the way to Shea stadium. -
Review from Sonny G.
10/12/2011
I love coming here, and do so often. Me and my bf used to always come here and play scrabble, or we would bring outdoor chairs down to the water and go fishing (pshhh). They have a cute little playground for the youngsters, and it's made of that foam crap instead of sand or dirt, so it's very convenient when tiny South American kids are zipping in and out swings ands slides. You can almost always catch a Dominican baseball game, or a Colombian soccer game. Families are always BBQin, and sometimes if you're lucky they'll sell you food (or you can put on your best smile and pretend to be Cousin Carmen like I do). It's really nice to see all these families get together and enjoy themselves even if you just come with one other person. I also am really impressed that on the other side of the grand central, which can be accessed by the bridge in the park, there's a dog park. I've never been there yet, but I'm definitely going to go. Now a short distance past the bridge (about three blocks or so) you'll hit 108th street where you'll find Baskin Robbins/Dunkin Donuts, Chinese food store, kosher super market, kosher pizza, and....a kosher deli! Hey food is food. You won't have to do much if you forgot to pack a snack for Flushing- Corona...and if you hang out with me I might share my fish with you!
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Review from Andy H.
Brooklyn, NY
11/29/2008
Now while the park is nice...it just left me with the "something is missing here" feeling when I visited it over the summer. I am just in love with Brooklyn's Prospect Park, and that may seem like a real low blow coming from a Brooklyn resident that grew up in Queens, but that is just how I feel about this place.
Do not visit here when the sun goes down as crime has been on the rise in the park at night. I just feel like this park has so much more potential, but has yet to be given it by the parks department, as in comparison to the aforementioned Prospect Park. -
Review from Jando S.
1/9/2008
Flushing Meadows is the ultimate park in Queens for its versatility and its overall beauty. During the busy months, this place is crawling with tourists and locals during the USTA matches for the US Open, or whenever there is a festival happening in conjunction with its museum, or even the Dragon Boat races that occur annually in August or when movies (i.e. Men In Black) are filming the area, this park just seems to get little rest.
But then there are the off days, where people lounge to enjoy the sunny days during summer time, or the joggers / bikers who come through here to satisfy their daily routine. It is simply a location where people from all corners of the globe (and New York City) come to enjoy their days / nights. There is no mistake in this coveted, simple park, its practically loved by all and worth visiting all year. -
Review from David P.
4/25/2009
Sound the trumpets . . . it's review #200.
If your idea of a park is a virtually treeless landscape of soccer fields and concrete, this is the park for you. It's too bad, because it's enormous. It just isn't very pretty. There are some cool landmarks (the Unisphere, for example) and destinations (the U.S. Open and Shea Stadium -- I refuse to call it CitiField), but this park can't hold a candle to Central, Prospect, or even McCarren Park. In some ways, my experience at Flushing Meadows Park sums up my experience of once living in Queens. It just doesn't make me want to stay there. The park could use a redesign . . . or maybe just plant a few freaking trees! -
Review from Dana R.
6/1/2011
I can not think of a better place to remember my childhood. From riding my Bicycle here every single day as a pre-teen ... and skating here as a teenager for years and years. This has always been a great local place for me to meet up with friends and have the best time away from all the buildings in a nice open sunny spot. The ice cream trucks are always around and so are the food trucks. You can get some pretty exotic foods out here if you look for it (Cuy from Ecuador) and other tasty delights. I always love when the fountains are on (in the summer months) and I enjoy even traveling here in the early early spring before it is even hot outside. I wish there would be another World's Fair here so it would get a complete modern renovation to make this place the best park in Queens.
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Review from Franco C.
8/26/2008
Ah Flushing Meadows Park -
I haven't been here in years - except maybe to drive through it on the way to parking at Shea stadium.
Having the opportunity to go to the U.S. Open last night, we got there early and since it was a nice night we all walked over to the tennis stadium through the park.
I had forgotten just how big the park is and how magnificent that Globe fountain can be - especially at night when it is all lit up.
The park has been cleaned up a lot from what I remember from years back and there are a lot of new facilities there that were much needed.
I intend to go back to spend the day and check out everything there is there. -
Review from Irene F.
10/2/2007
Many formative moments in my childhood occurred right here in this very park. My first carousel ride, and probably the last one I ever took too. My first cotton candy. My first cotton candy falling on the floor....oops.
The Science Hall is an awesome museum, especially for kids. Make some huge bubbles, play with shadows, dissect a cow's eye, it's all fair game. All depends on the strength of your stomach I suppose.
The USTA kicks ass, for obvious reasons. I took tennis lessons there for a while, but Maria Sharapova I am not. For starters, I'm a brunette.
The zoo here is great, we used to take my niece here all the time when we were living in Queens. As a rambunctious four year old, a goat once sneezed on her. After she recovered from shock, she marched through the petting zoo, found the goat, and spat on him.
That's the kind of stuff memories are made of.Listed in: The Great Outdoors
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Review from david C.
Corona, NY
7/1/2011
I take my dog to the park several times a week. I have to be very cautious as I traverse through the broken glass and trash. If it wasn't for the irresponsible people who can't clean up after themselves, I would give flushing meadow park a 5 star rating.
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Review from Meow Mix C.
New York, NY
12/29/2009
Great park, but be careful if you plan on taking your dog there on a Monday morning after a warm weekend. This place will be littered with trash from the BBQs and picnics that go on during the weekend....and I mean LITTERED. Don't bring your dogs here unless you want them to choke on old chicken bones or random pieces of candy. I don't understand why it is so hard for people to understand that garbage goes into garbage cans. Some people just don't have common courtesy, and it basically ruins this park for the rest of us. The park maintenance does its best but even they cannot keep up with the enormous amount of trash on the ground.
Also be careful of coming here after it rains...this place turns into a giant muddy swamp. -
Review from Inside S.
Elmhurst, NY
3/14/2009
This is my number one favorite park in Queens. This place is freaking huge; and I mean HUGE. There's a lake w/ sailing, boating; two ice rinks; a zoo; a farm; a few dozen baseball fields and soccer fields; there's the hall of science, Shea Stadium( was) , The US open Stadium, The Park on the Terrace, The observatory towers, the Unisphere, and dozens of Monuments. There's also a newly built state of the art swimming pool. Oh, there's also the art museum, the theater, the carousel, a few playgrounds, handball courts, miniature golfing, tennis courts, and hundreds of grassy areas.
I've been coming to this place since I was really young and I highly appreciate it. I just love this place with my heart and I recommend this place to anyone. Great place for biking, jogging, picnicking. Dont come here at night, there are muggers.
And there are lots of events here like the Dragon boat festival, The US open, and Billy Graham came here once. Great family place to just relax.
Come and check it in the summer! have fun! -
Review from Michael R.
Hicksville, NY
8/28/2008
As with my review of Prospect Park (PP), this will focus only on my experiences biking in Flushing Meadows Corona Park (FM). Let me get this out of the way and say this - the only reason I ever set foot (or tire I guess) into this park is because it's no more than 5 minutes from me. Other than that, I would NEVER bike this. And also, because it's only 5 minutes from home and on my way back from work, I'll keep going back - just as I did today while going home from work.
So Mike you may ask, what makes this park so bad to bike? Well this is why, the path, for lack of a better term, sucks. It's poorly marked and is riddled with cracked pavement and pot holes.
Today marked the fifth time I've tried to ride the park and the reason I went today was b/c on my ride home from work I saw someone had recently spray painted C's around the bike route. Seeing them, I thought I'd give the route another try and see if I couldn't manage to make a full circle of the park, both sides.
As I started on the park, things looked promising, the markings were clear and the usual water traps (there are three spots along the route near the Grand Central that seem to collect water no matter that it hasn't rained all week and it's not near an overflow zone of the lake, there are ALWAYS mud puddles to ride through. It's annoying knowing that almost always, if you stay on the route you're going to get mud splashed on your clothes. As I was finishing my aborted loop today, I gave up on the route proper and cut inside just to avoid the puddles. Will probably do this again in the future. You have to cut inside right where the parking lot is, otherwise you miss the inner path and have to deal with the muddles (Mud + Puddle = Muddle. I know, sad.)
Anyway, once past the muddles, the route is pretty straight forward, until you reach the LIE cutoff. Here you need to make a decision, go through the parking and over the overpass, or go under and deal with the traffic. They both take you to the other side and on the greenpath. Here is where I constantly get lost, the signage isn't clear so I'm not sure where I'm supposed to be heading. Today as I said I followed the C's. Problem was, this took me out of the park onto College Pt. Blvd and heading towards Main St. Not where I wanted to be, so I headed back.
Returning to the park, I found the return part of the route, which basically runs next to the lake. It's not bad being right next to the lake, would be awful on a humid day or later on, but at 4PM, it was nice. Of course, since this part was nice, the route here was destroyed. Cracked pavement and pot holes were littered throughout this part. It was so bad I almost needed to slalom around the destruction. Attention NYC, repave the path. Anyway, on this part of the route, the path was clear, follow the lake. It takes you back to where I first came in, right off Jewel Ave. I did another quarter lap today just to get out of the park closer to my apartment. I took the walking/biking overpass to 112th St so I could head back up 62nd Ave.
It was nice to be out, nice to be riding around, nice to have a park nearby, but the bike path is awful. I go there only when I don't feel like going anywhere better.Listed in: Parks
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Review from K K.
New York, NY
9/10/2010
Awesome. I loved watching the planes fly in over this park (which is huge). There is a lot of see here, including an art museum and a science center.
Unfortunately, the grass isn't as pristine as those Manhattan parks, but that is the way it goes.
The globe sculpture is great. Can't wait to go back! -
Review from Sandra G.
Flushing, NY
10/23/2006 3 photos
This is the third largest park in NYC and was created for the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair and also hosted the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair.
I visit frequently and there are so many activities and things to do at this park. Everyone knows that the US Open is held here at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center but bet you didn't know It's open to the public throughout the year, offering three stadium, 22 outdoor and nine indoor courts. Shea Stadium is at the north end of the park.
The park has two lakes with boat rentals, bicycling paths, recreational playing fields and playgrounds (the Playground for All Children, is one of the first playgrounds designed to incorporate normal and handicap-accessible activities), there's a zoo and children's petting zoo, Queens Theater in the Park, the New York Hall of Science, the Queens Museum of Art, Terrace on the Park banquet and catering facility, and an indoor ice skating rink.
The New York State Pavilion, constructed as the state's exhibit hall for the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair, is still standing but not being used, the Unisphere was built as the theme symbol for the 1964/1965 World's Fair and is still standing. Most of the other buildings from the Fair have been demolished. Scenes from the movies Men in Black, and "The Wiz" were filmed at the park and in 2001, the show The Amazing Race used the park as the final destination of the first season.
Getting to the park is easy with the delightful 7 Train to the Willets Point/Shea Stadium station, also catch the 7 at 74th Street Broadway/Roosevelt Avenue and at Queensboro Plaza. Another option is the Long Island Rail Road which stops at Shea Stadium via the Port Washington line.
The park is maintained fairly well most of the time (could be cleaner) and can get packed on the weekends but you will still be able to find a tree in the shade, BBQ, rollerblade, jog, play with your dog or row, row, row your boat.Listed in: Tha Hood
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Review from Ann C.
Los Angeles, CA
3/13/2008
Someone pinch me. I just caught the French and U.S. Open in the same year.
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a great place to see these matches. The crowd is wonderful and the subway is very convenient.
Word to the wise, get your eats before you seat. Once you get in, it's a whole ordeal to get back to the counter, order, and (like in many other sports) the ushers won't let you back into your section until there's a break in the game. -
Review from Holly S.
Flushing, NY
7/5/2010
Well, I don't understand all the five star reviews but then again my hometown is in the forest, so...that being said, I agree with all the reviewers who say TOO MUCH CONCRETE!! NOT ENOUGH TREES!
And, why, oh why, does New York have to put most of their parks RIGHT NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY??? I mean, literally, A Highway Runs Through It. I go to the park to forget about the too many cars on the road and try to pretend like I'm in the suburbs. At this park, you cannot forget you're in the concrete jungle for a moment. And, some kind of sketchy people can stare at you and give you weird looks. I may come back to see if the five star reviews can be justified AT ALL.
