PARK FACT:
The country's first completely accessible playground, the Playground for All Children, opened in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in 1984.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
News 
April 25, 2002
THE ONCE-AND-FUTURE PLAYGROUND FOR ALL CHILDREN
Disabilities should never prevent a child from playing. And rain should never prevent the Parks...
April 17, 2002
THERESE BRADDICK NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HISTORIC HOUSE TRUST
Commissioner Benepe and the Board of Historic House Trust announced today the appointment of...
April 4, 2002
PARKLANDS AND NEW PARKLAND
Parklands was established by the first Parks Commissioner, Robert Moses, with a threefold...
March 26, 2002
AL MCMORRIS RETIRES AFTER 40 YEARS WITH PARKS
Al McMorris has been with Parks for forty years and on Thursday, March 21, he was given a...
March 14, 2002
COMMISSIONER BENEPE ANNOUNCES TWO APPOINTMENTS
Robert Garafola has been re-appointed as Deputy Commissioner for Management and Budget. In this...
December 18, 2001
FLOWERS TO BLOOM BESIDE "LAVENDER LAKE"
Like the block associations, the artists, and the business people, Parks sees opportunity...
November 1, 2001
CENTRAL PARK DRESSES UP FOR HALLOWEEN
Central Park came as a spooky autumn wonderland for the Seventh Annual Newmark Real...
October 17, 2001
A CLASSIC IS REVISED
Photo Caption: Notable Parks Photo Op: British Royalty brought an entourage from...
August 17, 2001
DRAGON BOATS RACE IN FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK
Traditional Chinese boat races, Columbian dance music, the Queens symphony orchestra, doo wop...
July 24, 2001
RANGERS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS SAY: ASTORIA PARK’S A GOOD PLACE TO PLAY
Astoria Park's most prominent natural feature is the East River. Six years ago Parks held an...
