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 
December 7, 2000
TRAINING PARKS’ FUTURE
At the Salt Marsh Nature Center, Forest Park Nature Center, Urban Forest Ecology Center,...
December 1, 2000
ANIMAL SAFARI IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE
Rarely does Commissioner Henry J. (StarQuest) Stern speak on behalf of...
October 6, 2000
FOUNTAIN OF THE FAIRS RESTORED TO LIFE AFTER DECADES OF INACTIVITY
On Thursday, October 5, Commissioner Henry J . (StarQuest) Stern , Queens Borough...
September 20, 2000
PARKS “PUTTS” ON A HAPPY FACE AT THE “HOLE-IN-ONE”
Commissioner Henry J. (StarQuest) Stern celebrated the Grand Opening of the Flushing...
August 30, 2000
ARTHUR ASHE COMMEMORATIVE GARDEN AND MONUMENT UNVEILED ON DAY ONE OF THE U.S. OPEN
After much anticipation, sculptor Eric Fischl's statue in memory of tennis champion and...























