Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Highlights

New York City Building

The New York City Building was constructed for the 1939-40 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (1882-1947), Parks Commissioner… Read More

New York State Pavilion

While not much is left of the original 1964-65 world’s fair, the site’s sparcity belies the intense social significance that the Peace Through Understanding… Read More

Olmsted Center

Described as a “valley of ashes” in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s (1896–1940) The Great Gatsby (1925) because of its use as a coal ash dump in the 19th… Read More

Playground for All Children

The Playground for All Children is the first playground constructed in the United States for disabled and able-bodied children. It served as a prototype for similar sites… Read More

Rocket Thrower

The Rocket Thrower is a massive bronze sculpture designed by Donald De Lue (1897–1988) for the New York World’s Fair of 1964-65. The work is in keeping… Read More

Samuel & Ethel Lefrak Meadow

This sprawling 96-acre meadow overlooking Willow Lake is named in honor of Samuel and Ethel LeFrak. Samuel J. LeFrak (1918-2003) was the third generation chairman of the… Read More

Shea Stadium

Shea Stadium, home of Major League Baseball’s New York Mets, is one of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park’s most distinctive features. The stadium, located on the… Read More

Soul in Flight: A Memorial to Arthur Ashe

This sculpture by Eric Fischl, unveiled in August 2000, honors tennis legend and humanitarian Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) and is located in an entrance garden adjacent to the… Read More

Terrace on the Park

The Terrace on the Park was constructed for the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. The Port Authority of New York commissioned the structure as an “aerial… Read More

The Asian Longhorned Beetle - Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

The Asian longhorned beetle ( Anoplophora glabripennis ) was found in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in 1996. Scientists believe it came to the United States by way of wood crating… Read More