Flushing Meadows Corona Park

July 22, 2002

FLUSHING MEADOWS-CORONA PARK SCORES A GOOOOAAAAAALLLLL

Commissioner Adrian Benepe hit the soccer field on Tuesday, July 9, in celebration of a donation...

July 2, 2002

PARKS SHOWS OFF ITS "QUEENS JEWELS"

Some people may say that Queens is a diamond in the rough, but Parks knows better. Last...

May 20, 2002

SOMETHING’S BREWING IN HELL’S KITCHEN

There was a lot of sun (and even more fun) last Thursday at McCaffrey Playground in Hell’s...

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...