Astoria Park
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December 27, 2019
MAKING PROGRESS ON ANCHOR PARKS INITIATIVE: PARKS CELEBRATES OPENING OF BRAND NEW TRACK AND FIELD WHILE CONSTRUCTION ON CHARYBDIS PLAYGROUND IN ASTORIA PARK IS UNDERWAY
NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, today joined New York City Council Member...
October 23, 2018
NYC PARKS AND DEPUTY MAYOR ALICIA GLEN BREAK GROUND ON ANCHOR PARKS’ ASTORIA PARK PROJECT AND UNVEIL SCHEMATIC DESIGNS FOR ANCHOR PARKS CITY-WIDE PROJECTS
Four Anchor Parks Projects To Enter Construction Before Year End NYC Parks Commissioner...
March 28, 2018
SPRING BREAK: NYC PARKS’ URBAN PARK RANGERS OFFER SCHOOL RECESS FUN FOR KIDS ACROSS THE CITY
Rangers to lead free archery lessons, nature exploration, wilderness survival activities and...
June 28, 2017
NEW YORK CITY's OUTDOOR PUBLIC POOLS OPEN TOMORROW
Intermediate and Olympic sized pools to stay open additional week, until Sunday,...
February 1, 2017
NYC PARKS MEETS WITH ASTORIANS TO REPORT BACK ON ANCHOR PARK SCOPING IDEAS
Astoria Park design underway for first phase of improvements focused on the track and field...
May 22, 2014
Spring Birdwatching In New York City
In springtime, New York City parks offer some of the best birdwatching in the world, as hundreds...
May 2, 2012
Dive In And Help To Restore The Astoria Pool Olympic High Dive!
May is Historic Preservation Month, and New Yorkers have a chance to preserve the Astoria Pool...
October 19, 2010
Parks Celebrates Ollies, Grinds and Fakies at the New Astoria Skate Park
Astoria Park now features a 21,500-square-foot skate park with multiple levels, stairs with...
October 18, 2010
Ollie, Grind and Fakie at the new Astoria Park Skate Park
Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and Council Member Peter Vallone, Jr., today cut the ribbon on...
April 29, 2008
Parks Fleet Gets Even Greener
Nine new electric cars come to Astoria Park.
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Know Before You Go
Charybdis Playground
As a part of our Anchor Parks initiative, reconstruction of Charybdis Playground in Astoria Park is now underway. Follow this project on the Parks Capital Tracker for updates.
Anticipated Completion: Spring 2021
