Astoria Park

September 22, 2021

CITY HALL IN YOUR BOROUGH: NYC PARKS UNVEILS $12.5 MILLION RENOVATION OF CHARYBDIS PLAYGROUND IN ASTORIA

Today, as part of City Hall In Your Borough, NYC Parks Acting Commissioner Margaret Nelson...

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...

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.