Non-residential. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is Queens' largest park, home to the Unisphere, Queens Museum, and USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Site of two World's Fairs.
Non-residential. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is Queens' largest park, home to the Unisphere, Queens Museum, and USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Site of two World's Fairs.
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The Unisphere in Flushing Meadows was built for the 1964 World's Fair and remains the largest globe structure on Earth at 140 feet tall and 350 tons of stainless steel.
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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park anchors this area with a solid lineup of seven playgrounds scattered across its grounds. Jurassic Playground draws kids with its dinosaur-themed equipment, while Playground For All Children offers inclusive design. You've also got Lawrence, Triassic, and World's Fair playgrounds, plus the Reflecting Pool Lawns when you need room to spread out. It's a deep bench for a neighborhood that doesn't have much else in the way of kid-specific green space.
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- Is Flushing Meadows-Corona Park a good neighborhood for families?
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park scores 47/100 for families on Motley — near the middle of the pack citywide. The Family Fit score blends safety, schools, parks, cost of living, and community.
- Is Flushing Meadows-Corona Park safe?
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park scores 79/100 on safety — ahead of most NYC neighborhoods. We build the score from NYPD complaint data, normalized by population.
- How are the schools in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park?
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park scores 10/100 for schools on Motley — toward the lower end citywide. Most families here zone into adjacent neighborhoods for school.
- Is Flushing Meadows-Corona Park affordable?
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park scores 49/100 for affordability on Motley — mid-range on cost for the city.
- Which borough is Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in?
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is a neighborhood in Queens, New York City.
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