Non-residential. Kissena Park is a 235-acre park in Flushing featuring Kissena Lake, a velodrome, sports fields, and native plant gardens.
Non-residential. Kissena Park is a 235-acre park in Flushing featuring Kissena Lake, a velodrome, sports fields, and native plant gardens.
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Kissena Park gives this corner of Queens its main green heartbeat — mature trees, quiet paths, and a few benches where the neighborhood can actually hear birds instead of traffic. The two playgrounds here, including Four Winds Playground, are solid for families who need them, though the area doesn't have the playground density of more family-heavy Queens neighborhoods. It's a thin bench, but what's here is well-maintained.
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- Is Kissena Park a good neighborhood for families?
- Kissena Park scores 48/100 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 Kissena Park safe?
- Kissena Park scores 93/100 on safety — ahead of most NYC neighborhoods. We build the score from NYPD complaint data, normalized by population.
- How are the schools in Kissena Park?
- Kissena Park scores 11/100 for schools on Motley — toward the lower end citywide. Most families here zone into adjacent neighborhoods for school.
- Is Kissena Park affordable?
- Kissena Park scores 77/100 for affordability on Motley — more affordable than most NYC neighborhoods.
- Which borough is Kissena Park in?
- Kissena Park is a neighborhood in Queens, New York City.
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