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East of Corona and Jackson Heights is the city park of Flushing Meadows

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadows is a public park in the center of the borough of Queens. The large park contains the Queens Theater, Queens Museum of Art, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center(home of the U.S. Open), New York Hall of Science, Terrace on the Park Banquet Hall, Queens Wildlife center and Citi Field, home of Mets Baseball. The Park is one of the largest in the city of New York and was created to house the World’s fair in 1939 and again in 1964. The area was previously a dumping site until cleared by “Master-Builder”, Robert Moses, then the Parks commissioner. After the World’s fair some of the buildings were used to house the United Nations before relocating to Manhattan. Today the Park hosts many festivals and events and is popular for residents of neighboring communities of Flushing, Corona, Forrest Hills/Kew Gardens and beyond. Several structures and sculptures donated during the fairs still stand. The famous Unisphere, Rocket thrower and New York State Pavilion and its distinct observation towers are among them. Being the central meeting place in the most diverse county in the country, one could sit on a bench in the park and literally watch the world walk by.






























Willets Point is an area north of Flushing Park next to Citi-Field, where the Mets baseball team plays. The area is often referred to as the Iron Triangle. The area is very industrial and defined by auto repair shops, scrap yards and waste processing sites. There are no sidewalks in Willets Point nor are there any sewers. The area has been at times at the center of controversy for failed attempts at development. Among the proposals over the years were a new baseball park and space to house athletes and facilities for the Olympics after the city cast its bid. For 40 years during the Urban Renewal projects were planned and proposed, all failed.