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The Queens Zoo (formerly the Flushing Meadows Zoo and Queens Wildlife Center) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) zoo at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, between Grand Central Parkway and 111th Street. The zoo is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park or simply Flushing Meadows) is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union Turnpike on the south.
The Flushing Meadows Carousel is a carousel located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. [1] It contains four rows of figures, including 64 jumping horses, 7 standing horses, 1 menagerie animal (a lion), and 2 chariots.
Corona Yard serves as the home yard of the IRT Flushing Line (7 and <7> trains). It is located south of Mets–Willets Point, at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park near Citi Field, the National Tennis Center, and the site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs. Corona Yard opened in 1928 and maintains the R188s used on the 7 and <7> services.
The New York State Pavilion is a pavilion at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, New York.Constructed for the 1964 New York World's Fair, it was designed by the architects Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, with Lev Zetlin as the structural engineer.
"Flushing Meadows Corona Park is a public park and I'm hoping ... the then-Parks Department commissioner who masterminded the ’64 World’s Fair as an opportunity to transform the Queens park. ...
The New York Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111th Street within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, near the intersection with 47th Avenue. [302] The museum's parking lot contains 63 concrete security bollards, which show what parts of the Earth get sunlight during the summer solstice. [303]
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