Flushing Meadows–Corona Park

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public park urban park

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is a major public park in New York City known for hosting the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and iconic landmarks like the Unisphere.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Flushing Meadow Park	1
Flushing Meadows	1
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (nearby)	1
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park vicinity	1
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City	1
Mets–Willets Point	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public park ⓘ urban park ⓘ
borderedBy	Flushing Bay ⓘ Grand Central Parkway NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Island Expressway ⓘ Van Wyck Expressway ⓘ
contains	Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ⓘ surface form: Arthur Ashe Stadium Flushing Meadows Carousel ⓘ Fountain of the Fairs ⓘ Louis Armstrong Stadium ⓘ Meadow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Hall of Science ⓘ Queens Botanical Garden (historical fairgrounds area nearby) ⓘ Queens Museum ⓘ Queens Theatre ⓘ Queens Zoo ⓘ Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ⓘ surface form: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Unisphere ⓘ Willow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ World’s Fair Marina ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formerlyKnownAs	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flushing Meadow Park
hasArea	approximately 363 hectares ⓘ approximately 897 acres ⓘ
hasEcologicalFeature	lakes ⓘ meadows ⓘ wetlands around Willow Lake ⓘ
hasLandmark	New York State Pavilion ⓘ New York State Pavilion ⓘ surface form: Observation Towers of the New York State Pavilion Queens Museum Panorama of the City of New York ⓘ Rocket Thrower sculpture ⓘ Tent of Tomorrow (remnant structure) ⓘ Unisphere ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity	boating ⓘ cycling ⓘ jogging ⓘ picnicking ⓘ tennis ⓘ
hasSportsFacility	Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ⓘ surface form: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center baseball fields ⓘ cricket fields ⓘ playgrounds ⓘ soccer fields ⓘ
hasStatus	one of the largest public parks in Queens ⓘ one of the most visited parks in Queens ⓘ
hasWaterBody	Meadow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Willow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse	former ash dump prior to park development ⓘ
inception	1939 ⓘ
knownFor	New York Hall of Science ⓘ Queens Museum ⓘ Queens Theatre ⓘ Queens Zoo ⓘ Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ⓘ surface form: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Unisphere ⓘ hosting the 1939 New York World’s Fair ⓘ hosting the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ Borough of Queens ⓘ surface form: borough of Queens
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	New York ⓘ surface form: New York State
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
majorEventHosted	Hall of Science for the 1939 New York World’s Fair ⓘ surface form: 1939 New York World’s Fair New York World's Fair ⓘ surface form: 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair US Open (tennis) ⓘ surface form: US Open Tennis Championships
mentionedInWork	The Great Gatsby ⓘ surface form: novel "The Great Gatsby" (as ash heaps inspiration)
namedAfter	Corona neighborhood ⓘ Flushing Meadows–Corona Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flushing Meadows
near	neighborhood of Corona ⓘ neighborhood of Flushing ⓘ neighborhood of Forest Hills ⓘ neighborhood of Kew Gardens Hills ⓘ neighborhood of Rego Park ⓘ
operator	New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
partOf	New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ surface form: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation system
publicTransitAccess	Mets–Willets Point station ⓘ surface form: Long Island Rail Road Mets–Willets Point station New York City Subway 7 train ⓘ multiple MTA bus routes ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flushing Bay → adjacentTo → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

New York City greenways → connectedTo → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Queens → contains → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Queens County → containsPark → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park → formerlyKnownAs → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flushing Meadow Park

Forest Hills → hasPark → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (nearby)

New York City park system → hasPart → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Flushing Line → hasStation → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mets–Willets Point

New York World's Fair → heldAt → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Queens County → largestNeighborhoodByArea → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park vicinity

Billie Jean King National Tennis Center → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Hall of Science for the 1939 New York World’s Fair → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Shea Stadium → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Trylon and Perisphere → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

New York World's Fair → mainVenueToday → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

US Open (tennis) → movedTo → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park → namedAfter → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows

Citi Field → near → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation → oversees → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

Billie Jean King National Tennis Center → park → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ