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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Label Occurrences
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park canonical 61
Flushing Meadows 2
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City 2

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public park ⓘ
urban park ⓘ
borderedBy Flushing Bay ⓘ
Grand Central Parkway ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Willow Lake ⓘ
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 (72)

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

Queens → contains → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
New York City park system → hasPart → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Flushing Line → hasStation → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mets–Willets Point
Shea Stadium → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
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 → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center → park → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
New York World's Fair → heldAt → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
New York World's Fair → mainVenueToday → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park → formerlyKnownAs → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flushing Meadow Park
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park → namedAfter → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows
US Open (tennis) → movedTo → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City
Forest Hills → hasPark → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (nearby)
Queens County → largestNeighborhoodByArea → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park vicinity
Queens County → containsPark → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
New York City greenways → connectedTo → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Hall of Science for the 1939 New York World’s Fair → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Trylon and Perisphere → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Flushing Bay → adjacentTo → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States → hasLandmark → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Kew Gardens Hills → locatedNear → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Corona, Queens → adjacentTo → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Corona, Queens → hasLandmark → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Queens, New York City, New York, United States → knownFor → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Queens
Queens, New York City, New York, United States → contains → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Queens
Queens, New York City, New York, United States → majorPark → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Queens
Flushing → hasLandmark → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Parachute Jump → originalLocation → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Grandstand Stadium → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Borough of Queens → contains → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Mets–Willets Point station → serves → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park area
Mets–Willets Point station → neighborhood → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Louis Armstrong Stadium → location → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Peace Through Understanding → siteOfEvent → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Unisphere → location → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Unisphere → park → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
New York State Pavilion → location → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
IBM Pavilion → location → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Ford Pavilion → location → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Ford Pavilion (1964 New York World's Fair)
this entity surface form: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City
U.S. Pavilion → location → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
subject surface form: U.S. Pavilion (New York World's Fair)
this entity surface form: New York World's Fair grounds
New York Hall of Science → neighborhood → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Queens Zoo → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Queens Theatre → neighborhood → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Queens Theatre → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Flushing Meadows Carousel → location → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Flushing Meadows Carousel → partOf → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Fountain of the Fairs → locatedIn → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
World’s Fair Marina → near → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
Queens Botanical Garden (historical fairgrounds area nearby) → nearby → Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Queens Botanical Garden