68 park is filled with healthy, tall, natural growth, 150-yearold trees (hickories, black cherries, dogwoods) that create canopies. Visitors can explore an abandoned railroad station, a 110-acre, nine-hole golf course, and two carousels. In the summertime, free concerts are offered at the George Seuffert Bandshell. Inside scoop: In 1911, an independent Queens branch of the Parks Department, the Overlook, was established. Built in a Spanish-Mission style, this building houses administrative offices. Henry Miller, who wrote Tropic of Cancer (1934), was stationed at the Overlook in the 1920s, when he worked as a grave digger. Address: Bounded by Myrtle Avenue, Union Turnpike, Park Lane South, Brooklyn-Queens County Line and Park Lane. Nature: Bonus Places Queens has so many wonderful green spaces that an entire booklet could be dedicated just to its parks. Because of space limitations, this guide cannot list all public areas, but the following deserve some mention. Kissena Park has nearly 240 acres of winding paths through shady trees (including weeping willows), open green space, tennis courts, sports fields, and a fishing pond. The park (translated as “it is cold” in a Native American language) also features a velodrome for bicycle riders. A public golf course is nearby. Address: Bounded by Rose Avenue, Oak Avenue, 164th Street, Booth Memorial Avenue and Kissena Boulevard, Flushing. Cunningham Park is about 360 acres in total, but it features a 240-acre wildlife preserve consisting of real forest habitat, vernal pools, and kettle ponds. The area has countless sports fields, tree-lined jogging paths, play areas, and barbecue pits. Named after W. Arthur Cunningham, a World War I veteran who was elected city comptroller in 1933, the park hosts annual events, including the Big Apple Circus and performances by the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera. Address: Near the convergence of the Horace Harding Expressway and Grand Central Parkway, bounded by Long Island Expressway, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 210th Street, Hollis Court Boulevard, Hollis Hills Terrace, Avon Road, 68 QUEENS IN YOUR POCKET • www.itsinqueens.com
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