Fireworks lit up the night sky above Astoria Park Thursday, June 25, as part of the 42nd annual Central Astoria Independence Day Celebration.

Astoria Park is equipped with one of the most popular swimming facilities in the country, which also happens to be the largest swimming pool in New York City park’s pools. Planned by Parks ...

Reader Rating: Write a Review Type: Parks, Scenic Spots, Tennis Courts Occupying a hefty strip of land on the western edge of Queens, Astoria Park stretches underneath both the Robert F. Kennedy (née ...

Astoria Park is your last stop in Queens, at which point you’ll be getting wet. The waters which lie off the shore are a section of the formerly industrial East River called Hell Gate. The park offers ...

It is the first weekend of the pool season in New York City, but you wouldn’t be able to tell at Astoria Park. There is no water in the Olympic-sized swimming pool at the Queens park. A sign at the ...

Hundreds attended a meeting Wednesday to hear the plan for phase one of the $30 million Astoria park renovation. Mayor Bill De Blasio allocated the funds as part of the citywide Anchor Park plan.

Neither Chrysovalantis Stamelos nor Paras Chaudhari is originally from the quickly gentrifying neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. But both filmmakers moved to the area after college and have experienced ...

Queens has some great parks. For me, a great park has nature in abundance, some fascinating history, and perhaps a special “thing” that makes it a destination, not just any old place to walk and run, ...