The website is focused on six themes, drawn from the concerns and aspirations of Queens residents, that explain the vision for the QueensWay and the QueensWay Plan Map.
The Map highlights a concept design for the landscape and amenities that responds to the community needs and goals. Details can be found by clicking on the six geographic zones or zooming in.
The QueensWay is a connector. At its heart is Forest Park. To its south lies Gateway National Park and the Jamaica Bay Gateway Greenway, and to its north is Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
The QueensWay will be a new park for all ages and for all seasons for neighborhoods that don’t have easy access to open space.
Restored native plantings, improved wildlife habitat and rain gardens for managing stormwater will establish the QueensWay as an environmental showcase that creates educational opportunities for students, local residents, and visitors.
The QueensWay can be a greenway unlike any other in the world by tapping into the borough’s rich traditions and cultures.
The use of lighting, patrols and technology will support a secure park environment, and careful design will ensure ease of use for visitors while creating buffers between the QueensWay and nearby homes.
Friday, Apr 22, 2022
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
Spring is here! And so is Earth Day ? The Friends of the QueensWay, and Trust for Public Land, will host a park clean-up event on the tracks in Forest Park, around the ravine. Join your… Read More
Saturday, Apr 17, 2021
10:00 am –
1:00 pm
Calling all friends of the QueensWay & Trust for Public Land to continue the great cleanup efforts of last week’s volunteers. On more cleanup, on the tracks in Forest Park, around the ravine. Join your community,… Read More
Saturday, Apr 3, 2021
10:00 am –
1:00 pm
Spring’s in bloom and the Friends of the QueensWay is hitting the trail for a community parks clean-up event in Forest Park. Join us on April 3rd for a cleanup around the ravine in Forest Park, and… Read More
Sunday, Nov 1, 2020
9:00 am –
11:00 am
The 2-hour walking tour of The Queensway begins at 9 AM, Saturday, November 1st, at the NE corner of Woodhaven Blvd. and Forest Park Dr. in front of Victory Field in Woodhaven, Queens. The suggested donation is $20/adult,… Read More
Sunday, Nov 17, 2019
10:30 am –
1:00 pm
This walking tour of the QueensWay is primarily a tour on city streets adjoining the QueensWay with a brief walk on the rail bed section in Forest Park. Please wear long pants, and closed-toe shoes (walking… Read More
Saturday, Jul 27, 2019
9:00 am –
11:00 am
The 2 hour walking tour of The Queensway and adjacent Forest Park begins at 9 AM, Saturday, July 27, at the NE corner of Woodhaven Blvd. and Forest Park Dr., in front of Victory Field in… Read More
Sunday, May 5, 2019
1:00 pm –
3:30 pm
Join Friends of the QueensWay Steering Committee members, Ruben Ramales, Assoc. AIA and Andrea Crawford as they lead our 4th Annual Jane’s Walk of the QueensWay. A 3-mile walk alongside the northern section of this proposed… Read More
In 2016, we received word from Kevin Montalvo, one of the co-founders of the Queens Distance Runners team, expressing his enthusiasm for the Queensway and lending their endorsement of the project. So it was no surprise… Read More
Saturday, Feb 2, 2019
10:00 am –
2:00 pm
The Queens Distance Runners are organizing a QueensWay cleanup with the help of Friends of Forest Park and NYPD Explorers. It will help to kickoff the cleaning efforts for 2019 Spring season. If you wish to… Read More
Saturday, Nov 17, 2018
10:30 am –
1:00 pm
This walking tour of the QueensWay is primarily a tour on city streets adjoining the QueensWay with a brief walk on the rail bed section in Forest Park. Please wear long pants, and closed-toe shoes (walking… Read More
The QueensWay Plan is funded by the State of NY Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, The Governor’s Regional Economic Development Council, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, Citi Foundation, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, the Tiger Baron Foundation, the Booth Ferris Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Lily Auchincloss Foundation.
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