Event Announcement
Sunday, Jun 24, 2018
9:00 am
– 2:45 pm
We are regulars at the GrowNYC Forest Hills Greenmarket and we always look forward to going back to set up our table information sessions! Stop by if you have any questions, would like to learn more about the QueensWay or send a friend over who you think may be interested in this project.
To find out more info about this greenmarket, visit: https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/queens/forest-hills
106-43-106-99 70th Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA
Saturday, Jun 16, 2018
11:00 am
– 2:30 pm
Join the Friends of the QueensWay as we explore some of the most diverse communities in Queens through EATS, QueensWay EATS that is. We will begin in South Richmond Hill/South Ozone Park and by end of tour we shall be in Forest Park. This tour will include a couple stops for food-on-the-go while pointing out some key intersections of what could be the QueensWay.
Sign up Here
*NO LONGER AVAILABLE/ALL SPOTS FILLED*
The QueensWay Eats Guide released in Spring 2015, featuring 31 locations across the six neighborhoods.
117-5-117-9 Liberty Ave, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419, USA
Sunday, May 6, 2018
1:00 pm
– 3:30 pm
What is a Jane’s Walk?
Jane’s Walks are free, locally organized walking tours, in which people get together to explore, talk about and celebrate their neighborhoods. Where more traditional tours are a bit like walking lectures, a Jane’s Walk is more of a walking conversation. Leaders share their knowledge, but also encourage discussion and participation among the walkers.
Join Friends of the QueensWay Steering Committee members, Ruben Ramales, Assoc. AIA, as he leads our 3rd Annual Jane’s Walk of the QueensWay.
108-18 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA
Saturday, Apr 28, 2018
11:30 am
– 5:30 pm
Join us, as our project partner The Trust for Public Land and Friends of the QueensWay take the lead in hosting a Forest Park BioBlitz project this year as part of the annual 2018 City Nature Challenge.
On this Saturday morning, we will gather community members, students, citizen scientists, park enthusiasts, stewards and more to join us as we document plants and wildlife via photographs that will be uploaded to iNaturalist, an app that has logged 8 million verifiable observations of over 146K speciies over the last 10 years shared by community members across the world. We have the opportunity to contribute such observations in Forest Park that may be used for research purposes.
*Location will be updated and shared after signing up.
8989 Union Turnpike, Flushing, NY, USA
Saturday, Apr 14, 2018
2:00 pm
– 4:30 pm
The Municipal Arts Society hosts this tour with guides from The Trust for Public Land and Friends of the QueensWay for a 2.5 mile walk alongside the northern section of this proposed “cultural greenway” that will transform a long abandoned rail line running from Rego Park south to Ozone Park.
Tickets available HERE
Meetup location will be provided upon purchasing ticket from MAS website. The listed website is only showing the nearest subway stop.
If built, the QueensWay could highlight the many cultures of Queens (one of the most diverse urban areas in America) and provide pedestrian and bike linkages.
This tour will start in historic Forest Hills Gardens, and include a walk on the rail bed, through a ravine in Forest Park (wear long pants, and hiking or walking shoes), but much of it will be on city streets adjoining the QueensWay.
Please be advised the tour begins in Forest Hills but ends in Forest Park so plan accordingly.
Tickets available HERE
Meetup location will be provided upon purchasing ticket from MAS website. The listed website is only showing the nearest subway stop.
107-72 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA
Thursday, Nov 16, 2017
6:00 pm
– 7:30 pm
Get Involved! Join us at the Advocacy Resource Fair with special guests, members drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and political views as the grassroots group of Queens citizens It’s Who We Are host, in partnership with the Taft Institute at Queens College, the culmination event to their series of workshops and classes that took place throughout the month of October.
Learn about the QueensWay and sign our petition while you’re with us! #BuildtheQueensWay
Queens Library at Forest Hills, Forest Hills, Queens, NY, United States
Sunday, Nov 5, 2017
12:00 pm
– 2:30 pm
We are bringing back our Daffodil Planting event, this time in Ozone Park, at Officer Nicholas Demutiis Park.
Thanks to Partnerships for Parks’ It’s My Park initiative, the Friends of the QueensWay will be able to host a cleanup and daffodil planting at Police Officer Nicholas Demutiis Park.
We will be cleaning up the site where we will plant daffodil bulbs. Please sign up to volunteer so that we can plan accordingly for tools and materials. Kids are encouraged, so that they may plant their own daffodil bulb.
SIGN UP HERE TO VOLUNTEER
101-05 101st St, Jamaica, NY 11416, USA
Sunday, Oct 22, 2017
9:00 am
– 1:00 pm
After hosting cleanups and plantings off the tracks, we are back this year with a Cleanup on the Tracks. As we all know, they continue to be a home for litter and much worse.
Join us, Friends of the QueensWay and Earth Citizens Club, and other local community members as we spend a couple of hours cleaning up a section of the tracks within Forest Park.
Tools and anything else we will need to cleanup the site will be generously provided by Parks Department – Forest Park staff (thanks Nicole for coordinating!)
Sign up at the link
SIGN UP HERE TO VOLUNTEER
**We will meet in front of the Stop n Shop on Union Turnpike (8989 Union Turnpike, Queens, NY 11385). We’ll arrive at 8:45 am and begin walking over to our cleanup site at 9am, via the public path alongside the Forest View Crescent Apt. Building that leads to official Forest Park entry point. Please sign up so that we may be prepared with enough supplies.
8989 Union Tpke, Glendale, NY 11385, USA
Saturday, Oct 7, 2017
11:00 am
– 1:30 pm
RSVP HERE
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 hiking or walking shoes). Get a chance to see the “before” condition and learn about the history of the site & project from our tour leaders.
Tour spans approximately 2.2 miles as we weave through city streets and on to the QueensWay. The starting point for the tour is different from the ending point; please plan accordingly. We end in Forest Park.
RSVP HERE
10710 71st Avenue, Forest Hills, NY, United States
Sunday, Oct 1, 2017
12:00 pm
– 6:00 pm
We are returning to the Wonderful Woodhaven Street Fair for the fourth time and excited to have conversations with neighbors. Stop by and let’s chat!
The Wonderful Woodhaven Fair is hosted by the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation.
80-35 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11421, USA
