Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Ferreras Joins Corona Families to Demand Action From de Blasio on 111th St

By David Meyer | Oct 4, 2016 | 12 Comments

More than a year after DOT first proposed a redesign of 111th Street in Corona to make it safer for residents to access Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the city has failed to follow through and implement the project. Today, parents and children from Corona and Jackson Heights joined Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland on the steps of City […]

NYPD U.S. Open Security Plan Closes Key Route Linking Corona and Flushing

By Brad Aaron | Sep 8, 2016 | 7 Comments

As part of its security plan for this year’s U.S. Open, NYPD is blocking public access to a road that runs through Flushing Meadows Corona Park, cutting off one of the few local street connections between Corona and Flushing. Meridian Road loops around the section of the park that’s bordered on three sides by the Grand Central […]