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, ...

A rare weekend off found me at Astoria Park on Saturday morning. For the last couple of years, my wife has been getting up extra early on Saturdays to bring our little dog Zuzu over to the park for ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - After a Queens park playground appeared to be open for a weekend and then abruptly closed, parents want to know what's going on. CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis went to the city for ...

NEW YORK - There's unwelcome news for some folks planning to cool off from the heat this upcoming summer. The Olympic-sized swimming pool at Astoria Park in Queens is undergoing a $19 million ...

The body of a 24-year-old man was pulled from the East River hours after he sped through a Queens park in a BMW and drove into the water, police said Monday. Martin Gonzales drove through Astoria’s ...

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 ...

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 ...