He also saw one of the Fair's most publicized events, the burial of a time capsule at Flushing Meadows, which contained mementos of the 1930s to be recovered by Earth's descendants in a future millennium.

In 1964, they moved into newly constructed Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, where the Mets stayed through the 2008 season.

William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea (), was a stadium in the New York City borough of Queens, in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park.

Additionally, O ' Malley wanted to build his new stadium in Brooklyn, while Moses insisted on Flushing Meadows.

* April 21 – The NY World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, NY, reopens.

* October 17 – The NY World's Fair at Flushing Meadows, NY, closes.

The United States Open Tennis Championships, often referred to as Flushing Meadows, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U. S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881.

In 1978 the tournament moved from the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens to the larger USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, in the process switching the surface from clay, used in the last three years at Forest Hills, to hard courts.

Flushing Meadows ( 1965 ) is an American short film by Larry Jordan, with director Joseph Cornell.

Since 1978 the US Open tennis tournament has taken place in Flushing Meadows Park.

* Flushing Meadows Speedskating Club

ca: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park

da: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park

During Selig's terms as Executive Council Chairman ( from 1992 – 1998 ) and Commissioner, new stadiums have opened in Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Arlington, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., New York City ( Flushing, Queens and the Bronx ), Minneapolis, and Miami.

* 1657 – The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.

* 1946 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.

* December 27 – The Flushing Remonstrance is signed in New Amsterdam at the site of the future ( 1862 ) Flushing Town Hall in New York.

eo: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park

id: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park

nl: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park

no: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park

fi: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park

Located in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park in the borough of Queens, New York City, the Unisphere is one of the borough's most iconic and enduring symbols.

The last Hendrix / Monkees concert was performed at Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York – Chas Chandler later said that it was all a publicity stunt.

The 1939 – 40 New York World's Fair, which covered the of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park ( also the location of the 1964 – 1965 New York World's Fair ), was the second largest American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904.

World's Fair ( now Mets – Willets Point ) station on the IRT Flushing Line was rebuilt to handle fair traffic on the IRT and BMT.

A Long Island Rail Road station ( now Mets – Willets Point ) was built next to the Flushing Line station.

In early 1964, the New York City Council added " Corona " to the park's name, now " Flushing Meadows-Corona Park " in preparation for the World's Fair.

This dome is now used as an aviary by the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows Corona Park after it was redesigned by TC Howard of Synergetics, Inc.

The site, Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the borough of Queens, had also held the 1939 / 1940 New York World ’ s Fair.

Corona is bordered on the east by Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, one of the largest parks in New York City and the site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs.

The IRT Flushing Line ( trains ) runs through the neighborhood with stops at 111th Street, 103rd Street – Corona Plaza and Junction Boulevard.

Some R33 / R36 WFs remain in Corona Yard, adjacent to Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Citi Field.

The department is also responsible for such " flagship " parks facilities as Central Park, Prospect Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and the Staten Island Greenbelt.

Instead of one company enjoying a monopoly in that borough, both proposed lines — a short line to Astoria, and a longer line reaching initially to Corona, and eventually to Flushing — were assigned to both companies, to be operated in what was called " joint service.

On March 7, 2009, Al Oerter Recreation Center, operated by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, opened officially along Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Flushing, Queens.

# REDIRECT 103rd Street – Corona Plaza ( IRT Flushing Line )

A big-league municipal stadium at Flushing Meadow Park is in the works, and once the lease is signed the local club will be formally recognized by Commissioner Ford C. Frick.

1939 was a busy year, as he opened the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, opened New York Municipal Airport No. 2 in Queens ( later renamed Fiorello H. LaGuardia Field ), and had the city buy out the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, thus completing the public takeover of the subway system.

The IRT 42nd Street Shuttle runs under 42nd Street between Broadway / Seventh Avenue ( Times Square ) and Park Avenue ( Grand Central ); the IRT Flushing Line begins at 41st Street / Seventh Avenue, runs between 41st and 42nd from Sixth Avenue to Park Avenue, curves onto 42nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, and continues under the East River to Queens.

Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City.

The original name for the new parkland was " Flushing Meadow Park.

cs: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park