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    Kissena Park is a 235-acre (95 ha) park located in the neighborhood of Flushing in Queens, New York City. It is located along the subterranean Kissena...
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    mostly north and west, largely flowing beneath Kissena Park Golf Course, Kissena Park, Kissena Corridor Park, and Queens Botanical Garden, before merging...
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  • Kissena refers to several locations in the borough of Queens, New York City, U.S.: Kissena Boulevard Kissena Creek Kissena Park This disambiguation page...
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    the "Kissena Park" residential development. New York City bought the rest of the Parsons land and a few other land parcels to create Kissena Park. A 14-acre...
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    on the north side of Kissena Park. The nurseries are also commemorated in the names of west–east avenues that intersect Kissena Boulevard; the streets...
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    Moses and the Parks Department also prepared post-fair plans to finish Flushing Meadows Park, as well as Kissena Corridor Park and Kissena Park, projected...
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    Template:Attached KML/Kissena Boulevard KML is from Wikidata Kissena Boulevard is a thoroughfare spanning the Flushing and Pomonok neighborhoods of the...
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    was assigned to clear trees downed by rare tornadoes in Prospect Park and Kissena Park in New York City, their first deployment to an urban setting. On...
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    Riis Park (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area) John Golden Park Juniper Valley Park Kissena Park Kohlreiter Square Libra Triangle Linnaeus Park Little...
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  • (2009). Lightsurfing: Living Life in the Front of My Mouth 1992–2003. Kissena Park Press. pp. 51–55, 67–70. ISBN 978-0-9768508-2-3. "The Voice of Gor"....
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  • nursery was located within present-day Kissena Park. The oldest section of Parsons Boulevard is between Kissena Boulevard in Kew Gardens Hills and Archer...
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    created a nursery in Queens in 1868. The nursery was later transported to Kissena Park, where it became a keystone of Flushing's horticultural industry until...
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  • Prospect Park, and along Eastern Parkway and Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, and in Alley Pond Park, Cunningham Park, Forest Park, Kissena Park and Ridgewood...
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    Alley Pond Park, Kissena Park, and Forest Park are also popular birding places. The Queens County Bird Club maintains bird feeders in Forest Park. Fort Tilden...
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    to bypass Kissena Park before curving back to the northeast to meet the Clearview Expressway (I-295) at the northern edge of Cunningham Park. Past I-295...
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    The park is located between Juniper and Geranium Avenues on Colden Street. It is part of the larger Kissena Corridor Park. In that same year the park was...
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    Flushing River (category Flushing Meadows–Corona Park)
    Hills. The creek is now largely buried, running through Kissena Park, Kissena Corridor Park, and Queens Botanical Garden. It empties into the Flushing...
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    triangle, before traveling on a parallel course. After passing through Kissena Park, Main Street intersects with the Long Island Expressway north of Queens...
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    Facility and Boland's Landing). Several stations see part-time service: Belmont Park, open on event days such as Belmont Stakes; Pinelawn, which exclusively serves...
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    Parkway provides a bicycle path through Cunningham Park, west to Kissena Park and east to Alley Pond Park, part of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway. Mountain...
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    would cross south of Flushing, going through Kissena Park, and southeast through Floral Park and New Hyde Park. In May 1871, work began at Rocky Hill on...
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    along Kissena Boulevard and Bowne Street between Horace Harding Boulevard and 46th Avenue, with 164th Street impassible by vehicles through Kissena Park. Service...
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    Queens Botanical Garden (category Flushing Meadows–Corona Park)
    western portion of Kissena Corridor Park between Lawrence Street / College Point Boulevard and Main Street adjacent to Flushing Meadows Park was leased to...
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    Government Parks. Nycgovparks.org (2004-04-21). Retrieved on 2012-01-13. Kissena Velodrome. kissenavelodrome.info. Retrieved on 2018-04-14. LA Velodrome...
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    Garden.[citation needed] The Kissena Velodrome, a 400-meter (1,300 ft) velodrome, was constructed in the center of Kissena Park in 1962. It was used during...
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    downtown areas as well as its Murray Hill and Queensboro Hill subsections. Kissena Park is located within the district. The district overlaps with Queens Community...
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  • Turtle Playground (Queens) (category Parks in Queens, New York)
    City’s parks and can be found in the nearby lakes of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and Kissena Park. Turtle Playground — New York City Department of Parks &...
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  • Kopytko Triangle (category Parks in Queens, New York)
    as America's premier horticultural center at the site of what is now Kissena Park. William Prince established the New World's first commercial nursery...
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    Expressway and the service road, Horace Harding Boulevard to the north, Kissena Boulevard to the west, 164th Street to the east and 73rd Avenue to the...
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    Another man in Flushing was killed by a tree crashing into his home by Kissena Park. Extensive and widespread wind damage led to over 30,000 downed trees...
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