You might think that this park was just the backyard of the Fresh Meadows Shopping Center or belonged to Kohl's department store, but in actuality is a real property of NYC Parks & Recreation. It's about 1.25 acres stretching 500 ft along the Horace Harding Expy and affords a great view of Long Island Expy rush hour traffic. Lol It's just about a 50/50 split of paved concrete walkways and green space with real trees, bushes, grass and plenty of park benches. I could count the number of trees on my fingers. There are no other facilities here except for 3 signs calling out the name & rules of the park, street lights and a few garbage cans.
I have to credit the NYC Parks & Rec Dept for keeping this area really clean with no litter in sight and all lawns & bushes nicely manicured. The location certainly is convenient with plenty of shops and restaurants within 500 ft and Q17, Q30 & Q88 buses right on the corner. If you have a hankering for buffalo wings from Hooters, a Poke bowl from Pokeworks or a fresh baked pizza from Blaze, it's not the worst place to sit down to eat your lunch outside on a park bench. If movie theaters ever reopen, you can even meet up here with your friends for a movie at the AMC next door. read more