I try to visit this park almost every day since I am not working. It is shady and has a…read morewalking/jogging path that goes all the way around it equalling about 1/4 mile. You will see many families, people exercising, and doing yoga. There are two playgrounds and many other game areas as well as bathrooms. I walk here to use the walking and jogging path, as well as sit down afterwards and admire the trees and the view West of midtown. There are also benches specifically for doing sit-ups and pull-ups. Unlike many of the parks in the city, you will not see homeless people here or drug addicts. There is quite a bit of litter on the ground which is sad, since there are so many garbage cans in the vicinity. However, I am so happy to have found this park near my residence.

I'm delighted to have discovered this park. It appears small on a map, and it is, but feels wide…read moreopen and spacious once you're walking in it. There are trees, slopes, benches and all the other usuals in adequate abundance. I was worried that since it is near a high school it would become crowded and loud, but not so. The teenagers are scarce and mostly very polite. It is a happy place, where people bring their kids and dogs. For us young at heart, the swings are often available :) Pro-tip: for a tranquil, quiet stroll visit the ancillary cemetery where you can walk completely unhealed.

There seems to be some misinformation, the Sunnyside Gardens Park Tennis Courts are not public…read more There is a membership for the tennis club and you may find that information on the website. Only tennis members are permitted on the tennis courts. There are three har tru courts and are very well maintained.

The park itself is nice but the membership restriction is elitist and ridiculous when it's not only…read morenot clearly communicated on the website but residents of Sunnyside can't even all be members. Why is this even listed on Yelp or ever open to the public when it's essentially a private complex space?

A nice park to visit during the daytime as it's located in not the best part of Astoria but the…read moreviews are cool and plenty of benches along the stretch of the park is what I and many others are doing on a Saturday morning . Plenty of space to roam with a large area that holds concerts sponsored by the NYC parks dept , large baseball and football field, playground area for kiddies , sections to have picnics and barbecues, etc. well maintained by the parks dept and police roam along frequently which I assume is routine. Overall a decent park for the locals in the area .

A lot of good views here. It isn't really anything that interesting actually about the actual park…read more Queens Bridge Park is an open space. Obviously it's next to the Queensboro Bridge of course. Their sometimes will be concerts and there's some athletic fields. Convenient to get to from the Queens end of the bridge. It basically is the area north of it. This is along the East River. Across it you can see Manhattan. Between this is Roosevelt Island. This view is the best part. It gets kind of noisy because of the traffic from the bridge. This isn't exactly such a good place for hanging out and chilling. It only takes a few minutes getting to once you get off the bridge. Other than concerts there's not much to see in the park itself. There's athletic fields and a playground.

PUBLIC PARK: A lush, navigable landscape that serves as an urban oasis, transforming a desolate…read moreTransit Hub into a welcoming green space. The area was once a bleak, disorienting expanse of concrete, formerly a commuter parking lot. WORTH VISITING.

This was an awesome little green space in the middle of downtown Long Island City. Located next to…read morethe elevated Queensboro Station, it was a nice respite from the concrete jungle. Lots of benches and the like plus the aforementioned green stuff. It is visually satisfying but because of its location it is quite noisy.

Great park with beautiful views of the bay . I often come for the half mile walk around the park …read more Sometimes I do notice some trash left by people who don't appreciate this gem of the neighborhood. Been coming here for years and will continue to . Nice for some exercise or just some relaxing . Bonus facing east from the park you can watch planes take off from JFK .

A great spot for unwinding. The view of the water is calming. Thanks for Yelpers suggestions. Glad…read moreto find the place and had a peace of mind even for a short visit. There are playground, park and tennis courts all are family friendly. There is a public bus stop in front of the park. Location is on a nice residential area.

PLAZA: Despite the freezing cold, I made a pit stop at the Park chugging on a TWISTER purchased…read morefrom the TRADE FAIR down the block. Surprisingly, the HOLIDAY TREE wasn't in its usual spot here, having moved further down on NEWTON AVENUE somewhere. RECOMMEND.

It is a nice park . It has music in the summer. It could use sprucing up a bit. It has a play…read moreground for kids and sprinklers for the summer. I like the Greek statues

The Pat Dolan Trail, also known as the Willow Lake Trail, seems to be unknown and unused. I am the…read morefirst reviewer here on Yelp. I added an entry separate from Flushing Meadows, because this is the swampy area to the south of the developed part. People coming here would be someplace very different than there, and vice versa of course. This is heavily wooded and runs across Willow Lake. The first time I tried to access this trail, when I moved to Queens, I was not able to find it. The foliage had grown up around the path. My phone map also did not offer the best directions. But somebody must have cleared out or trimmed back what was obscuring my view, and perhaps the phone has acquired more data. The directions were clear. At either entry point, there is a pedestrian bridge over the respective highway. Basically, if you don't know where you are headed, you will need your phone, these notes, or persistence. Now that I am familiar with it, I anticipate using this regularly. I could see hiking this for fun. I used it as a walker trying to make my way from Kew Gardens Hills, where I live, over to Forest Hills, where the subway, LIRR, and restaurants are. It took a good 40 minutes, but if you value the exercise and break, with an opportunity to be far enough into the wilderness you can neither see nor hear traffic, this is worthwhile. I saw one other person. The path was muddy from rain, but not impassable; you would not do this in nice clothes. There is another route for me from Kew Gardens Hills to Forest Hills (and the other way around), which is on Jewel. From where I work, that is closer. But from my home, it would be another half mile, and while I enjoy running, this is utilitarian, about commuting on foot. Jewel also has lots of traffic and two dangerous moments with highway on/off ramps. I'm also a biker. I believe you could bike this. It wouldn't be the best route. By bike, I'd still use Jewel. The last note concerns safety. When I got lost, I wandered around Willow Lake. There was evidence of a couple of encampments, probably in active use. So I am led to believe there may be a few people living in these environs. I also would assume if you were jumped, it would be a real problem given how isolated it is. So you should be aware of your surroundings, and if you are nervous then this is not for you.

The Pat Dolan Trail: Where Butterflies Go to Die ​You see…read morethis sign, right? "Pat Dolan Trail." Sounds nice, sounds like a place where families go on a Sunday to forget they're poor. It's even got a website on it, in brass, like the city really cares. Brass and chain-link fences. That's New York for you. Wrapping a little nature in wire and giving it a dead person's name. I looked at the sign, felt the sun on my neck, and I knew this wasn't going to lead to a quiet brook and a bottle of gin. ​I kept walking, and there's another sign. This one tries harder. It's got a little story about a World's Fair and freshwater wetlands and, would you look at that, monarch butterflies. They painted them right on the sign, like they could keep them there. And some kid named Paul scrawled his name on it, too, right next to "Pam," and some other garbage about butterflies. Good for Paul. He's immortal now. A monument to some sweaty afternoon, scratched onto a sign that tells you to watch your step because it might get wet. As if life doesn't always manage to get wet and muddy when you least expect it. "We strongly recommend hiking boots," the sign says. Yeah. Or a strong stomach and a disregard for where you end up. ​Then you hit the bridge. This ain't no golden gate. It's a cage. A tunnel of shadow and wire, arching over nothing you want to see. The shadows on the concrete look like the ghosts of all the good intentions that died trying to build this place. A brown dog is standing there, he's my dog Philip and he's in the middle of it all, not moving, just waiting. A good dog. He knows. There's a red metal wall blocking his view, or maybe my view. Doesn't matter. It's a red wall in a cage, and the sun is trying like hell to burn through the mesh, and it feels like the kind of place where a man could stand and write bad poetry for an hour until his last beer runs warm. ​And finally, you get there. You walk through the cage, past the butterfly sign and Paul's legacy, and you get to the end. The real destination. A view of the subway trains, all lined up like silver coffins waiting for the morning rush. They're behind a massive fence, of course. Everything is. Barbed wire, concrete, a bright orange plastic barrier looking like a lonely, plastic tongue stuck out at the world. The sun is hot, reflecting off the metal, making you squint at a city that doesn't care that you're looking. It's a yard for the machines that move people to jobs they hate. It's beautiful, in a godforsaken kind of way. It's honest. No monarchs, just metal and dust and the long, slow rumble of everything breaking down. ​It's a good trail. If you like cages, broken dreams, and the smell of hot cities. It will show you the truth, if you can stand it. Most people can't. They want the butterfly sign to be real. This trail, the Pat Dolan Trail, it knows they're lying. I had another beer, my dog at my side, lifebis good, but the sun kept burning.

I took a long wandering walk and ended up here. What perfect timing. This "park" is really…read moreliterally a small triangle made for sitting. Sitting was exactly what I needed. Much like a slice of pizza, sitting in this triangular slice of land gives you a great flavor of the surrounding mix of businesses and people. It certainly makes an interesting place to people watch as well as read a book when the weather is nice.