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?

Brookville Park , this summer has been a great place for running definitely rather than relaxing…read more Running very early in the morning was one of the best things I've ever did in my life it's very enjoyable. (With music) I'd have to say the park starts getting busy around the Afternoon depends on the weather. Around night time it's a nice peaceful run(don't walk slow and take your precious time) I couldn't really say if it's dangerous to be honest because whenever I run at night time nothing really happens. But I always look around and behind me just for safety.

Love this park. Been coming here for a couple years…read more Pros: the park is huge and has several attractive components: double tennis court, several basketball court, a soccer/ football field, picnic areas,functioning bathrooms and a bike path. Cons: There is no official parking lot. There are about 12 spots on the side near 147th St. and street parking on Brookville. The park much like most of the adjacent areas can present some safety issue. It's not well lit at dusk and there are some secluded areas. While I've never had any unpleasant encounters. I remain vigilant at all times. Err on the side of caution always. I keep my AirPods on transparent so that while I'm listening to music, I am aware at all times and I keep a pepper spray ( I know it's illegal ) on me whenever I'm there. I'd rather get a ticket for having the spray than be vulnerable. I also circle back to my car in between miles. Most importantly, I use the park during popular hours to make sure there are plenty people around.

A nice little park that I have passed numerous times while riding my bicycle. Then one day I…read moredecided to go in and check it out. My first impression was this is a clean park.the grass was clean no trash on the ground Or in the grass . You have a number of benches to sit down and enjoy a book or converse, or just relax and sightsee. This park also has a memorial stone with names of military soldiers who sacrificed there lives.The park is also named after lt Frank McConnell. This is not a big park ,but it is pretty peaceful .And for some one like me who enjoys parks and the great out doors. This little park is just right, and it is in my favorite borough queens. Right on lefferts blvd. You also have several stores & restaurants surrounding the park . Which is cool if you want to grab a little something to eat after leaving the park or before you go to the park.

Assuming there's no litter, or at least not large quantities of said visual disturbance. Assuming…read morethe graffiti is limited, park benches don't home homeless nor give your rear a splinter, I'm hard pressed to give poor grades to our parks. The green space we all can sit within, have a snack and watch the world go round. With a panoramic view of Atlantic Ave, the people watching is boundless. Six sturdy benches per side running railroad car straight, as the weather isn't that of nature's growth, all shrubs were asleep for the long winter ahead. Monuments spoke of not only Lt. McConnell but of the branches of the armed forces. The sun had a particularly noticeable illuminating effect upon the granite memorial pillars giving a profound effect. Not a park that has sport, recreation options but a fine place for a good sit with your book or your thoughts.

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.

Sitting in this park is very peaceful. Watching the turtles, birds, and fish live their life. It's…read morereally tranquil! They have races and other events happening here and a play area and swing set. People come to sit or walk or talk. It's a small park that offers a lot.

Captain Tilly Park aka Goose Pond is an oasis in the concrete jungle of Queens. Treat yourself with…read morea visit and you won't be disappointed. You forget you're in the city. Awesome vibe!

I should have known by the name but I am a community college dropout so I got an excuse but thanks…read morecuz for taking me to this simple no frills bare park in Elmhurst near the airport so we can lay on a giant blanket on the grass and watch the planes go to and from the airport . It's wild how you can feel the sensation of the planes go by and the loud sound as well . Plenty of street parking all around and a good park to chill out as well if the planes above are not your main reason to come here .4.5 stars on my yelp meter.

Love coming to this park for a reminisce of a simpler time. This must be one of my favorite places…read moreto chill and distress after a long day. You can easily set up a picnic blanket, enjoy a nice simple summer evening with an ice, while watching the planes flying by for a landing at the beautifully renovated LaGuardia Airport. If you look closely enough at the sky, you would see a bunch of planes waiting for clearance to land. There's no shortage of planes landing and taking off over a magnificent sunset. Growing up in Qns with moments like this, doesn't get any nostalgic than that.

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.

Currently not being from Queens I previously had no idea parks like this existed. So, to cure my…read morefascination with jet engines I recall bookmarking a fellow Yelpers review several months ago. After a quick search on Yelp, adding the location in my navi and I was on my way. My navi details were all wrong and had me on the wrong said of LaGuardia airport. I kicked in my own sense of direction and followed these low flying planes to a full blown residential area that had a little squared of section of a park. Street parking was easily found, but as I was parking my first thought was, how on earth do these residents live in this area with airplanes flying so low overhead every 1-2 minutes emitting all of this noise pollution? I suppose just like anything else, you don't even notice after awhile...I guess. This was a thrill a minute for me. Easily spotting the planes lined up high in the sky, flying in slowly waiting their turn to land. Once they get closer to the landing lights the planes seemed so close flying overhead that it felt as though you could touch them! Plus, while approaching, the jet engines produce a high pitch buzzsaw noise especially when engines reach supersonic speeds thus also giving you that graduating thunderous roar...awesome!! This little park with its landing lights, fulfilled my need for speed and thunderous decibels. So glad I read my fellow Yelper, Steven S's review, because without that information this days adventure would not have happened.

What else to say, if you live near this park, or you don't and you just love watching airplanes, or…read moreboth, this is an excellent park to come to on a nice day, lie down and watch the planes fly overhead. Just one tip for plane lovers. Use the app Flightradar24 first to check whether today's flight path will use that runway for either landings or takeoffs. (It's usually landings, but some days they fly in over Bowery Bay.) I would be shocked if you came here from outside queens just to look at airplanes, but more power to you if you did!