It's a large playground. Has a little field. Nice area. Really close to the highways which is a…read morelittle scary when you have a playground where kids play. In a good neighborhood.

This is my home park for my boys, they have spent hours and hours on this 3.25 acres, running…read morearound the ball fields, or playing in the playground. It has swings (baby and big kid), slides, bridges, jungle gyms and water between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The bathrooms are functional, and when they are locked, there's always the fields. They have houses to sit in, and rubber ground so the kiddies don't hurt themselves. Sometimes there's an aggressive game of kickball, that resists transfer to the field, and sometimes you can smell cannabis from the local teenagers. Rarely is there a hobo in the houses, but once there was. They play lots of ball games on the fields on the weekends when the weather is good, and my sons have played ball there too. Sometimes the city provides a person who brings out balls or coloring pages and markers, though I haven't seen someone this year, maybe due to cutbacks in the down economy. There is some real diversity in terms of cultures here, from Jewish to Hispanic, to Indian and Polish, plus Asian. I think I'm the only WASP, but the Poles remind me of Wisconsin. At different times you see different people. Saturday is a big time for the Jewish families, all dressed up. Met a Druze mother, and all kinds of Hispanics from all over the world. Lots of very interesting people here, and often very friendly. My sons have spent quite a lot of time here, and the people are very friendly and helpful, it has a community feel to it, even if some of the people don't speak English very well. Lots of Indians here too. Also close to convenient pizza and bodegas up the block. A lovely park, to spend lots of good outside time for the children.

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!

My one star review began to weigh a bit heavy on my heart as I took to my pen with great…read moredisappointment in my mind, retribution in my fingers. All of this due to the eminent domain approach to the removal of dog owners and our pups from the grassy field we've been congregating and socializing at for years. This radical decision left many of us, the non drivers mainly, without a open space to run our dogs, share a laugh, catching up with those whose company we look forward to being among. All to build and preserve a wack tee ball field for little kids that a year and a half later -- the munchkins have yet to materialize. But the slow arm of the parks department finally began construction on a cleverly designed new dog park, albeit too small being thin in width and short in length. The project looks to be about single digit completed after almost two years which burns my butt a bit, as private industry would have wrapped this up in weeks but as with much of my life -- a grin and bare (bear) it, smile and wave approach and reluctantly accepting this tired, old and dirty cities inability to do anything on time and on budget.

I come here occasionally to practice trail running on the orange path. Although it takes about an…read morehour by subway or by running from home, I haven't found any better trails in the NYC area. I see some creeps/junkies hanging out in the early morning (~8 am) in the single track trails but otherwise it's a perfectly nice park. I was surprised to see how the bathroom was so clean that I didn't have an issue changing clothes there after my workout. I've been coming here for about a year but I finally decided to explore the park outside the orange path, and it was worth the adventure. I was happy to check out generally extensive dog park, tennis court, and other activities going on in the lawn.

Located a block north of Queens Blvd, this park has it all for folks young and old…read more The fact that the bathroom was open for business upon my entering the blacktop clad recreation area, tells me this is a haven for NYC Parks Department employees. I sense water fountains working, garbage stoed and removed with regularly. The benches I counted could comfortably sit fifty, stone tables that second as a place to eat, or more likely, whose primary use is that of a chess board. There may be a sprinkler system set up for the hot days of summer in the city, for the kiddos sake I hope I'm right. Extending outside if the enclosed gated area sit a few benches under tall maple trees, where a view of the Van Wyke can be had, not my personal viewing pleasure. Begging squirrel count totalled eight. Eight begging squirrels that come up to you, perch upon their rear legs, hands fixed together. Cute little buggers they are.

Three full courts, regulation size no doubt, four courts for handball, full sized softball field…read morewhere left centers looking like a 355+ carry. Depth perception isn't exactly my strength though. Located flushly next to Vernon Playground where kids, chess players and leisurely watching the world go round is the theme, Manton is for the active folks that run the gulls, slam killers in the cornets and swing for the Van Wyke above the spray paint plate of home. If only I had these facilities cf lose to me in Forest Hills, I coulda been a champion. Well not exactly on the pro level, perhaps the PAL level. Either way, a clean and well kept facility that hopefully pulls little Johnny from his XBOX and into some fun competitive athletics. Go Johnny Go!

School yard sports in my area, in my day, consisted of handball, stickball and basketball. These…read morememories of years gone by are quite vivid and what sticks out most is the basketball games. Our team of five used to be a force to play against, all who had played organized ball, myself the weakest offensive link at the power forward position. (But I could really crash the boards) The rims were so tight here, actual lines painted upon the blacktop, top of the key, etc. I loved hooping it up here and marvelled at the cleanliness, the young families coming out with their little ones, older folks chatting in the mid-day sun. And the chugga chugga turning of the LIRR train wheels.. Very NYC!

This park on Austin Street is pretty great. They recently added a closeable gate but it's only on…read moreone side of the entrances to the playground. There's still other ways to get in that have no gates. But it's a start. Hopefully they can fix this by next year. The playground and swing sets are in good condition. The restroom is fairly clean for a public park restroom. I've seen far worse. I have a few complaints about this park. The honking from the traffic. There should be a no honk sign in this residential section of Austin St. Nearly every car and especially during rush hour, everybody honks at the stop sign intersection. The LIRR is already disturbing enough, add honking from impatient motorist just makes things ten times worse. I also often witness road rage in front of the park. It's a one lane, one way street towards Ascan Ave and whenever one person is parallel parking, everyone behind goes bonkers and often leading to verbal outrage. My second complaint would be the crosswalk, again, because of the traffic and idiotic drivers, there should be more signs to yeild to pedestrians and perhaps a blinking yellow light to alert motorist. My third complaint is the cleanliness of the park. The parks department does a awful job at maintaining the park. The staff often stands around fiddling with their phones while letting their leaf blower idle at low power. The gas fumes from their leaf blower stink and they do it right next to the children. They do the worse job sweeping the leaves and branches and they barely ever pickup any trash unless it is reported to 311. The park inspector that comes to inspect the playground equipment has the laziest job of all. He or she just walks around the park for a few minutes and leaves. Makes zero note of the filth and unattended litter. My last and final complaint are most of the fathers in this park. They're dicks. Super unfriendly and rude. They behave like children with their dickish tough guy attitude. A majority of the mothers, caretakers, babysitters, and grandmothers who bring their children to this park are fine. Pretty much all the females are the nicer ones here. They're very much polite and respectful of other people's belongings and when encountering with other people's children. I can't say the same about the fathers here. They act like everything belongs to them, they never ask or start with a greeting. Verdict - if you live in this section of Forest Hills, this is probably you're nearest public park. The other would probably be Forest Park. This one isn't bad but just be prepared when you come across a father who wants a dick measuring contest. The park itself is great. Plenty of ground for kids to run around, the basketball courts and handball courts are often empty. It's mostly young children, it's not a teenager hangout spot or for punks who smoke pot in the playground among children. It's a safe park and I highly recommend it despite the noise, poor park maintenance from the parks department, and the a-hole fathers.

Set at the South East corner of Forest Park is a simple squared park that is mainly for taking a…read moreseat, reading the paper, checking your emails, having a midday snack or taking in a moment to one's self. There are no slides, no monkey bars, no ball playing of any type as the perimeters in either direction are quite minimal. A dedication stone is set just off to the side, but comfortably enshrined in a field stone planting space. Birds perch and sing their sweet music all year round, above all others, this is the park I feel closer to nature although at a very busy intersection.

Beautiful park! Plenty of hiking and biking trails, beautiful flower beds. Bathrooms close early…read more Dog park. Peaceful and clean.

This is a wonderful place to bring the whole family. They have about 12 different trails, all…read moreseparated in different levels of difficulty. The trails are free to enter but they do request for volunteer donation for non members. Different tiers of annul membership available to purchase at main office that comes with some wonderful perks, such as free access to trails and special events. The main office also has some of the exhibition items like insect box and turtle box. Outside the office there's also bird and butterfly cages. We went to the center for our daughter to participate in butterfly feeding event. Upon arrival we found out we had to buy the tickets for one of the two scheduled events. Luckily there were slots available to the second event on the day. The ticket was reasonably cheap, only $8. It also came with an additional bird's exhibition that took place right in front of office deck. All the stuff members were very friendly, informative and interactive. We spent wonderful couple of hours here on beautiful warm summer day.

This place is huge!!!! Visit and buy a membership and go often! The staff is kind, dedicated and…read moreknowledgeable! Sign up for a program or hike today!

Took my 1 year old to Laugh N Play for a private birthday party and she had a BLAST! The staff is…read moreattentive, facility is clean and well taken care of, and the kids all had a great time - various ages, too! I followed them on instagram and facebook and they always have events going on, and open play hours too, not only private parties. I will be taking my child for sure!

Had the most amazing and exciting time and son's birthday celebration! Rashel, the owner, was super…read moreaccommodating, responsive to every request and Concern. Went out of her way to even Address something personal, which was not a part of their responsibility and did it personally for me. She was perfect in every aspect of helping out Take the stresses of planning the special day on herself and her staff. The girls were friendly, helpful, and accommodating. I highly recommend this place. You can imagine. There was not one hiccup I could possibly think of. The police is clean extremely brand new. There are kids games for all ages, basketball games, and Personal one on one interaction with the staff, including gameplay for the younger audience Thank you for you guys you made our day unforgettable!

No, I'm always one of those type of people when I go somewhere. I really be looking out for things…read morethat could be improved and what I notice is there has fencing around all of the kids toys where nobody can have access to the toys so people cut the wires and bent them back and it seems that the part doesn't care to fix those problems! The kids seem to have fun at their two or three squirt/pad that they've had compared to other parks this is a little ghetto, but the rest of the park seems to be awfully nice considering the amount of money that they probably paid for the benches versus making the kids portion of the park, upgraded and better! This whole plot of land has so much more potential than it's given! Given the conditions of the park, I have to give this a place of three! There is too many children hazards that the park could fix, but they don't! And don't come at me saying that the cops don't know because I've watched them patrol. It's about 5011 times and they ain't said nothing about nobody going inside these fences to play on these toys so I'm pretty sure if they know about it. The city knows about it, but who am I besides a tourist in this big New York City!

This Jamaica park was the former estate of Rufus King, a lawyer and statesman who was one of the…read moreoriginal signers of the United States Constitution, and a leader in the early anti-slavery movement. This historical site not only offers educational insight to our history, it also offers a ton of recreational activities such as; a soccer field for many soccer fans, a handball court,and a basketball court. In fact, several notable basketball legends got their start in Queens playgrounds, like the Rufus King Park. Mike Wilks played basketball in the area, as well as Rafer, Skip To My Lou, Alston. Just a little history! I sat in the park for about 10 minutes. I did experience kind interactions from passerbys. Parks are very interesting and fun, even in the winter. Inspire more, Yelp more!