Baisley Pond Park
What was here before? Baisley Pond was created in the 18th century when local farmers dammed three streams to power their g...

Barclay Triangle
Located at the intersection of Astoria Boulevard, 31st Avenue, and 102nd Street, this triangle pays tribute to the memory of ...

Bay Terrace Playground
What was here before? The area’s earliest known inhabitants were the Matinecock, a tribe of the Algonquin nation. The...

Baybridge Green
This park most likely draws its name from the grouping of several neighborhood elements, including “Bay” (from the...

Bayside Fields
In 1887, the property known today as Bayside Fields was acquired by a family-run real estate group, Cord-Meyer Development Com...

Bayside Playground
Bayside Playground, originally named J.H.S. 180 Playground after the adjoining school, is located in Rockaway, Queens. The n...

Beach 59th Street Playground
What was here before?The name Rockaway was probably derived from the Delaware or Chippewa Native American words for sandy plac...

Beach Channel Park
Beach Channel Park is located in the Rockaway Park section of Queens. It is bounded by Beach 116th and Beach 124th Streets an...

Beach Channel Playground
Beach Channel Playground provides recreational facilities to local residents of Rockaway, Queens. The playground name comes f...

Beach Channel West
Beach Channel West is a small area with a great view of nearby Jamaica Bay. Beach Channel West provides a little calm at the ...

Beavers in New York City - Latimer Playground
In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company sent navigator Henry Hudson westward to discover the Northwest Passage...

Beavers in New York City - Little Bush Park
In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company sent navigator Henry Hudson westward to discover the Northwest Passage...

Bell Malls
Bell Boulevard takes its name from a prominent family in Queens history. In 1824, Abraham Bell, an Irish immigrant member...

Bellaire Playground
This area was once a 42-acre tract of farmland owned by the Haubitzer family. In 1899 the National Pigeon Shooters Associatio...

Bellerose Playground
What was here before?English colonists first settled Bellerose, part of a large Jamaica land grant from Director General of Ne...

Benigno Aquino Triangle
Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. (1932-1983) was a martyr for political freedom and a national leader in the Philippine...

Benninger Playground
Located on Madison Street between 60th Place and Fresh Pond Road, Benninger Playground is named after former Queens Parks Comm...

Bohan Hockey Rink
This rink is named in honor of Firefighter James Bohan (1973-1998). He died on December 18, 1998 while fighting a fire at the ...

Bowne House
Bowne House, built by John Bowne around 1661 and set within Weeping Beech Park in Flushing, Queens, is one of the oldest struc...

Bowne Park
What was here before?This was once the site of former State Senator and New York City Mayor Walter Bowne’s summer reside...