Haggerty Park
This park honors Daniel A. Haggerty (1884-1965), a Queens public servant for 18 years. Born in Brooklyn on September 13, 1884...

Hall of Science
The Hall of Science was constructed for the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Max Abramovi...

Hallets Cove Playground
What was here before? Hallets Point is a knob-shaped peninsula at the westernmost tip of Queens, framed by Pot Cove on the ...

Hammel Playground
Hammels is an area of Rockaway Beach in Queens, named for local landowner Louis Hammel (1836-1904). Originally from Germany, ...

Handball Haven
On August 30, 1854, the City of New York acquired this property, and the land that would become Horace Harding Expressway, thr...

Harold Schneiderman Playground
This playground, located at 155th Avenue between 84th and 85th Streets, is named in honor of Harold Schneiderman (1926-1985), ...

Hart Playground
This playground is named to honor the courage and morality of 17th century Queens County resident Edward Hart (ca.1600-Α...

Harvard Playground
This playground takes its name from Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. The u...

Haym Salomon Square
Haym Salomon (1740-1785), for whom this Queens Greenstreets property is named, was a Jewish immigrant from Poland, best kn...

Helen Marshall Playground
What was here before? This area of Queens was once home to the Mespachtes tribe, whose name some historians say can be ...

Hempstead Bench Spread
This park is named after nearby Hempstead Avenue, a thoroughfare to the Nassau County town of the same name, although the titl...

Hermon A. Macneil Park
What was here before?The Matinecock lived on this peninsula before the Dutch granted English merchant and enslaver William Law...

Highland Park
Straddling Brooklyn and Queens, Highland Park is situated on a high plateau that commands dramatic views of nearby cemeteries,...

Highland Park Lower Western Playground
What was here before? This part of Highland Park was once the Schenck estate. Johannes Schenck emigrated from Holland to th...

Hillcrest Veterans Square
The neighborhood of Hillcrest was created by the Hillcrest of Jamaica Company, owned by William F. Wyckoff, whose surname is t...

Hillside Park
This playground is located in the Glen Oaks neighborhood of eastern Queens. The name reflects the nearby crest of hills that ...

Hinton Park
This park honors Reverend George Warren Hinton (1880-1969), a dedicated pastor and active community member. Born in North Car...

Hoffman Park
What was here before? A Quaker meeting house was built on this site in 1722. The meeting house was sold in 1760, serving ...

Hollis Court Malls
In 1776 General Nathaniel Woodhull was assaulted and mortally wounded by British soldiers in Hollis. Woodhull, the Major Gene...

Hollis Playground
“Hollis” was not developer Frederick W. Denton’s first choice for this neighborhood’s name. He wanted...