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Challenge Playground

251 St. bet. 61 Ave. and 63 Ave.

Queens

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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

What was here before?
Originally settled as farmland in the 1640s, this area of Queens retained its largely rural character until 1923, when 167acres were purchased from the nearby Vanderbilt family estate to create a new golf club. The golf course was eventually named Glen Oaks, after the sweeping panoramic view from the highest point in Queens.

Nearby on the northern side of Grand Central Parkway, a group of members from the Belleclaire Country Club, located in Bayside, founded the North Hills Golf Club in 1927. After its owners relocated to Manhasset, the City of New York purchased the property on September 7, 1962, and reopened it as Douglaston Park Golf Course.

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