In honor of National Poetry Month, QBG partners with the Kupferberg Center for the Arts to bring you a special nature-themed poetry reading by the Queens Poet Laureate, Maria Lisella, accompanied by renowned poets from Queens. Includes Garden tour and reception.
Come out to our “Volunteer Open House” and find out more about volunteer opportunities. Refreshments will be served.
Please join us for a landscape painting workshop using watercolor, inks, and charcoal.
Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!
The Power Rockaways Resilience team developed cultural knowledge so valuable that it led to an award from the White House.
For two days each October, the Annual Open House New York Weekend unlocks the doors of New York’s most important buildings, offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city and meet the people who design, build, and preserve New York.
Spend a morning on QBG Farm and learn how composted food scraps nourish the soil to grow healthy food in NYC. Tasks will vary by day, but may include weeding, harvesting, planting, and composting activities.
New York City is home to an amazing abundance of wildlife. From falcons and salamanders, to deer and seals; wildlife viewing is a perfect activity…
Saturday Sculpture Workshops are organized for kids ages 5- 13 and their families. Workshops are free and offered in the park’s education area on a drop-in basis. Participants work with a different artist each week, exploring innovative art mediums and a variety of subject matter.
DJ Cocotaso spins salsa, merengue, bachata, and more outdoors at Windmuller stage. This event features dance lessons and performances by Piel Canela Dance School, followed by an…
The QueensWay would transform an abandoned railway in Queens into parkland.
This year’s Tour de Queens will start and end in tree-lined Astoria Park, a stone’s throw from the East River. The tour will be approximately 20 miles through some fabulous neighborhoods, including Long Island City, Sunnyside, Rego Park, Forest Hills, and Corona. Our rest stop will be at one of Queens’ most beautiful but overlooked parks, Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village.
Come out and join Transition NYC’s second workday. Plant more raised beds, and put up flyers for the Convergence at Rockaway retail stores. Burlap bags have amazing properties, and volunteers will be able to take home a stack of burlap bags to their own gardens.
Join the Student Conservation Association as they team up with New York State Parks for a day of service at Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens!
Join Fred Gerber, Director of Education Emeritus for an adult workshop on starting your summer vegetables indoors.
Do you want to participate in creative improvements to Flushing Meadows Corona Park?
Anyone interested in the future of Flushing Meadows Corona Park is invited to come to the Queens Museum for presentations as well as activities for all ages that will invite community members to thoughtfully engage with, and contribute, bold ideas for improving the access, circulation, and overall connectivity of the park with its surrounding communities.
Did you know Queens, NY is a land of discovery?
This virtual tour of some of Queens’ hidden spots will entice you with the adventures that await you and arm you with what you need to organize your own fantastic day trips – no passport or plane ticket needed, just your metro card, a few dollars, and maybe your cell phone in case you get lost…
New York City hosted the 1939 World’s Fair in Flushing, Queens. To show off the city’s water system that tapped mountain springs as far as 100 miles away, the Cartographic Survey Force, a branch of the Works Progress Administration, constructed a 3-dimensional model of the system out of wood and plaster for @ $100,000 (about $1.5 million in today’s dollars).
You can now see the map for yourself and hear about its story from NYC water educator Matt Malina.