EDITORIAL
HOW TO ENJOY SUMMER
FUN IN QUEENS
As the calendar flips to August, during this
pandemic summer unlike any other, there
is still time for some summer fun across the
borough.
After months of being pent up in warm apartments,
you can get relief at the massive public pool at Astoria
Park — which opens Saturday, July 31 — joining Liberty
Pool in Jamaica and Fisher Pool in East Elmhurst
to cool off during the current heat wave.
Or you can travel to the precious beaches in Rockaway,
where the water has never been cleaner. Have
trouble parking there? Just head west to Riis Park with
its expansive parking lot and a wonderful food vendor
lineup at the Riis Park Beach Bazaar, now operating at
full strength with the reopening of the bathhouse.
If you want to stay local, then check out all of the
outdoor dining options at some of the boroughs best
restaurants from Bell Boulevard in Bayside to Ditmars
Boulevard in Astoria. So many eateries have been impacted
by the COVID-19 crisis, and they are in dire need
of business, as are all of the other small businesses that
make up the backbone of Queens.
In the evenings, you can head to the new Queens
Drive-In at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing
Meadows Corona Park or Movies in Your Car at the
York College Performing Arts Center in Jamaica.
Perhaps you’re looking for free options for summer
fun across the borough, of which there are many. You
can grab your bike and head numerous green spaces
such as Forest Park or Little Bay Park, as well as the
Vanderbilt Motor Parkway — also known as the Long
Island Motor Parkway — the increasingly popular cyclist
destination in Cunningham Park.
If you’re looking for free art in the park, head west
to the East River waterfront where Socrates Sculpture
Park is presenting an outdoor exhibition entitled “Monuments
Now,” which grapples with both the deadly pandemic
and the tragic consequences of systemic racism.
Monuments are created by artists, but ultimately are
valued and empowered by society. Throughout the exhibition,
Socrates will engage the community through
a “visible conversation” which will allow socially distant
visitors to respond to the work through an on-site
exchange and display process.
There is still time to make something of the rest of
this pandemic summer in Queens. So go out and make
the best of what summer we have left.
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Rockaway Beach is one of many go-to summer destinations in Queens. Photo by Dean Moses
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