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SPEND THE FALL OUTDOORS
WITH THESE QUEENS ADVENTURES
BY MAX PARROTT
Whether it’s foliage
walks, pumpkin patches,
or spooky maze and cemetery
tours, Queens has
got the nature enthusiasts
covered for the fall
season. Here are five fallthemed
ideas for outdoor
Queens adventures.
QUEENS COUNTY FARM
MUSEUM
Not only is the
Queens County Farm
Museum city’s largest
tract of farmland, it also
contains a 47-acre parcel
that is the longest continuously
farmed site in the
state. The farm takes full
advantage of its access to
fields, orchards, farm vehicles
and livestock to go
all out during fall. From
late September to the end
of October, the museum
will host a 3-acre corn
maze, which will feature
night hours on select
dates. The farm will also
host a pumpkin patch
and harvest festival on
the weekends in October.
Visit the farm’s calendar
at www.queensfarm.
org/events.html.
CATCH THE FALL FOLIAGE
IN ALLEY POND PARK
The park’s mile-long
Tulip Tree Trail presents
a great opportunity
to walk through a forest
of deciduous foliage once
the leaves turn. Numerous
trails in the park
also cross through a native
hardwood oak-hickory
forest.
The park also features
the Parks Department’s
first public high
ropes adventure course.
The Alley Pond Park Adventure
Course offers a
series of obstacles that
challenge participants
to work together in order
to solve them. The programs
are available on
a first-come, first-served
basis on Sundays at 9:30
a.m. and 1 p.m. through
Oct. 27, weather permitting.
QUEENS BOTANICAL
GARDEN
The Queens Botanical
Garden, which came out
of a World’s Fair exhibit
into a full-fledged nature
preserve with yearround
programming,
offers a bounty of fall
events. The garden will
host a harvest festival
on Oct. 13 with live music,
inflatables, a petting
zoo, face painting and
craft and food vendors.
It’s also bringing back its
ever-popular Pumpkin
Patch on Oct. 12 and 14,
with activities including
harvest-themed photo
opportunities, pumpkin
decorating, crafts and
botanical demonstrations.
For the garden’s fall
calendar, visit https://
queensbotanical.org/calendar/
2019-10/.
QUEENS INTERNATIONAL
NIGHT MARKET
The New York Hall of
Science Flushing Meadows
Corona Park will
host the Queens International
Night Market
every Saturday from 5
p.m. to midnight until
Oct. 26. The open-air
night market features
up to 100 vendors selling
merchandise, art
and food. The organizers
also curate cultural
performances, which are
booked to celebrate the
borough’s diversity.
For more information,
visit queensnightmarket.
com/.
FOR THE MORBIDLY
INCLINED, VISIT THE
CEMETERY BELT
What better season
to visit some of the city’s
most historic cemeteries,
than the lead up to
All Soul’s Eve? Queens’s
cemetery belt is home
over a dozen cemeteries,
the oldest of which
Calvary Cemetery, was
founded in 1848.
Middle Village’s St.
John Cemetery is the
burial site for former
flamboyant mob boss
John Gotti, New York
Governor Mario Cuomo
and Geraldine Ferraro,
the first candidate to accept
nomination for vice
president from a major
party. Glendale’s Machpelah
Cemetery houses
the grave site of Harry
Houdini, the world famous
magician, who survived
through daring escapes
and illusions only
to die of appendicitis.
Then, travel to the Flushing
Cemetery, where lie
jazz legends Louis Armstrong
and John “Dizzy”
Gillespie, whose plot is
not marked.
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