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How to enjoy summer fun in Queens
As the calendar fl ips to August, during
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Story: Queens Public Library reports ‘no issues’
after reopening some branches with grab-and-go
service
Summary: Nearly two weeks after launching library
to-go services, the Queens Public Library says it has
lent out tens of thousands of items.
Reach: 5,867 (as of 7/27/20)
this pandemic summer unlike any
other, there is still time for some summer
fun across the borough.
Aft er 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. Th roughout 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.
Th ere 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 .
Photo by Dean Moses
Don’t let the COVID-19 pandemic wreck what’s left of the summer.
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