12 JULY 30, 2020 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
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
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Rockaway Beach is one of many go-to destinations in Queens this summer. Photo by Dean Moses
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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