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Take the kids out to these ‘egg-cellent’
Easter egg hunts going on across Queens
BY ANDREINA RODRIGUEZ
editorial@qns.com
@QNS
With Easter on the way, Queens has prepared
itself with plenty of events for children
and their families to enjoy some egg
hunting fun.
Children will get to enjoy a game of
searching for eggs fi lled with special treats
and prizes, as well as other activities including
face painting, egg-tossing and even pictures
with the Easter Bunny.
Wherever you live or whatever you like to
do, there’s plenty of Easter-themed events to
attend. Check out a list of Easter egg hunts
happening all around Queens.
Barnyard Easter Egg Hunt When:
Saturday, April 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Queens County Farm Museum,
73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park Cost:
$10
Dubbed the most celebrated egg hunt
in Queens, Queens County Farm is inviting
everyone to bring their baskets and
get ready to hunt. Th ere will be egg tossing,
egg rolling games, and a chance to
meet Whiskers the Bunny. Everyone can
also visit farm animals and take a hayride.
Hungry? Food vendors will be selling treats
all day on the farm.
Easter Egg Hunt When: Saturday, April
20, from 1 to 3 p.m. Where: Grace Gospel
Tabernacle, 96-09 Springfi eld Blvd., Queens
Village Cost: Free/Registration
Grace Gospel Tabernacle is inviting
everyone for their annual Easter Egg Hunt.
Th ough the event is targeted to children
ages 3 to 10, everyone in the family is still
expected to have fun. Th e event will take
place in a safe, Easter-themed indoor facility
with food, games, music and prizes provided.
2019 LIC YMCA Bunny Run and
Easter Egg Hunt When: Saturday, April
20, from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Where: Lance
Corporal Th omas P. Noonan Park, 43rd
Street and Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside
Cost: $5-$20
Long Island City YMCA is hosting a
Bunny Fun Run and Easter Egg Hunt sponsored
by T-Mobile, ProHealth Dental and
Sunnyside Shines. Families from western
Queens and beyond are invited by the
LIC Runners to join to promote health
and community. It’s an event for families
to celebrate spring and the community.
Proceeds will be going to the YMCA’s
Annual Campaign.
Easter Eggstravaganza When: Saturday
and Sunday, April 20 and April 21, from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Queens Zoo, 53-51
111th St., Corona Cost: Free for children
under 2/$7.95 for 65 and over/$6.95 for
ages 3-12/$9.95 for 13 and over
Queens Zoo is having their Spring
Eggstravaganza for a whole Easter weekend.
Along with their famous egg hunt,
there will also be craft s, interactive stations,
photos with the Easter bunny and overall
fun for the whole family.
Ascension Church of Forest Hills
EasterFest When: Sunday, April 21, at
10:30 a.m. Where: MacDonald Park, 87-20
Queens Blvd., Forest Hills Cost: Free
Ascension Church is having their 13th
annual EasterFest Celebration, starting
off with a 10:30 a.m. Easter Service with
Sunday school for children 10 and younger
at P.S. 101. Th ere will also be music, egg
hunt, games, craft s, face painting and light
refreshments from 1 to 3 p.m. Everyone will
receive their egg hunt tickets at the park or
P.S. 101.
Gantry Park Renew Queens and Skyline
Church Annual Easter Egg Hunt When:
Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to noon
Where: Gantry Park (Near the Gantries)
4-09 47th Rd., Long Island City Cost: Free
It’s time for the annual Long Island City
Egg Hunt and Festival. Th is event includes
an egg hunt timed precisely according to
each age group, along with music, face
painting and carnival games. Hosted by
Renew Queens, Wellspring Church NYC
and local businesses and residents in
Queens, everyone is encouraged to donate
to the festival during registration.
Our Saviour New York Easter Egg Hunt
When: Saturday, April 20, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Where: Our Saviour New York, 92-14 63rd
Dr., Rego Park Cost: Free
Our Saviour New York’s annual Easter
Egg Hunt is an event for all families with
small children and their neighbors. It’ll be
an aft ernoon of fun on the church lawn,
taking pictures with the Easter bunny and
searching for eggs fi lled with treats and
special prizes. Everyone is also invited for a
Sunday morning celebration of Easter.
Queensbridge Park Renew Queens
and Skyline Church Annual Easter Egg
Hunt When: Saturday, April 20, from 2 to
3:30 p.m. Where: Queensbridge Park, 41st
Avenue and Vernon Boulevard, Queens
(enter at Vernon and Queensbridge Park
Greenway) Cost: Free
Th e annual Long Island City Egg Hunt
and Festival is occurring in both Gantry
Park and Queensbridge. Here, you will
join them at their new location where you
must look out for the big red egg. Th ere will
be carnival games, live entertainment and
age-specifi c egg hunts.
Green Meadows Farm Alley Park
Children’s Egg Hunt When: April 19, 20,
21, 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Alley Park in Bayside, Springfi eld
Boulevard and 76th Avenue, Bayside Cost:
$9
Bring your Easter basket to Alley Park’s
annual Easter egg hunt and enjoy a day that
includes photos with Whisker the Easter
Bunny, playing in their giant corn box,
enjoying their hay wagon slide and giggling
in their fun house. Th ere will also be
petting zoos and pony rides that requires
extra charge.
Annual Easter Egg Hunt 2019 When:
Monday, April 22, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Where: Lewis Latimer House Museum,
34-41 137th St., Flushing Cost: Free/RSVP
Families are invited to join in on the fun
in the Lewis Latimer House Museum annual
Easter egg hunt being held in their garden.
An aft ernoon of searching for eggs
fi lled with special treasures that children
enjoy.
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