Showing posts with label Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

200 Lb. Concrete Slab Falls From Van Wyck Expressway Into Parks Dept. Parking Lot

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A  2 and a 1/2 foot section of a crumbling support column that holds up the Van Wyck Expressway fell into a Parks Department parking l...
Monday, November 2, 2015

Second Major Outdoor Music Festival Vying For Flushing Meadows Corona Park This Summer

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Queens By Geoffrey Croft News of a second promoter negotiating with the city  to stage a large music festival in Flushing Meadows-...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Four Nabbed After Robbing Man 63, In Flushing Meadows Park After Getaway Car Brakes Down

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Queens By Geoffrey Croft A police officer assigned to the US Open apprehended four robbery suspects in the World's Fair Marin...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Detectives Socha & Lynch Honored In World's Fair Bombing Tragedy Anniversary

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Flushing Meadows Corona Park - July 4, 1940. A time bomb exploded killing Detectives Joseph Lynch and Ferdinand “Fred” Socha who seconds ea...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Let There Be Light - New York State Pavilion Hopes For A Brighter Future

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Lighting tests conducted on the Astro-View Towers of the New York State Pavilion last Tu...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Sky-High Graffiti Bust: Teens Caught On Top Of Flushing Meadows Corona Park Worlds Fair Towers

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Five teens were caught by park police after they broke into and climbed 226 feet to the top of the observation deck of the abandoned a...
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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Parks Employees Forced To Drive "Death Trap" Vehicle

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City park workers in Queens were being forced to use a 14-year-old "death trap" pick-up truck that has a  multitude of safety vio...
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