Jackson Heights Beautification Group

09/02/2026

Great news! Summer Sundays in the Park has been nominated again for a Best of the Boro Award! To vote, click on the link below. We are listed under Arts/Entertainment —> Annual Event/Festival —> Summer Sundays in the Park

Anyone can vote, and you can vote once per person, per day. Voting starts today and continues through the end of December.

Welcome to the Bethpage Best of Queens voting. During the voting period, you can vote for your favorite local Queens, NY businesses.

08/28/2026

This Inaugural Queens Ride is scheduled for September 20th. For any riders interested in participating, see details below.

Our inaugural bike tour is less than a month away!

Join me, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, Transportation Alternatives and up to 2,000 fellow cyclists on Sunday, September 20 in seeing our borough in a way you never have before.

Ride Queens will start and end in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, with riders being able to choose to cycle along either a 12- or 25-mile loop through Central, Eastern and Northern Queens. And after the ride, there will be a post-event festival in the park with food, performances and more.

But you MUST register in advance in order to ride. You can register at the link below, or find more information at www.queensbp.nyc.gov/ridequeens

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZ9nwhCKKDaKel8bTRzwmFJP6Zi-Ale40FIiRjGw_eo46YHA/viewform

08/28/2026

The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, which has performed several times for our neighborhood, will be at the nearby performing arts center, LPAC! Take a look at the details below.

Next week, LPAC is excited to be sponsoring the 2026 NYC Unicycle Festival! Visit Bindlestiff Family Cirkus for more info!!

08/28/2026

Quickie fixes like those at the boardwalk and others at our crumbling park are no long-term plan for addressing what ails us: under-investment made worse by the big sports arenas in that area bring traffic and wear and tear without investing in our park. Maybe the surrounding sports venues should also chip in and help maintain our borough's flagship park.

In many ways, the Passerelle Boardwalk extending from the Mets-Willets Point subway station toward Flushing Meadows Corona Park is symbolic of the issues facing the sprawling park it leads to.

Click on the link in the comments below to view the full article.

08/28/2026

It is definitely no secret that Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is the neglected gem in our borough. Our elected officials signed off on giving away 78 acres of our park to disgraced billionaire Steven Cohen on the idea that our borough will benefit from improvements to the park and nearby areas. Does that sound like a good plan?

https://qns.com/2026/08/flushing-meadows-corona-park-underfunded/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT-eKZwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVZ2OUtIQWJEbXVKNGdvRDhzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe6qhxGATSt6zl72TvInpLu1mfj40hg0v6cs2vlQeyrHj8W90H1ZKPVKNr2Ao_aem_nEaOdbGoSpuSTZjQoA0xDQ

Invest in our park and retain the 78 acres in the public's hands.

It’s no secret that Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the historically neglected centerpiece of Queens, suffers today from decades of chronic underfunding:

08/27/2026

Happy Thursday and welcome back to another Jackson Heights - Then & Now segment, featuring Spanish Gardens! Can’t get enough of our beautifully designed garden apartment complexes here in JH! 🌳🌺 🌆

08/23/2026

The Queensboro Dance Festival has several more upcoming shows! Take a look below -