Flushing Meadows-- Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park, or just Flushing Meadows, is a public park in the northern part of Queens, New York City. It is bounded by I-678 (Van Wick Expressway) on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and also Union Turnpike on the south. Flushing Meadows-- Corona Park is the fourth-largest public park in New York city, with a total location of 897 acres (363 ha). Till the 19th century, the site contained marshes straddling the Flushing River, which traverses the area from north to south. Starting in the initial decade of the 20th century, it was utilized as a disposing ground for ashes, since at the time, the land was up until now far from the developed parts of New York City as to be thought about nearly useless. New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses first conceived the suggestion of establishing a big park in Flushing Field in the 1920s as part of a system of parks throughout eastern Queens...