Unisphere Promenade & Astronaut Court

Unisphere Promenade and Astronaut Court meet at a three-way junction in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The sculpture “Rocket Thrower” is 180 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them park features. NYC Parks records 202 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Within a walk
5 places
3 park features, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

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Unisphere Promenade & Astronaut Court Nearby corners, linked

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Trees

NYC Parks records 202 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated Unisphere (730 feet).

  1. Unisphere Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

  1. Rocket Thrower Sculpture by Donald De Lue, 1964
    180 feet
  2. Column of Jerash Column, 1964
    340 feet
  3. Etched Granite Pavement Site-specific installation by Matt Mullican, 1995
    490 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 1 playground
  • 1 stadium or arena

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. North Lawn in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    130 feet
  2. South Lawn in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    280 feet
  3. Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    530 feet
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  1. Saturn Playground
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Stadium or arena
    910 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astronaut Court or Unisphere Promenade.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC City Planning, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18–30, 2026.