Astoria Park

Park · Queens

Along Astoria's East River shore, Astoria Park runs from just south of the Triborough Bridge, now the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, to north of the Hell Gate Bridge, with views from Midtown Manhattan to the Hell Gate channel.

  • 0.10 square miles
  • 1 street corner
  • 2 bus routes

The City acquired more than 56 acres for the park in 1913 on high ground where well-off families had built country homes in the 19th century, and NYC Parks runs it today. Its pool, one of 11 huge outdoor pools that opened in the summer of 1936, hosted U.S. Olympic swimming and diving trials in 1936 and 1964 and became a city landmark in 2006.

Sources: Astoria Park History (NYC Parks); Astoria Park Pool and Play Center (designation report, June 20, 2006, Designation List 377) (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Bronx-Whitestone Bridge (MTA Bridges and Tunnels).

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Astoria Park borders two areas.

Street map of Astoria Park, Queens, outlined among Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway and Old Astoria-Hallets Point, with its paths and the streets around it.Astoria (North)-Ditmars-SteinwayOld Astoria-Hallets Point
  • Astoria Park
  • A neighboring area
  • Park

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on two routes stop in or at the edge of Astoria Park.

  • 2 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Q19
  • Q69

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at its one corner; the average Queens corner had 5.2.

Camera tickets

In 2025 the Department of Finance recorded no red-light, school-zone speed or bus-lane camera ticket at its corners.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
54.1 acres of Astoria Park, as NYC Parks maps it within the area's boundary
Designated landmark
The Astoria Park Pool and Play Center Filter House

Streets and trees

Trees
1,224 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, northern red oak and pin oak

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, three bike-share stations stand in Astoria Park. The City's public art inventory lists one work in the area: Astoria Park War Memorial (1926).

  • 3 bike-share stations
  • 1 work of public art

The corner

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.