Meet at the Unisphere.
Experience the majesty of nature's aerial acrobats at Flushing Meadow Park's Hawk Watch event! Join us for a mesmerizing spectacle as majestic hawks soar and swoop through the sky.
Meet near Ballfield 13 at Meadow Lake Drive and Jewel Avenue.
Our trained Urban Park Rangers will lead you on canoe adventures that range from the gentle waters of protected lakes to the challenging open waters of rivers and bays. Ages 8 and up.
No Lottery registration.
Meet at Mauro Playground at Park Drive East and 73rd Terrace.
Join the Rangers as we walk the park to observe and collect data for the City Nature Challenge, a friendly competition taking place between hundreds of cities around the world.
Registration opens April 17th.
The Japanese American Association's Annual Sakura Festival is coming back to FMCP on April 20th!
This festival celebrates Japanese culture in New York City with a gathering in our park's cherry tree grove, where the JAA will plant a new tree.
This is a great way to enjoy the beautiful cherry trees of FMCP alongside Japanese traditions that celebrate the springtime bloom of these 'Sakura!'
Please visit the JAA Facebook page for more info.
Calling all volunteers, nature enthusiasts, and park lovers!
Earth Week is back at Flushing Meadows Corona Park with 12 events celebrating the most important day of the year for our parks and open spaces: Earth Day!
Starting April 17, our Stewardship Team will be hosting a volunteer opportunity each day until April 28. Check out the full list of events below:
At the 2024 installment of the Gov Ball music festival, the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park is an official nonprofit partner. We’re honored to be working with Gov Ball and Propeller to make a difference in our Queens community.
Find out how you can volunteer with the Alliance for a park cleanup day and have the chance to earn a ticket to Gov Ball 2024! Participants will help beautify the area around FMCP’s World’s Fair Marina.
Visit the event page on Propeller to learn more about this program. A Propeller account is required to receive your Gov Ball ticket, upon the successful completion of a volunteer shift with the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Note: registration for this event has closed due to reaching full capacity. Please contact info@allianceforfmcp.org if you have any questions about this opportunity.
Meet at the Unisphere.
Join the Urban Park Rangers to learn about the iconic flowering trees of Queens’ flagship park during the Springtime!
Join the FMCP Stewardship Team for a day of service and natural areas appreciation as we clean up the Pat Dolan Trail. This trail is one of the few of its type in New York City and is an invaluable resource for park goers looking to get away from the concrete jungle for a bit.
Pitch in for Parks is back! The annual event gives the athletes and teams who use our sporting amenities a chance to give back.
Volunteers will get our various courts, fields, and pitches ready for summer.
Visit the link below to register your team or find out more.
Meet in the Meadow Lake Boathouse parking lot.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a clean-up and nature exploration in the borough’s largest park. Discover what type of animals rely on Meadow Lake for habitat and why freshwater bodies are so important in urban environments. All litter removal tools and PPE will be provided.
Pitch in for Parks is back! The annual event gives the athletes and teams who use our sporting amenities a chance to give back.
Volunteers will get our various courts, fields, and pitches ready for summer.
Visit the link below to register your team or find out more.
Join the FMCP Stewardship Team for a day of service to commemorate World Water Day.
Volunteers will be removing invasive plants and cleaning up the waterfront around Meadow Lake.
Note: This event has been canceled due to the Flood Watch issued in New York and New Jersey on Saturday 3/23.
Join the FMCP Stewardship Team for a day of service to commemorate World Water Day.
Volunteers will be removing invasive plants and cleaning up the waterfront around Meadow Lake.
Learn about the science and facts of recycling while we clean up the shoreline around the World’s Fair Marina.
Celebrate Women's History Month with the Urban Park Rangers. Rangers lead the way on the Pat Dolan Trail while discussing the women of Queens who changed New York City and made history.
Join the FMCP Stewardship team for a day of service recognizing World Wildlife Day. Volunteers will gather to clean up the park and, with the help of our friends at the Queens Zoo, learn about local wildlife and the native animals of North America. After volunteering, participants will be invited to visit the Queens Zoo as guests of NYC Parks.
Winter is drawing to a close…
Help the FMCP Stewardship Team get our park Spring-ready with a week of bush pruning and other horticultural maintenance duties. Volunteers will learn about how our NYC Parks team gets FMCP looking so nice in time for the warm weather.
Note: This is a multi-day event and volunteers will choose which day they want to volunteer during.
NOTICE: This event has been canceled due to inclement weather. Please contact volunteer@allianceforfmcp.org with any questions.
FMCP’s Natural Areas Stewardship Coordinator Lee Hittner Cunningham will be leading participants on a Winter Wonder Walk around our park to see some of the best hidden gems and sights.
Join us for a day of photo opportunities, learning, and nature appreciation!
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual, global citizen science event where observances of any species of bird is recorded. The data collected across the globe helps scientists and researches see populations of species in a real time snapshot.
The count runs from February 16th-19th. Stop by any area of the park during those days, and let us know what you see!
Watch this video to learn all about the annual event:
You may need to download some tools for effective data collection. Visit the official event page to learn more.
When observing our avian neighbors, be sure to keep and share your favorite pics! Email your best shots to volunteer@allianceforfmcp.org
If you're posting on social media, tag us @AllianceforFMCP or use the hashtags #fmcpbirdcount and #fmcpgreatbackyardbirdcount to join other budding ornithologists across the park!
Enter your name and email below to be included in post-event recaps and surveys:
Join the Stewardship Team at FMCP as we prune back plants around the Misting Fountain in preparation for spring growth! Celebrate the season of love with us as we care for the park’s beautiful collection of decorative grasses.
After volunteering, participants will receive a special thank-you gift in the form of Valentine's Day decorative materials.
World Wetlands Day is coming up! The Flushing Meadows Corona Park Stewardship Team is planning a day of service and ecosystems education to celebrate this wonderful natural resource found throughout our park.
We will begin the day by working on the Pat Dolan Trail, an indispensable gateway for park visitors to experience FMCP’s wetlands. After the volunteer work, our Urban Park Rangers will be leading a lesson on wetlands and their importance.
Join us on February 4th!
Join the FMCP Stewardship Team to take part in a national day of service honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
After meeting by the Unisphere, we will be cleaning up litter and leaves around the park.
Note: this is a two-day event. Volunteers may sign up for either Sunday 1/14 or Monday 1/15 (Or both!)
Please register in advance as tools and supplies are limited:
Join the FMCP Stewardship Team to take part in a national day of service honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
After meeting by the Unisphere, we will be cleaning up litter and leaves around the park.
Note: this is a two-day event. Volunteers may sign up for either Sunday 1/14 or Monday 1/15 (Or both!)
Please register in advance as tools and supplies are limited:
December 4 is World Wildlife Conservation Day!
We celebrate World Wildlife Conservation Day to raise awareness about endangered flora and fauna. NYC Parks staff are working throughout the city to safeguard a variety of species by monitoring animal populations to mitigate threats and managing habitats to protect the natural areas where they live and breed.
Two Bald Eagles at the Queens Zoo in FMCP
Join the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Stewardship Team for a virtual presentation exploring the history of World Wildlife Conservation Day on Sunday, December 3rd. You will learn about the conservation stories of several key species in NYC, including the Monarch Butterfly, American Elm and Peregrine Falcon.
We will take a look at the work and goals of the Queens Zoo, located on the west side of our very own Flushing Meadows Corona Park! The park is also home to one of the largest freshwater wetlands in the city, Willow Lake. Freshwater wetlands provide crucial ecosystem services, including water purification, flood control, and habitat for diverse plant and animal species.
We hope to see you there! Please visit the below link to attend the presentation on Sunday, December 3rd at 11:00am.
Please email info@allianceforfmcp.org with questions about this event.
Click Flyer for Presentation Link
Explore the park with our Fall Scavenger Hunt and see how many of the sights of fall you can find this holiday weekend!
If you get stuck, you can stop by the Rocket Thrower Statue (pictured below), where a member of the Stewardship Team will be available with hints and guidance from 11am-3pm on Sunday, November 26.
Find the full hunt at the following link:
Come garden with your Stewardship Team: join us as we plant young bulbs in the playgrounds of FMCP!
These critical plantings will give the bulbs ample time to make their homes in our playgrounds in time for the spring bloom.
We will be working outdoors, so please dress accordingly.
Shocktoberfest is back in Flushing Meadows Corona Park!
Join us for this family-friendly Halloween festival in your favorite park. There will be:
Pumpkin patch
Carnival games
Live music
and more!
Whether you have a spooky costume or not, this will be a shockingly fun time for everyone!
The FMCP Stewardship team takes on a new adventure building bat houses for native species here in NYC. Volunteers will build houses for placement along the pat Dolan Trail along with the opportunity to take home your own! Come join us to help make our park a more friendly habitat for this local nocturnal pollinator.
Registration has closed for this event due to reaching capacity, please email fmcpstewardshipteam@gmail.com for questions about future volunteer opportunities.
Join the FMCP Stewardship team as we kick off the Autumn season here in the park. We will be conducting native habitat maintenance around Meadow Lake, primarily by removing harmful invasive species.
This is a great way to accomplish required service hours for your school or to just spend a fun day in the park with your neighbors!
The Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park is gathering to celebrate the first installation from our 2023 Art in the Parks grantees! This exhibition is created by local artists Jasmin Chang and Kisha Bari.
Hey Neighbor NYC connects New Yorkers across cultural communities and boroughs using photographic portrait-making, conversations and public art. Come to the exhibition opening to meet incredible New Yorkers who are connecting their communities and enjoy storytelling, performances and art in the park! For more information, please visit: www.heyneighbor.nyc
Photo credit: Allison Lee Isley
You can find the installation on United Nations Avenue South, between the carousel and Queens Zoo.
Note: the rain date for this event is Saturday, October 7.
Our annual gala returns on Thursday, September 28! Save the date and stay tuned for further updates. Sign up for our mailing list and receive EUS 2023 news straight to your inbox.
Join GoFB for their second annual community-centric fundraiser, SaturBAY. The theme this year is 'The Water is Calling'—a call to action, a call to play and a call to celebrate. There will be music from DJ Rekha, boating tours with local dragon boat teams, a 5k Fun Run with Queens Distance Runners, art workshops and more! Entry to the event is entirely free and open to the public, and fundraising will happen primarily online.
Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park
6 Olmsted Drive
Queens, NY 11368
(718) 760-6565
info@allianceforfmcp.org
