Queens · Queens County
Hunters Point Community Park
NYC Parks
- Location
- Center Boulevard between 50th and 54th Avenues, Long Island City
- Size
- 4 acres
- Hours
- 6 AM - 1 AM daily
- Type
- NYC Parks
Hunters Point Community Park is a waterfront park in the rapidly developing Hunters Point section of Long Island City, providing recreational space for the thousands of new residents who have moved into the neighborhood's residential towers.
The park features a playground, a dog run, basketball courts, and open lawn areas with views across the East River to Midtown Manhattan and the United Nations headquarters.
Hunters Point has experienced one of the most dramatic residential construction booms in New York City history, with dozens of residential towers rising on former industrial waterfront land since the early 2000s.
The neighborhood's transformation from industrial waterfront to luxury residential district has raised questions about affordable housing, community character, and the role of public space in rapidly developing neighborhoods.
Hunters Point Community Park serves the new residential community of Long Island City with recreational space on the waterfront that was industrial land within living memory.