Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best outdoors in Flushing, Queens over Columbus Day weekend 2026 (Oct 10–12): 10 picks, refreshed weekly.
10 picks · checked Sep 17
New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDozens of stalls cooking the food of dozens of countries fill a Flushing Meadows lot until midnight, free to walk in, with the season's end near.
New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDozens of stalls cooking the food of dozens of countries fill a Flushing Meadows lot until midnight, free to walk in, with the season's end near.
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Ederle Terrace, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTwenty years after the city dedicated the Sri Chinmoy Heart-Garden, a peace-themed gathering returns to Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Ederle Terrace, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTwenty years after the city dedicated the Sri Chinmoy Heart-Garden, a peace-themed gathering returns to Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Vatican Pavillion, QueensSunday-morning outdoor prayer at the Vatican Pavilion site in Flushing Meadows, where Michelangelo's Pietà drew crowds at the 1964 World's Fair.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Vatican Pavillion, QueensSunday-morning outdoor prayer at the Vatican Pavilion site in Flushing Meadows, where Michelangelo's Pietà drew crowds at the 1964 World's Fair.
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Soccer-08, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons06 United, the Queens youth soccer club founded in 2006, marks 20 years with a charity cup across two Flushing Meadows Corona Park fields.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Soccer-08, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons06 United, the Queens youth soccer club founded in 2006, marks 20 years with a charity cup across two Flushing Meadows Corona Park fields.
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Ederle Terrace, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn afternoon-long outdoor prayer vigil at the old World's Fair Vatican Pavilion site in Flushing Meadows Corona Park — one of four this October.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Ederle Terrace, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn afternoon-long outdoor prayer vigil at the old World's Fair Vatican Pavilion site in Flushing Meadows Corona Park — one of four this October.
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Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensGolden Lion winner Sonia Boyce films Queens groups and the Resistance Revival Chorus into a kaleidoscopic wallpaper-and-video installation.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensGolden Lion winner Sonia Boyce films Queens groups and the Resistance Revival Chorus into a kaleidoscopic wallpaper-and-video installation.
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Around the Unisphere, QueensPitch a tent beneath the Unisphere: NYC Parks' overnight family campout brings s'mores and starlit skies to Flushing Meadows' iconic globe.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Around the Unisphere, QueensPitch a tent beneath the Unisphere: NYC Parks' overnight family campout brings s'mores and starlit skies to Flushing Meadows' iconic globe.
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Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
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Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThree Queens community fellows pick vintage prints from the 1800s to 1979 to ask what makes art American, at the Queens Museum.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThree Queens community fellows pick vintage prints from the 1800s to 1979 to ask what makes art American, at the Queens Museum.
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Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, QueensEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHelp Queens Botanical Garden's compost team turn community food scraps into rich soil at its weekly hands-on build in Flushing.
Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, QueensEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHelp Queens Botanical Garden's compost team turn community food scraps into rich soil at its weekly hands-on build in Flushing.
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