🌳 15-Mile Walk: Kew Gardens → Jackson Heights 🌎
Details
🌳 15-Mile Walk: Kew Gardens → Jackson Heights 🌎
đź“Ť Date & Time
· Meet: 9:30 AM
Newcombe Square
80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Queens
· Nearest Subway:
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike Station
Use the Queens Blvd & Union Tpke SE Corner exit
· Walk starts promptly: 9:45 AM
Please arrive on time.
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🚶 The Walk
We’ll maintain a moderate, steady pace over approximately 15 miles.
Route Highlights
· Forest Park
· Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
· Flushing Bay (near LaGuardia Airport)
· Finish at 34th Avenue Open Streets in Jackson Heights
At the end of the walk, participants can enjoy the neighborhood’s outstanding restaurants and food vendors.
Special thanks to the 34th Avenue Open Streets Coalition for helping create one of NYC’s most peaceful and welcoming public spaces. The area also features the Jackson Heights Greenmarket.
Jackson Heights is widely regarded as one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in the world, with approximately 180,000 residents speaking more than 160 languages within a compact half-square-mile area.
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🥤 Good to Know
· Bring:
o Water
o Lunch
o Snacks
· Wear comfortable shoes suitable for:
o Park trails
o Long-distance city walking
🍽 Lunch Stop
· David Dinkins Circle
⚠️ Important
There are limited drop-out points, so please join only if you’re comfortable walking the full 15 miles.
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🚇 Ending Point
The walk concludes at:
· 34th Ave & 74th Street
· Near Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74 Street Station
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Hike Leaders:
Please do not post questions/comments prior to the walk.
Ivan (text with your name: 917-446-0013)
Sigrid (text with your name: 404-991-8229)
Tiffany (text with your name: 718-300-1655)