Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as
Flushing Meadows Park, or simply
Flushing Meadows, is a public park in
New York City. Located in the
borough of
Queens, it is between
I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) and the
Grand Central Parkway, and stretches from
Flushing Bay, at the southern edge of
LaGuardia Airport, to
Union Turnpike. It contains the
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the current venue for the
U.S. Open tennis tournament;
Citi Field, the home of the
New York Mets baseball team; the
New York Hall of Science, the
Queens Museum of Art, the
Queens Theatre in the Park, the
Queens Zoo, and the
New York State Pavilion. It formerly contained
Shea Stadium, demolished in 2009.