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Willow lake flushing meadow park. Flushing meadows corona park is the fourth largest public park in new york. Meadow connects to 45 acre willow lake also open to fishing. Willow lake has been managed as a natural area since the 1930s and was designated a protected freshwater wetland in 1976. During its opening for the fair it featured water show spectaculars with movie stars like johnnie weismuller of tarzan fame and a gold medal olympic swimmer.
A narrated walk on the pat dolan trail at flushing meadows corona park around willow lake created for the 1939 1940 world s fair. Meadow lake at 95 acres meadow lake in flushing meadows corona park is the largest fishable freshwater body in new york city. But in recent weeks scores of dead fish have been spotted floating along the. The occurrences of these tides allowed the nutrient levels of the marsh to remain balanced.
The city has been transforming willow lake in flushing meadows corona park into a wildlife preserve with hiking trails. The links below may contain affiliate links which means that if. This text is part of parks historical signs project and can be found posted within the park. The stage is already being set with the neglect and development i e.
While both willow and meadow lakes were created with water flow from the flushing river for the 1939 40 world s fair their intended purposes were vastly different. Photo courtesy of daniel avila new york city department of parks willow lake was designed as a refuge one of two manmade. Meadow lake is tidally influenced through a connection to flushing bay via flushing creek and a network of culverts passable by fish. Before the lakes creation flushing meadows was a tidal marsh drained twice a day by the natural action of the tides.
Destruction of the north end of flushing meadow corona park. The latter was created for recreational use. Willow and meadow lakes are collectively the largest fresh water bodies in queens and among the largest fresh water bodies in the city. Both willow lake and meadow lake suffer from water pollution that is caused by the way in which it was constructed ironically.