The Flushing River, also known as Flushing Creek, is a waterway that flows northward through the borough of Queens in New York City, mostly within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, emptying into the Flushing Bay and the East River. The river runs through a valley that may have been a larger riverbed before the last Ice Age, and it divides Queens into western and eastern halves. Until the 20th century, the Flushing Creek was fed by three tributaries: Mill Creek and Kissena Creek on the eastern bank, and Horse Brook on the western bank.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, it divided the towns of Flushing on its right bank, to the east, and Newtown (now part of Corona) on its left bank, to the west. Several bridges were built across the Flushing River in the 19th and 20th centuries. Prior to the 1939 New York World's Fair, the southern portion of the river was expanded into the Meadow and Willow Lakes. A part of the Flushing River was buried prior to the 1964 New York World's Fair. Following accumulations of pollution in the 20th century, cleanup of the Flushing River started in the 1970s, though some portions of the river have yet to be restored.
The modern-day river is 4 miles (6.4 km) long, originating near the Jamaica Yard in Kew Gardens Hills. The river flows through Willow and Meadow Lakes before entering an underground course north of the Long Island Expressway. The Flushing River runs for 2,000 feet (610 m) underground before resurfacing at the Tidal Gate Bridge at the northern end of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. The rest of the river separates the industrial portions of the Willets Point and Flushing neighborhoods before emptying into the Flushing Bay.
New York City, mostly within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, emptying into the Flushing Bay and the East River. The river runs through a valley that may...
Field to the west, then intersects NY 25A (Northern Boulevard) at the FlushingRiver Interchange, via exit 13. At this point, I-678 transitions onto the...
Look up flushing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flushing may refer to: Flushing, Netherlands, an English name for the city of Vlissingen, Netherlands...
neighborhood. The marina is part of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park and it is bordered by the 1.4-mile-long (2.3 km) Flushing Bay Promenade. On September 21,...
Landing. The Flushing Bay Freight Spur was a freight-only spur that lead to a freight dock on Flushing Bay just west of the FlushingRiver delta. It began...
neighborhood of College Point, near Flushing. The airfield was in operation from 1929 to 1984.: 74–76 Flushing Airport was constructed atop 250 acres...
Flushing Cemetery is a cemetery in Flushing in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. Flushing Cemetery has several predecessors. In the year...
: 70–71 The FlushingRiver, historically known as Flushing Creek, empties into the strait's southern bank near LaGuardia Airport via Flushing Bay.: 98 ...
York and Flushing Railroad. The railroad was established in 1868, was merged with the Central Railroad of Long Island in 1874 to form the Flushing, North...
to this town, bounded from Newtown on the west by Flushing Creek (now often called the FlushingRiver), from Jamaica on the south by the "hills"—that is...
State Pavilion is a historic world's fair pavilion at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States. It was designed in 1962...
The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, named for its eastern terminal in Flushing, Queens. It is operated...
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The Queens Zoo is an 18-acre (7.3 ha) zoo located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. The zoo is part of an integrated system of...
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Flushing. The Evergreen Branch connected the Bushwick Branch east of Bushwick Terminal with the Bay Ridge Branch north of East New York. The Flushing...
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