Unisphere

The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at in , New York City, New York. The globe was designed by Gilmore D.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Queens Museum and Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Museum
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The is an art museum and educational center at in , New York City, United States. Established in 1972, the museum includes the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs of New York City built for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Stadium
is a tennis arena at in , New York City. Part of the , it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corona and LeFrak City.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the borough of in . It borders and to the east, Jackson Heights and to the west, and Rego Park to the south, and to the north.

Neighborhood
is a 4,605-apartment development in the southernmost region of and the easternmost part of , a neighborhood in the borough of .

Neighborhood
Photo: Ielbee, CC BY 3.0.
is a residential neighborhood in the northwest section of the borough of . It is bounded to the south by Jackson Heights and , to the north and east by , and to the west by and Ditmars Steinway.

Unisphere

Latitude
40.74639° or 40° 44′ 47″ north
Longitude
-73.84528° or 73° 50′ 43″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
87G8P5W3+HV
Geo­Names ID
6348518
Wiki­data ID
Q717956
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Unisphere” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: يونيسفير
  • Azerbaijani: Unisfera
  • Balinese: Unisphere
  • Cebuano: Unisphere
  • Chinese: 大地球仪
  • Chinese: 大地球儀
  • Chinese: 巨型地球仪
  • Chinese: 巨型地球儀
  • Chinese: 法拉盛大地球仪
  • Danish: Unisphere
  • Dutch: Unisphere
  • Egyptian Arabic: نافورة يونيسفير
  • Esperanto: Unisfero
  • Estonian: Unisphere
  • Finnish: Unisphere
  • French: Unisphere
  • German: Unisphere
  • Hebrew: יוניספרה
  • Indonesian: Unisphere
  • Italian: Unisfera
  • Japanese: ユニスフィア
  • Japanese: ユニスフェア
  • Korean: 유니스페어
  • Korean: 유니스피어
  • Persian: یونیسفر
  • Portuguese: Unisphere
  • Russian: Унисфера
  • Spanish: Unisphere
  • Tagalog: Unisphere
  • Tamil: ஒற்றைக்கோளம்
  • Turkish: Unisphere
  • Ukrainian: Унісфера

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Willets Point and North Corona.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and Terrace on the Park.

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