Rocket Thrower
Rocket Thrower is a work of art in Queens, New York. Rocket Thrower is situated nearby to Retired Playground Animals, as well as near Fountain of the Fairs.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arthur Ashe Stadium and Unisphere.
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Stadium
Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis arena at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, 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. Arthur Ashe Stadium is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Rocket Thrower.
Unisphere
Work of art
The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, New York. The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Unisphere is situated 900 feet southwest of Rocket Thrower.
Queens Museum
Museum
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Queens Museum is an art museum and educational center at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, 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. Queens Museum is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Rocket Thrower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corona and LeFrak City.
Corona
Neighborhood
Photo: Epicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Corona is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It borders Flushing and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst to the west, Forest Hills and Rego Park to the south, and East Elmhurst to the north.
LeFrak City
Neighborhood
Photo: Margarettime, CC BY-SA 4.0.
LeFrak City is a 4,605-apartment development in the southernmost region of Corona and the easternmost part of Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.
East Elmhurst
Neighborhood
East Elmhurst is a residential neighborhood in the northwest section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded to the south by Jackson Heights and Corona, to the north and east by Bowery Bay, and to the west by Woodside and Ditmars Steinway. East Elmhurst is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rocket Thrower.
Rocket Thrower
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.7474° or 40° 44′ 51″ northLongitude
-73.8421° or 73° 50′ 32″ westOpen location code
87G8P5W5+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2610388596OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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