Fountain of the Fairs

Fountain of the Fairs is a fountain in Queens, New York. Fountain of the Fairs is situated nearby to Granite Steps, as well as near Retired Playground Animals.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Unisphere and Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Unisphere

Work of art

Photo: slgckgc, CC BY 2.0.

The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Unisphere is situated 510 feet southwest of Fountain of the Fairs.

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Stadium

Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.

Arthur Ashe Stadium is a retractable roof 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 1,500 feet northwest of Fountain of the Fairs.

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 1,000 feet southwest of Fountain of the Fairs.

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

Photo: Ielbee, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Fountain of the Fairs

Type: Fountain
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.74697° or 40° 44′ 49″ north

Longitude

-73.8434° or 73° 50′ 36″ west

Open location code

87G8P5W4+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 25339483

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Granite Steps and Retired Playground Animals.

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