Foch Sitting Area
Foch Sitting Area is a 0.051-acre (210 m2) green public space in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York, at the southeast corner of Foch Boulevard and the northbound service road of the Van Wyck Expressway.[1] Like the adjacent Foch Boulevard, it is named after Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France in World War I. The road, running between South Ozone Park and South Jamaica, was named following its completion in 1919.[2]
The site of the Foch Sitting Area was acquired by the City of New York in 1946 and developed as part of the Van Wyck Expressway. The broad shoulder space along the highway’s path was planted with trees as a buffer while parcels that were too small to develop became playgrounds and sitting areas.
References
External links
- Parks Department web site
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- Captain Tilly Park
- Foch Sitting Area
- Proctor-Hopson Circle
- Prospect Cemetery
- Roy Wilkins Park
- Springfield Park
- Al-Iman School
- Archbishop Molloy High School
- August Martin High School
- Children's Library Discovery Center
- Dominican Commercial High School
- Hillcrest High School
- Jamaica High School
- The Mary Louis Academy
- Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School
- Queens High School for the Sciences
- Thomas A. Edison High School
- York College
- The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens
- First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica
- First Reformed Church
- Grace Episcopal Church Complex
- Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York
- Jamaica First German Presbyterian Church
- Masjid Al-Mamoor
- St. Monica's Church
structures
- 85-15 Wareham Place
- Baisley Park Houses
- Belson Stadium
- Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building
- Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
- Jamaica Savings Bank
- 146-21 Jamaica Avenue
- 161-02 Jamaica Avenue
- King Manor
- Jamaica Race Course
- J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building
- La Casina
- Loew's Valencia Theatre
- Queens Detention Facility
- Sidewalk clock on Jamaica Avenue
- South Jamaica Houses
- Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis
- United States Post Office
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- Beaver Pond
- Jamaica Bay
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
40°40′40″N 73°48′09″W / 40.67772°N 73.80237°W / 40.67772; -73.80237