Flushing Meadows Corona Park Resilience Study
Flushing Meadows Corona Park is among New York City's most iconic public spaces, replete with historic walks, scenic trails, recreational facilities, and cultural and civic institutions.
AKRF and SCAPE worked with Waterfront Alliance to identify and develop plans for feasible NYC Parks capital projects to support resilience and non-capital spending strategies to improve resilience with an emphasis on community-based projects.
Our team was responsible for preparing a climate hazards assessment and climate vulnerability assessment, identifying potential green and grey infrastructure features that could be used to address flood and extreme heat resilience at the park, and developing recommendations.
Renderings by SCAPE
Nature-Based Solutions
Published in October 2025, the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Resilience Study includes two transformative nature-based strategies to reduce flooding, restore habitat, and make the park more resilient: daylighting Flushing Creek to bring the buried waterway back to the surface and reshaping Meadow Lake to hold more water and create space for wetlands, elevated pathways, and improved park access
Extensive Community Engagement
Waterfront Alliance, AKRF, and SCAPE hosted dozens of events, surveyed hundreds of park visitors in six languages, and incorporated local feedback into the study.
