The vibrant, diverse neighborhood of Corona is located in Queens. Its eastern border stretches along Flushing Meadows Corona Park, a vast greenspace that’s home to the Queens Zoo, the Queens Museum, and the New York Hall of Science as well as several playgrounds, a skate park, ball fields, and the Queens Botanical Garden. Corona’s southern border is the Long Island Expressway, making this neighborhood convenient for those who want to drive. For those who prefer mass transit, Corona offers several subway stations and numerous bus stops.
Corona has a fascinating history with many famous residents, including Dizzy Gillespie, Malcolm X, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald. It’s also the birthplace of Tiffany lamps – Louis Comfort Tiffany, the first designer at his family company, Tiffany & Co., developed his glassmaking technique here in the early 1890s. Corona was founded in 1854, when it was mostly farmland.
