The QueensWay will transform an inaccessible, trash-strewn site into an arboretum-like setting and active learning environment.
Sand, rocks, and boulders deposited across the site are remnants of glacial paths as they rolled across Central Queens, creating the ridgeline referred to as the “terminal moraine” that runs through Forest Park, Queens, and much of Long Island.
When early settlers farmed the area, small stones carried by the glaciers were used in walls to define site boundaries and keep animals penned. The QueensWay design includes walls and retaining structures inspired by these historic landscape features.