1. Flushing Creek:Past, Present & Future By: Jennie Liu

3. Originally called “Vlissingen” after a Dutch seaport city of the same name

4. March 1664, Dutch surrenders colony control to the Englishhttp://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Queens/history/flushing.html

5. Flushing 1880-1935 By James Driscoll In 1735, the 1st commercial nursery in the United States was built in Flushing Several successful companies included the Princes, Parsons & Bloodgoods

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8. Parks Commissioner Robert Moses transforms the 1200 acre site in preparation for the World’s Fair of 1939

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11. Present Day

12. 2010

13. Flushing Meadows Corona Park Strategic Framework Plan. Flushing Creek Combined Sewer Overflow project was completed in 2007 and aims to regain Flushing’s potential as a waterfront community In 2008, the state Transportation Department took on a massive project to restore 2½ acres of marshland along the riverbank.

14. What’s next? November 2008, the Parks Department launched the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Strategic Framework Plan. Included plans to “daylight” Flushing River and Corona park Restore connection of the Flushing River to Meadow Lake Recreational opportunities: bike paths, boat access & athletic fields