My name is Zachary Frenkel. I grew up in Brooklyn, but I have resided in Woodmere, Long Island, for the past seven years. When my professor told us that we were studying Corona, and that we’d have to pick a topic to research, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park was the first place on my mind. The park is one of the nicest places in the five boroughs, and being an avid skateboarder, any place with a skatepark is a place I’d like to be. Both the topic of my final research paper and my fieldwork for this website were based on Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. In other news, I also like fishing, so here is a photo of a bass I caught this summer…
About this Site
This semester, Macaulay Honors students in Professor Vellon's "Peopling of New York" course studied Corona, Queens, one of the world's most diverse neighborhoods.
The students read ethnographic and historical works about the area, took a walking tour and returned to the neighborhood to take pictures, speak to local residents and learn more about the neighborhoods history, institutions, and everyday life.
This website is the final product of this research. It is meant to share some of Corona's history, through its changing food traditions, changing demographics, and changing religious, cultural and recreational institutions and to serve as a guide to contemporary Corona, mapping many of the community resources.
Have a look around!
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