Travers Park

Travers Park in Queens is an extraordinary place in the middle of the chaos of Jackson Heights. It’s a space full of life, with children smiling, shouting, and playing, and entire families enjoying their time together. The park has basketball courts, volleyball courts, tennis courts, a soccer field, and plenty of playgrounds for kids. It’s a place that radiates joy and community, perfect for spending quality time with family. Truly an extraordinary spot to disconnect and enjoy

Travers Park was always a good park with good thought out plan.But now they added more seating area and running tracks for seniors along with the existing sections. Such as, It has baby section that is exclusive to babies under 4 years. Then 4year above kids section, sprinkler, swing, basketball court, squash court and some more. It's a ideal park for a versatile community.

I personally really love this park. It's small but it has everything I need. Its a clean park, Bench areas, chess and checker table chair areas, you can eat or play. 2 tennis courts. Playground for kids, restrooms, clean women's restroom. Enough trees for shade. This park is on 34th Ave. This Avenue is beautiful full of trees. Safe for running and walking.

Nice place to hangout with Children, friends and family. It has plenty of playing equipment for children. Plenty of comfortable chairs and tables where people can bring their snacks and enjoy with friends and family.

Travers Park is a community park of a few streets block, which has sport field, playground, and a small man-made green-land mountain. But the extended park does include 34th Avenue of about 20-street block. City Hall and community activities do work together to improve 34th Avenue for joggers, bikers and community residents who want to have safe field for exercise and rest/break. Because of the Park project, all types of tall trees are preserved and protected as natural shades from sun heat. Many old buildings in 34th Avenue and 35th Avenue are all protected and classified as historical buildings. It seems to be a successful project for re-design of community park which seems to suitable for all ages.

Love this park! Been there many times and I absolutely love it. Super convenient and comfortable. Close to many schools, overall a great place for people to hang out in. Free music and events there as well. Bathroom needed renovation, and it’s being renovated right now! Very persistent. Nice child friendly environment. I’ve made so many memories here with my friends. Amazing looking after big renovations and changing. Even has recycling bins and water bottle filling station.The community is better with Travers Park.

Still under renovation, but the new installations are impressive. Swings for children, a modern water fountain with three spigots (which cuts down on the long "water lines" which used to plague the old playground), ample benches, new sprinklers, an elevated squash court and monkey bars. The side street (78th) will still be pedestrianized, but that section has not yet been finalized. The old section with the bathrooms and basket ball courts have not yet been re-done.

Playground always well maintained, and recently revamped. Three sections; 9-12 years-old, 4-8 years old, and toddlers... though teenagers often stomp through all sections. Free public wi-fi. Multiple peddlers of refreshments and toys. Bathrooms working, though they close early.

Travers Park had a $7.1 million renovation during the Pandemic - and it completely shows! (Do NOT read any reviews of it before 2022 as they are describing and rating what it was like BEFORE renovation work was done!) The transformation was truly amazing where there is a beautiful grassy lawn along 34th Ave., PLENTY of nice clean, new benches to lounge on by yourself or with family and friends, new playground equipment and sprinklers, tennis courts (whereas before was just ugly plain asphalt), and long picnic tables, chess tables, and even an amphitheater space. AND ... *drumroll*.... YES, TWO dog runs (1 for smaller dogs and the other for larger)!!! Other Jackson Heights residents and I really pressed our local government to please provide and they delivered!!! These 2 dog runs are side by side and occupy what used to be 1 of 2 handball courts (1 still remains). These dog runs have a long hose that runs water to clean off these grounds and provide drinking water for dogs who visit. (And of course, it has a large poop bag dispenser right in front in case any owner forgot to bring theirs from home!) And YES, there are events that occur during the warm weather months in this park. NOW WHERE IS AN UPDATED MAP OF THIS GORGEOUS PLACE - ???

Travers Park has been a fixture in the Jackson Heights community for the better part of the last 70 years. It has been a haven for outdoor everything (#1), an ideal spot for the youngins to unleash some energy, and is the site of the weekly Jackson Heights Greenmarket (#2). Named after the local community icon Thomas Travers, it was unveiled to the public in 1949. After a few facelifts in the past few decades, it's become one of the more utilized parks in the borough. Most recently there has been some serious renovation to improve the playground and the half acre of land known as Rory Staunton Field. Fast forward to 2022, it all looks lovely. At just over 2 acres, it's sizable for NYC standards. There are a lot of areas to lounge and lay out, a handful of chess tables, a sprawling kid's area, and plenty of benches to sit on. It's a great people watching area and is in the quieter part of the neighborhood; a stone's throw away from the congestion of Roosevelt Ave. In addition the farmer's market on the weekends, there has been Summer Sundays in the Park, which are seasonal performances put on by local Queens non-profits. This is one of the few places I'd recommend for folks to come check out on a casual weekend. Shop at the farmer's market, bring a dog or kids to play in the field, and enjoy a little (urban) outdoor time. _____________ (#1) Which has been a savior during the pandemic. (#2) https://www.yelp.com/biz/jackson-heights-greenmarket-jackson-heights

Best one around the area. The whole avenue is closed off from traffic & the streets are welcome for pedestrians to walk on. Beautiful place to go for a walk.

With the awesome dome of grass that just appeared, the playground is transformed to a relaxing area where we can just lie on the grass, have a picnic, and forget our worries. There are also more places to just sit and have a meal. I also noticed water refill stations and areas to run around in the sprinklers for kids (and adults, no judgment really). It also has a great spot to practice wheelies and skateboarding and biking on the side. There is also a brand new part of the playground where kids can play with musical "instruments" that sound like a jack hammer (you were prewired), tambourine, and different textured surfaces. There are a ton of apparatuses (apparati?) to climb for young kids. It's a great place.

I was on aunty duty for the weekend and searched for age appropriate playgrounds for my 7 and 11 years old nieces. What I've recently learned is that not all playgrounds are older kids friendly. Some simply caters to toddlers. My nieces must haves in a park were big kid swings. I checked yelp and read a great review detailing there were two separate playgrounds for younger and older children in this park. We arrived late afternoon on a beautiful Sunday summer and the park was packed! I was surprised how big the park was with volleyball, basketball and handball courts. There were seats for chess/ checker players. There were benches on the inside and outside of the park. Street parking is available. Come prepared with your wallets because there was a variety of vendors selling water, waterguns, snacks and other related toys. It was cool seeing a diversity of families in the park. There was a festival going on right outside the park this day. My nieces had a ball running around like mini psychos ooops like sweet little girls. They had to wait a little to ride the 4 big kid swings. They have a big waterpark area that would be cool too use on a sweltering hot day. The only thing I didn't like was some of the older kids maybe junior high students were running around wetting each other and getting the younger kids clothes wet on the slides. Now, I didn't see any kids complaining as they ran around like they were chasing Santa Claus for their xmas gifts. It's cool to watch the kids dynamics with other kids. My nieces had a blast and stated they loved the big park. I will definitely keep this park bookmarked for when they're ready to return.

the park is great I grew up there its just they added the dog park which sucks because that's where basically every one played ball sports and now its not possible just because the city thought it was a good idea to put a dog park in a play area

Only in New York City would a concrete slab without one patch of grass be classified as a park. I consider Travers "Park" a slightly glorified playground. And it's only glorified in that it's been given the title of park. According to the NYC Parks website, when Travers Park was created in 1949, it "featured play equipment for younger children and a variety of athletic facilities for shuffleboard, softball, basketball, volleyball, paddle tennis, shuffle board, and handball. On cold winter days, the rollerskating area was flooded for use as an ice skating rink. Benches, trees, shrubs, and a parkhouse made the park a comfortable place to sit and rest." Well, things were much better 60 years ago. Nowadays, the "park" is basically one huge handball court. That's all that goes on here, all the time. Though, once I saw a couple had brought their own tennis net and had set up some second-class tennis court. And another time I saw an old Asian lady running laps around the handball players. The rear part of the park (towards Northern Blvd) has a small playground for children, and lots of benches for the parents and stroller items. Essentially, this is a big playground for the kids and teenagers in the neighborhood. It's not a park for adults to stroll about and sit and read a book in. I guess we're supposed to do that in the courtyards/gardens of our apt building, but my building doesn't have a garden or courtyard. And, unfortunately, Travers Park doesn't either. Right now they are doing renovations (at least this is what I tell myself), so a big chunk of the "park" is closed, except for the playground in the rear. I try not to walk by here, because it just depresses me and reminds me why I'm not cut out for concrete jungles.

An okay, cutesy little park. Anyone remember just some years ago, when our playgrounds were built on top of concrete and if you hurt yourself (which we always did) we just lived and toughened up? What's up with all these current playgrounds that need the extra padding for kids nowadays? How will they learn from their falls now?? Anyways, this place has padding. What else-it's decorated in a "jungle-like theme" of high leaves acting as shading devices and 3 slides, including an actual plastic tree branch to practice when you want to prep for climbing trees. Adults would get bored of this in about 15 minutes but kids may last a bit longer. I thought it was fine when I was in Jackson Heights, plus I saw on the map that it only took up a tiny square...so I was prepped for it! Drop by if you're in the area and swing on some fake plastic props.

Can't wait for the opening of the park in Spring has it as undergone a transformation. We will have grass, new trees and plants, new play area for kids, path ways and so forth! Can't wait for spring. I live right across the street.

I have an 11 month baby, there was a lot of activities. She mainly used the swings but she loved the sprinklers. There was even some toddler toys installed down into the rubber flooring for creepers, crawlers to fidget with. I was pleasantly surprised, it's a normal size park but we saw that there is slides for toddlers, bigger babies, bigger kids (3 different sizes,) volleyball nets, handball courts, basketball courts, picnic tables, there's a lot of shade also over the baby swings as well, and seating all around the park. Overall, my baby was happy so I loved it.

This is the park I grew up in . I was born and raised in Jackson Heights and this was the place to be back in the days. The park has been remodeled as of late with new modern seats /playground equipment and new sprinklers. One of the few parks with a full baseball field with basketball and handball. Kids sell drugs all over this park so watch it Police also drive through the park with their squad cars randomly at random hours..

They have a mini water park which is fun for the kids or for big kids too. And there's plenty of shade, which I love. It's perfect for reading.

Great playgrounds, especially the separation of toddler and big kids. This park needs some more green though! The trees are huge and provide great shade but the park needs grass.

I always come to this park. This is a great playground. I came here since 2010 but I just wish there were more swings but I guess this still receives five stars!

I am not sure what is the exact definition of a park, but in my book a park must include some green color. The color in this park is a shade of grey black of concrete and steel. If you want a place for kids to play, this park may provide you with what you need. But if you are thinking about a white blanket on green grace, with a lake or a river next to you, not here lol

I was pleasantly surprised by this park. Nice division between small toddler areas and bigger kid areas. No grass for blankets and babies. Water spray feature is new and spacious. And there's a year round farmer's market on Sundays. Market hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (winter hours 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.). I can't speak to the gang activity some of the other reviewers have mentioned, but as far as an afternoon playground visit on any given Sunday, seemed fine to me. No one tried to sell us drugs.