Flushing Meadows–Corona Park

==== Art installations ====
Immediately outside the [[USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center]] is a sculpture by [[Eric Fischl]] called ''Soul in Flight''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Toomey |first=Paul |title=Arthur Ashe Statue Unveiled By USTA At Flushing Meadows |url=https://www.qchron.com/news/queenswide/arthur-ashe-statue-unveiled-by-usta-at-flushing-meadows/article_eafc23bf-2d73-55f2-bcc8-7b5f9be78c41.html |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=Queens Chronicle |date=August 31, 2000 |language=en |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723000538/https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/arthur-ashe-statue-unveiled-by-usta-at-flushing-meadows/article_eafc23bf-2d73-55f2-bcc8-7b5f9be78c41.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nyt-2000-09-07">{{Cite news |last=Berkow |first=Ira |date=September 7, 2000 |title=Sports of The Times; Bronze Guy Stands Tall Sans Towel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/sports/sports-of-the-times-bronze-guy-stands-tall-sans-towel.html |access-date=October 26, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026230139/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/sports/sports-of-the-times-bronze-guy-stands-tall-sans-towel.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The sculpture, unveiled in August 2000, is a 14-foot bronze nude statue that serves as a permanent memorial to Arthur Ashe and includes one of his favorite quotes, "From what we get we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soul in Flight: A Memorial to Arthur Ashe |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/flushing-meadows-corona-park/highlights/19688 |url-status=live |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527224232/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/flushing-meadows-corona-park/highlights/19688 }}</ref>

In January 2022, sculptor Sherwin Banfield unveiled ''Going Back to the Meadows'', a statue of Queens-born [[LL Cool J]]. Located in David Dinkins Circle, the installation depicts him in a Kangol bucket hat and Cuban link chain, holding up a solar-powered boombox loaded with a cassette of his 1985 debut album, ''[[Radio (LL Cool J album)|Radio]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |date=January 7, 2022 |title=LL Cool J Statue in Queens Sustainably Rocks the Bells |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ll-cool-j-statue-queens-solar-powered-1235016502/ |access-date=October 26, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Rahmanan 2022">{{cite web |last=Rahmanan |first=Anna |date=January 6, 2022 |title=You can actually charge your phone at this new tree-like sculpture in Queens |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-charge-your-phone-at-this-new-tree-like-sculpture-in-flushing-meadows-corona-park-010622 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=Time Out New York |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026230129/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-charge-your-phone-at-this-new-tree-like-sculpture-in-flushing-meadows-corona-park-010622 |url-status=live }}</ref> The sculpture, which is planned to remain through November 2022, features speakers that are timed to play LL Cool J's music for five hours on several days of the week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rahmanan |first=Anna |title=A statue of rapper LL Cool J is now on display in Queens |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-statue-of-rapper-ll-cool-j-is-now-on-display-in-queens-010422 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=Time Out New York |date=January 4, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026173216/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-statue-of-rapper-ll-cool-j-is-now-on-display-in-queens-010422 |url-status=live }}</ref>