Juniper Valley Park: Difference between revisions

In 1977, the parking lots were closed due to excessive noise at night.<ref name="jpca"/> The lots were removed in the 1990s. Around 1997, funding for a roller hockey rink was allocated for Juniper Valley Park. Although the rink had been proposed during the early 1990s, there was controversy over where the rink should be installed within the park.<ref>{{cite news | title=New rink site eyed |page=353 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] | date=December 3, 1997 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24989789/new_rink_site_eyed/ | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> The roller rink opened in 1999 at a cost of $600,000.<ref>{{cite news | title=New roller rink's a winner |first=Donald |last=Bertrand |page=333 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] | date=September 10, 1999 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24989880/new_roller_rinks_a_winner/ | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> The baseball fields were renovated, but this soon led to accumulations of [[ponding]] because of improper drainage.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kilgannon | first=Corey | title=NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: MIDDLE VILLAGE; At This Field, the Midville Team Is More Like Mudville | website=The New York Times | date=May 10, 1998 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/10/nyregion/neighborhood-report-middle-village-this-field-midville-team-more-like-mudville.html | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=New fields of dreams look more like Mudville |page=358 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] | date=May 27, 1998 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24989942/new_fields_of_dreams_look_more_like/ | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref>

 

{{cite web |title=Media Advisories : JUNIPER VALLEY PARK TAKES THE GOLD AT THE RIBBON CUTTING OF BRENNAN TRACK - : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_newsroom/media_advisories/media_advisories.php?id=9523 |accessdate=2011-09-15}}

</ref> Between late 2013 and July 2014, the [[bocce]] courts were renovated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://queenscourier.com/2014/new-juniper-valley-park-bocce-courts-met-with-skepticism/ |title=New Juniper Valley Park bocce courts met with skepticism |work=Queens Courier |date=23 July 2014 |accessdate=3 August 2014 |author=Jankiewicz, Eric}}</ref>