Socrates Sculpture Park

(718) 956-1819

3205 Vernon Blvd
Long Island City, NY 11106 40.7677 -73.9359

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Neighborhood: Astoria

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Last updated 11.15.09

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Features – While it's sometimes hard to distinguish the intentional art from particularly intriguing river debris or the adjacent junk-metal pile, this outdoor sculpture garden is full of wonderful artistic surprises. The Peat Moss Sculpture by Knut Wold, for instance, is an enormous chunk of wood, wire and rebar covered in algae and gently submerged at the edge of the river, where it blends in with the nearby pilings and driftwood. – – Overview – This grassy, sculpture-filled area was once a frightening no-man's-land--a polluted illegal dumping ground--until…

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  • unique sculptures
  • awesome outdoor garden
  • great view
  • nice free park
  • awesome place