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The racetrack is closing. Now South Ozone Park gets to fight over what replaces 100 acres of it.

After 132 years, Aqueduct Race Track in South Ozone Park is closing, and Empire State Development is launching public workshops to let residents shape the future of the 100-acre site.

The blue-and-white grandstand of Aqueduct Racetrack with NYRA signage, framed by trees under a cloudy sky.
The grandstand at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, July 2024. Kidfly182 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

The racetrack is closing. Now South Ozone Park gets to fight over what replaces 100 acres of it.

After 132 years, Aqueduct Race Track in South Ozone Park is closing, and Empire State Development is launching public workshops to let residents shape the future of the 100-acre site.

The racetrack is closing. Now South Ozone Park gets to fight over what replaces 100 acres of it.

Aqueduct Race Track is running its final races after 132 years, which raises a big question: what happens to 100 acres of land in the middle of Queens. There is now a process for answering it, and the public is being invited in early. Empire State Development has launched a series of public workshops to gather community input on the future of the Aqueduct site.

One hundred acres is a huge amount of land in a city this starved for it. It is enough to reshape an entire section of the borough, a blank slate…

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