USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a stadium complex within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a stadium complex within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. It has been the home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, played every year from late August to early September, since 1978 and is operated by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The facility has 22 courts inside its 46.5 acres and 12 in the adjoining park. The complex's four stadiums are among the largest tennis stadiums in the world; Arthur Ashe Stadium tops the global list with a listed capacity of 23,200. When the facility was built in 1978, all 33 courts used the DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface, as did Court 17, added in 2011. However, in 2020, the court surfaces were replaced with Laykold.
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Worth seeing in and around USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by I-678 on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union Turnpike on the south. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is the fourth-largest public park in New York City, with a total area of 897 acres.
700 m · large public park in Queens, New York · Wikipedia - 021939 New York World's Fair
The 1939 New York World's Fair was an international exposition held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair featured exhibitions, activities, performances, films, artworks, and food presented by 62 nations, 35 U.S. states and territories, and more than 1,400 organizations and companies.
700 m · fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York · Wikipedia - 03Citi Field
Citi Field is a baseball stadium located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the borough of Queens, New York City, United States. Opened in 2009, Citi Field is the home of Major League Baseball's New York Mets.
800 m · Baseball stadium in Queens, New York City, USA · Wikipedia - 04Arthur Ashe Stadium
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a retractable roof tennis arena at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world.
0 m · tennis stadium · Wikipedia - 05Shea Stadium
William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, typically shortened to Shea Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Opened in 1964, it was home to the New York Mets of Major League Baseball from 1964 to 2008, as well as the New York Jets of the American Football League and the National Football League from 1964 to 1983.
600 m · 1964-2009 sports stadium in Queens, New York, USA · Wikipedia - 06Queens Museum
The Queens Museum is an art museum and educational center at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. Established in 1972, the museum includes the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs of New York City built for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
500 m · art museum in New York, New York · Wikipedia - 07Queens College
Queens College is a public college in the New York City borough of Queens. Part of the City University of New York system, Queens College occupies an 83-acre campus primarily located in Flushing.
2.9 km · college in New York City · Wikipedia - 08New York Hall of Science
The New York Hall of Science is a science museum at 47-01 111th Street, within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the Corona neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York, US. It occupies one of the few remaining structures from the 1964 New York World's Fair, along with two annexes completed in 1996 and 2004. There are more than 400 interactive exhibits, which focus on biology, chemistry, and physics.
400 m · science and technology museum in New York City, New York, USA · Wikipedia - 09Queens Zoo
The Queens Zoo is an 11-acre zoo at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, between Grand Central Parkway and 111th Street. The zoo is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
600 m · zoo in Queens, New York · Wikipedia - 10New York's 6th congressional district
New York's 6th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, located entirely within Queens. It is represented by Democrat Grace Meng.
2.6 km · U.S. House district for New York · Wikipedia
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Getting to USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 4 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 14 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 28 km
- Stations
- LaGuardia Airport, 3.6 km · Delta Air Lines Flight 1086, 3.2 km · 82nd Street–Jackson Heights station, 3.1 km · 90th Street – Elmhurst Avenue, 2.4 km · Forest Hills – 71st Avenue, 3.2 km
- Philadelphia → USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center143 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · $14–19
- Hartford → USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center149 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · $14–19
- Albany → USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center212 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · $20–27
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Next door to USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is 8 km from Queens, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Flushingneighborhood in Queens, New York City, United States2.1 km
- Forest Hillsneighborhood of Queens, New York City, New York, USA3.8 km
- Jackson Heightsneighborhood in Queens, New York City, USA3.3 km
- Rego Parkneighborhood of Queens in New York City, United States3.1 km
- Archer Avenue Linesrapid transit lines of the New York City Subway2.8 km
- Elmhurstneighborhood in Queens, New York City, New York, United States2.8 km