Brooklyn–Queens Greenway, Urban park network in Brooklyn and Queens, United States
The Brooklyn-Queens Greenway is a system of parks and car-free paths that winds through residential neighborhoods and natural areas across two boroughs. Multiple routes branch out to connect different communities, making it possible to travel through the city while staying off regular streets.
This path system emerged from efforts to create safe routes for pedestrians and cyclists crossing the outer boroughs. Parts of its alignment follow land where an early 20th-century automobile highway once ran.
The greenway passes by museums, gardens, and science centers that shape how people experience the neighborhoods along the route. These cultural spaces are woven into the surrounding communities rather than isolated destinations.
The path can be accessed from multiple neighborhoods without needing to cross busy roads, and clear markings help you stay on track. Weather conditions affect the walking surface, so dry days offer the most comfortable experience.
Some sections of this route sit on land where an early automobile highway once carried cars between the boroughs. Today the same ground serves walkers and cyclists instead of vehicles.
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