Douglaston Park is a public

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located in the Douglaston section of Queens, New York City. It contains a golf course named Douglaston Park Golf Course. According to '' The New York Times'' it is also the name of the surrounding residential area, one of five other distinct subsections of Douglaston. More specifically, the Douglaston Park neighborhood is the area located between Northern Boulevard and Interstate 495 (I-495, also known as the Long Island Expressway/LIE).

Douglaston Park Golf Course

The country club's clubhouse, known as Douglaston Manor, is an elaborate Spanish/ Mission revival structure, designed by architect Clifford C. Wendehack. The front entrance and sole parking lot at the club is available at the north end of

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and the intersection with

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. It is the former location of the

North Hills Country Club North Hills Country Club is a country club which was relocated in the 1960s to North Hills, New York, United States. The club was founded in 1927 at the current location of Douglaston Park. The golf course in North Hills was designed by Robert T ...

References

External links

Official NYC Parks Page

Douglaston Park Golf Course
1927 establishments in New York (state) Douglaston–Little Neck, Queens Golf clubs and courses in New York (state) Parks in Queens, New York {{NYC-sport-stub