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Louis Pasteur Park in Queens

New York City encompasses 1,700 parks and playgrounds spread over 28,000 acres throughout five boroughs. Located on 52nd Avenue between 248th Street and Marathon Parkway in Queens, Louis Pasteur Park is intimate in comparison to its well-known 840-acre Manhattan cousin, Central Park. According to the city’s Parks Department, this 3.7-acre park “honors the extraordinary achievements of pioneering French microbiologist Louis Pasteur.” The land was acquired in 1954 and, four years later, a playground was built on the site. In 1986, former Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern named it Louis Pasteur Park. After a $1 million restoration in 1987, which coincidentally marked the centennial of the Institut Pasteur, the space became a natural haven for the neighborhood and, in particular, for the 1,000 students of the adjacent school, JHS 67, also known as Louis Pasteur Junior High School. It features a baseball field; playground equipment; and handball, basketball, bocce and tennis courts.

Commenting about this special tribute to Pasteur, New York Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe has said, “The men and women of the past shaped what our country and the world have become today. One of the small things we can do to pay tribute to their great contributions is to name our streets, our buildings...and our parks in their honor. Parks and Recreation has a long tradition of naming the city's green spaces after important historical figures, and former Parks Commissioner Stern was one of the biggest supporters of this tradition.”

There are at least two other American parks that bear Pasteur’s name: one in Illinois and one in Massachusetts.

Date: 1986

Location: Queens, New York

Acknowledgment: New York City Parks Department

 

 

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The Physicians' Panel at the Riverside Church of New York City depicting, among others, Louis PasteurImage To Come: Alston Mural at Harlem Hospital
"The Dial" Year Book (1923) of South Park High School Dedicated to Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur Park in Queens (New York City)
Stained-glass Window of the Heinz Memorial Chapel in Pittsburgh Depicting Pasteur as the Defender of TruthBurkhart Mural of Ohio State University Featuring Louis Pasteur as the Central Figure
Doris Appel's Monumental Sculptures in Galveston Entitled the "Hall of Medicine" December 1994 Tribute Letter from Bill Clinton for the 1995 Centennial Celebration "The Year of Louis Pasteur"
Image to come: Brooklyn Technical Highschool's "History of Mankind..." Mural The Pasteur Medical Building of Oklahoma City

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