"I like to think of Crocheron as a destination park," Jessica Burke, the founder and president of the Friends of Crocheron and John Golden Park, told The Post. "You really get a feel for the community... through the people that you see there or the different art installations that they may have."
"I think of it as a tree museum, almost - where there's a thoughtful plan for being able to bring in new trees, there's open events every year, and there's a thoughtful curation of what's here," explained Burke.
"The global tree professional organization deemed the two lots - which operate as one sprawling park - a Level 1 arboreta in 2023, meaning it has at least 25 species of woody plants, at least one employee, a governing body and an arboretum plan."
Although the lowest of the four levels, the status makes the combined greenspace colloquially known as Crocheron Park the only public park in Queens to tout any such accreditation.
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