Foch Sitting Area is a 0.051-acre (210 m2) green public space in theSouth Jamaica neighborhood ofQueens, New York, at the southeast corner of Foch Boulevard and the northbound service road of theVan Wyck Expressway.[1] Like the adjacent Foch Boulevard, it is named afterFerdinand Foch,Marshal of France in World War I. The road, running betweenSouth Ozone Park and South Jamaica, was named following its completion in 1919.[2]
The site of the Foch Sitting Area was acquired by the City of New York in 1946 and developed as part of the Van Wyck Expressway. The broad shoulder space along the highway’s path was planted with trees as a buffer while parcels that were too small to develop became playgrounds and sitting areas.
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