Rego Park

Understanding Rego Park

Lost Battalion Hall was constructed in 1939 for veterans’ organizations. The city transferred it to Parks in 1960 and converted it to recreation use. A surviving WPA mural recalls its origins. The city also records the Knicks using it as an auxiliary practice facility in the 1960s.

Remsen Cemetery preserves a much earlier layer than Rego Park’s twentieth-century buildings. LPC identifies it as a small family burial ground with surviving markers dated between 1790 and 1819. It commemorates the Remsen family, including Revolutionary War colonel Jeromus Remsen; First World War memorial figures added another period of remembrance.

Places to explore

• Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center

  93-29 Queens Boulevard, between 62nd Avenue and 62nd Road

  Use the live center schedule to choose a gym or fitness session and check its age limits and registration rules. General facility use requires recreation-center membership, including for visitors to New York City.

• Rego Center

  Junction Boulevard shopping complex

  Choose a current shop or food business from the operator's directory. It lists Target as coming in 2028.

• Remsen Cemetery

  Trotting Course Lane and Alderton Street

  Parks describes the site as a memorial and public space, with a small Thomas X. Winberry garden. Check posted gate information before entering the burial ground.

Planning a visit

Check current transit to the selected address. Lost Battalion Hall lists building hours separately from individual session times; membership registration ends at least 30 minutes before closing.

Parks identifies Lost Battalion Hall as accessible. The 2026 reconstruction added accessible restrooms on every floor and wider routes through the building. Call 718-520-5310 if you need help choosing an entrance. For membership registration, bring the completed form, accepted identification and payment if a fee applies; youth have different identification options.