{"id":220962,"date":"2026-05-05T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220962\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:45:09","slug":"aqueduct-racetracks-final-stretch-begins-as-state-plans-future-of-100-acre-queens-site-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220962\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqueduct Racetrack\u2019s final stretch begins as state plans future of 100-acre Queens site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Aqueduct Racetrack is nearing the finish line after more than a century in Queens \u2014 and state officials are now asking residents what should come next for the sprawling 100-acre site.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?s=Kathy+Hochul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> on Tuesday announced the start of a public planning process to redevelop the state-owned South Ozone Park property, where horse racing is expected to end this summer as operations shift to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/2026-preview-horse-racing-aqueduct-belmont-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">rebuilt Belmont Park on the Queens\/Nassau border. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta-box read-more-box\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/politics\/aqueduct-state-plans-future-of-queens-site\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSee the full article at amNY &#13;<br \/>\n\t\tAqueduct Racetrack\u2019s final stretch begins as state plans future of 100-acre Queens site &#13;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Aqueduct Racetrack is nearing the finish line after more than a century in Queens \u2014 and state&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[30533,28059,426,9,24,63,122,124,123,319],"class_list":["post-220962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-aqueduct-racetrack","tag-horse-racing","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}