Approved Design Plans For Whitey Ford Field

Community Board 1 in Astoria/LIC has approved design plans from the NYC Parks Department for the renovation of Whitey Ford Field!

This is the culmination of extensive work done by CB1, The Friends of Whitey Ford Field, and The Old Astoria Neighborhood Association to bring this field, named after Astoria native and baseball icon Whitey Ford, to a state that the whole community can enjoy. We also would like to acknowledge the contributions of the Whitey Ford Family, and especially Blair Clancy, granddaughter of Whitey Ford.

We look forward to many years of rewarding team sports in this facility with an unequaled view of the East River and the RFK Triborough/Hellgate Bridges.

Whitey Ford Field; photo credit Clare Doyle

Richard Khuzami

Mr. Khuzami has been a member of Community Board 1 in Astoria, NY for the last 20 years. He sits on the Zoning and parks Committees and is on the Executive Board. Previously, he served as Parks and Culture chair of Community Board 1 for eleven years and also chaired Capital and Expense priority Committee. He is a member of the Queens General Assembly and had been a panelist for grant submissions for the Queens Council on the Arts (QCA). Richard also is an officer of The Eastern Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance (EMBCA) and President of OANA.