The
Flushing River, more properly and historically known as
Flushing Creek, is a waterway that flows through the northern part of central
Queens in
New York City (mostly through
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park) and empties into the
East River. The river runs through a valley that may have been a larger riverbed before the last
Ice Age. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it divided the towns of Flushing on its right bank and Newtown on its left; today, it divides Queens into western and eastern halves.