Physical
Address:
Aqueduct race track
110th Street & Rockaway Blvd
Ozone Park, New York 11417
(718) 641-4700
Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is considered
to
be one of the nation's top thoroughbred racing facilities.
Attendance Capacity: 40,000
Parking Capacity: 8,000 Cars
Trackside Dining: 1,200
Total Seating Capacity: 17,000
Grandstand Admission: $1
Clubhouse Admission: $3
Children under 12 are free
Closest City: New York City
Closest Airport: John F. Kennedy International
Major Stakes and Races at Aqueduct Race track
So prominent is the status of Aqueduct race track in New
York's horse racing scene
that many stakes and races with purses in the lower to mid
$100,000s are held there.
Among them are:
The Aqueduct Handicap
The Whirlaway
The Wood Memorial
The Athenia
The New York Stallion Series
The Long Island Handicap
The Stuyvesant
Red Smith Handicap
Cigar Mile
The Remsen Stakes
The Demoiselle Stakes
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Aqueduct
Track History:
Aqueduct Racetrack History
Aqueduct Racetrack got its name from the southwestern
Queens neighborhood of South Woodhaven where a conduit
for the Brooklyn Water Works was built in the 1850s.
Aqueduct Racetrack
originally opened in the nearby South Ozone Park on
September 27, 1894 on land leased from descendants of
the area's original Dutch settlers. In 1941, a new
clubhouse and track offices were built. The track was
torn down in 1956 to give way to a $33 million racetrack
that was opened in 1959. By 1960, Aqueduct had become
one of the nation's leading horse racing track. In 1975,
the grass was uprooted and the Inner Dirt Track took its
place as the permit circuit for year-round racing. From
1959-71, the track was idle from shortly before
Christmas to March, until off-track betting began in New
York City. In the fall of 2005, construction began on
the Aqueduct grandstand, and resulted in the
installation of a 4,500 video lottery
terminal casino.
Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is considered to
be one of the nation's top thoroughbred racing
facilities. It is a massive complex that features 2 dirt
tracks and a turf track. The Main Track, which is dirt,
has a circumference of 1 1/8 miles; inside of this
circuit is the one-mile Inner Dirt Track, consisting of
a special type of dirt over which races are run during
the winter; and the innermost course is a Turf (grass)
course, spanning 7 furlongs plus 43 feet.
Aqueduct Racetrack has an impressive 17,000-person
seating capacity, with a total capacity of 40,000. A
courtesy shuttle bus service is available from all
general areas of the parking lot that holds up to 8,000
cars. This track offers several amenities from a
1,200-seat fine-dining restaurant - where the
recommended dress attire is elegant - to a children's
playroom.
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