Mr. Simon grew up a few miles from Corona and Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
He made it across the river to Central Park in 1981:
500,000 people helped him celebrate.
From Patch
The Queens neighborhood of Corona has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in New York City, the epicenter of the nation's outbreak.
By Kathleen Culliton, Patch Staff
NEW YORK CITY — In an almost unbelievable twist of irony, the most cases of the new coronavirus in New York City have been found in the Queens neighborhood of Corona.
No New York City region has reported more positive COVID-19 tests than the zip code 11368 — which covers Corona, North Corona and Willets Point — with 947 cases reported as of March 31, city data show.....MORE
More than 77 percent of the 1,227 Corona residents tested received confirmation they had the deadly virus, New York City Health Department data show.
The neighborhood's population is the most badly affected in New York City, which in turn has become the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. with 47,439 confirmed cases reported and 1,096 lives claimed since the disease was first spotted in the city just one month ago.All figures were as of April 1....
I do not know what Mama Pajama saw when she rolled out of bed.
