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Catharine Turner Richardson (1903-1988), a local civic activist, was a former president of the Douglaston Garden Club. She moved to Douglaston in 1932 and worked to preserve the residential nature of the community, as well as its wetlands. The park was named for her in 1991.

Sources:

Liz Rhoades, "Douglaston Garden Club’s a blooming success; Members maintain Catharine Turner Richardson Park without city’s help," Queens Chronicle, August 9, 2012, https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/douglaston-garden-club-s-a-blooming-success/article_df8cc0d0-ff58-567e-944f-5c816952ecc6.html

William B. Helmreich, "The Queens Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide," accessed June 29, 2023, https://books.google.com/books?id=wL_gDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA252

"Catharine Turner Richardson memorial," FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219352433/catharine-richardson

Wikidata contributors, “Q34815105”, Wikidata, accessed December 7, 2023, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34815105