articleThe Brief The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival returns to Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Aug. 8 and 9. Colorful dragon boats will race across Meadow Lake when one of the country’s largest dragon boat festivals returns to Queens for its 36th year. When is the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival? The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York will take place Saturday, Aug. 8, and Sunday, Aug. 9, at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. How the New York festival beganThe first Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York was held on the Hudson River in Battery Park City in 1990.