Guidebook for Queens

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Guidebook for Queens

Arts & Culture

Well curated shows. Less formal than Manhattan.
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MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave
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Well curated shows. Less formal than Manhattan.
Houses amazing scale model of all 5-boros, as legacy of the 1964 Worlds Fair. Easy to get to by #7 train.
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Museum Queens
Building
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Houses amazing scale model of all 5-boros, as legacy of the 1964 Worlds Fair. Easy to get to by #7 train.
Original Hall of Fame along walkway flanking the McKim, Mead & White designed old NYU library building on a bluff above Harlem River. Consists of some eerily lifelike bronze busts of mostly late-19th century notables. On current campus of Bronx Community College. Tricky to get to by public transportation.
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Hall of Fame for Great Americans
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Original Hall of Fame along walkway flanking the McKim, Mead & White designed old NYU library building on a bluff above Harlem River. Consists of some eerily lifelike bronze busts of mostly late-19th century notables. On current campus of Bronx Community College. Tricky to get to by public transportation.
Modern dance showcase theatre. A very unique venue for performance.
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Chocolate Factory Theater
3833 24th Street
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Modern dance showcase theatre. A very unique venue for performance.

Essentials

Local well stocked chain pharmacy with long hours and convenience store items.
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Duane Reade
7301 37th Ave
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Local well stocked chain pharmacy with long hours and convenience store items.
Closest local grocery store, somewhat similar to Whole Foods.
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Foodcellar Market
4-85 47th Rd
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Closest local grocery store, somewhat similar to Whole Foods.
Excellent steam table food for lunch.
Glory Deli & Grocery Corporation
4630 Vernon Blvd
Excellent steam table food for lunch.
Best prices in neighborhood.
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Key Food Supermarkets
1769 2nd Ave
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Best prices in neighborhood.
Comprehensive discount department store.
Target
Comprehensive discount department store.
Groceries mostly.
Trader Joe's
Groceries mostly.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great local brewery with tap room
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Rockaway Brewing Company
46-01 5th St
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Great local brewery with tap room
Relaxed atmosphere
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LIC Bar
45-58 Vernon Blvd
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Relaxed atmosphere
Noisy, relaxed neighborhood bar.
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Dominie's Hoek
48-17 Vernon Blvd
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Noisy, relaxed neighborhood bar.
Loud and local to the high-rises, ordinary Mexican.
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Skinny's Cantina
4705 Center Blvd
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Loud and local to the high-rises, ordinary Mexican.
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Corner Bistro
331 West 4th Street
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Brewery with local pouring room.
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Fifth Hammer Brewing
10-28 46th Ave
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Brewery with local pouring room.

Food Scene

Excellent Thai restaurant
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Tuk Tuk
49-06 Vernon Blvd
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Excellent Thai restaurant
Wifi neighborhood tea and coffee shop with great sandwiches.
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Communitea
11-18 46th Rd
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Wifi neighborhood tea and coffee shop with great sandwiches.
Vietnamese Restaurant steps away.
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Cyclo
5-51 47th Ave
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Vietnamese Restaurant steps away.
Chinese restaurant and bar. Excellent take out.
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SHI
4720 Center Blvd
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Chinese restaurant and bar. Excellent take out.
Local French Restaurant
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Tournesol
50-12 Vernon Blvd
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Local French Restaurant
Mexican with some culinary sophistication.
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Casa Enrique
5-48 49th Ave
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Mexican with some culinary sophistication.
Bistro food in nice atmosphere.
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Café Henri
10-10 50th Ave
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Bistro food in nice atmosphere.
Good and reasonably priced pizza.
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sLICe
48-11 Vernon Blvd
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Good and reasonably priced pizza.
Italian restaurant of long standing in neighborhood.
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Manetta's
10-76 Jackson Ave
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Italian restaurant of long standing in neighborhood.
Friendly and very southern Italian.
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Manducatis Rustica V.I.G Gelateria/Pizzeria
46-35 Vernon Blvd
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Friendly and very southern Italian.
Centro Pizza Bar & Italian Kitchen
47-23 Vernon Blvd
Closest decent pizza.
Greek Diner slightly upscale.
Vernon Grille
48-20 Vernon Blvd
Greek Diner slightly upscale.
Baked goods and sandwiches of very high quality. Steps away.
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Cannelle LIC
5-11 47th Ave
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Baked goods and sandwiches of very high quality. Steps away.
Comfort food with a Southern touch.
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Sweet Chick
178 Ludlow St
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Comfort food with a Southern touch.

Shopping

Housewares but also a surprising amount of hardware.
Kitchen Plus More
47-17 5th St
Housewares but also a surprising amount of hardware.

Parks & Nature

Well designed, with great promenade facing East River and expansive view of Manhattan.
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Gantry Plaza State Park
4-44 47th Rd
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Well designed, with great promenade facing East River and expansive view of Manhattan.
Gardening enterprise on railroad right of way. Curious local natural experiment.
Smiling Hogshead Ranch
25-30 Skillman Ave
Gardening enterprise on railroad right of way. Curious local natural experiment.

Getting Around

#7 Train - main subway into Manhattan, also to Citi Field Stadium and National Tennis Center.
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Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue Station
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#7 Train - main subway into Manhattan, also to Citi Field Stadium and National Tennis Center.
Alternate subway to Manhattan (E and M train)
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Court Square-23 St Station
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Alternate subway to Manhattan (E and M train)
G subway from Queens thru Brooklyn, avoids Manhattan altogether. Route to Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and further south.
21 Street-Van Alst Station
G subway from Queens thru Brooklyn, avoids Manhattan altogether. Route to Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and further south.
Hunters Point South ferry goes to Manhattan and also Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods. Long Island City ferry goes to Manhattan and north to Roosevelt Island and Astoria waterfront neighborhoods. Great perspectives on the city. Same cost as subway.
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East River Ferry
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Hunters Point South ferry goes to Manhattan and also Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods. Long Island City ferry goes to Manhattan and north to Roosevelt Island and Astoria waterfront neighborhoods. Great perspectives on the city. Same cost as subway.
Located in high-rise garage.
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Avis Car Rental
225 E 43rd St
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Located in high-rise garage.