Queens

Queens
url:
nycgo.com | discoverqueens.info
area:
110 square miles
population:
2.2+ million
travel time from Times Square:
15–30 minutes
As the most ethnically diverse county in America, Queens offers a
world of culture in a single borough. Its neighborhoods serve up an
array of international cuisine: there’s Greek fare in Astoria, Indian and
East Asian in Jackson Heights and Flushing, Mexican and Central
American in Corona and Irish in Woodside. Feed your need for art in
Long Island City, home to the Noguchi Museum, SculptureCenter,
Socrates Sculpture Park and MoMA PS1. Then satisfy your sporty side
at the New York Mets’ ballpark (Citi Field), Rockaway Beach or Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, whose facilities include soccer fields, an
Olympic-size indoor pool and the USTA Billie Jean King National
Tennis Center (site of the US Open).
Times
Square
Summer
Warm Up
at MoMA
PS1.
MUSEUMS
(pg. 144)
highlights:
Discover Queens Visitors Center | discoverqueens.info | 718 592 2082
Free discount cards for savings throughout the borough.
The Lego Store | stores.lego.com | 718 699 4565
Hundreds of Lego sets, an on-site play area and more.
MoMA PS1 | ps1.org | 718 784 2084
Cutting-edge contemporary art in Long Island City.
Museum of the Moving Image | movingimage.us | 718 777 6888
Recently renovated; houses the nation’s largest collection of film and TV artifacts.
Queens Botanical Garden | queensbotanical.org | 718 886 3800
Summer brings lavender, lilacs and toad lilies to this 39-acre garden.
Water’s Edge restaurant | watersedgenyc.com | 718 482 0033
Seafood served with a spectacular view of the East River and Manhattan skyline

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