Neighborhood Data In Downtown Flushing Downtown Flushing is the central commercial district in North-Central Queens.[1] Within its boundaries are big retail stores like Macy’s and Targets. In terms of transportation it is significantly important. It is the Eastern terminus of the 7-train, a terminus for more than a dozen busses and a stop along the […]

What better way to spend a sunny October day than go to my local park. Little Bay Park, or, “That park by the Throgs Neck Bridge,” as I like to call it, is about four blocks from my apartment building in Whitestone, Queens and has some of the most spectacular public views of the Bay and of […]

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!   I wanted to share with you a entry from NYC Arts and Culture class blog from back in 2010. Here it is, the one and only Turkey with an attitude.   The Turkey with an attitude has been a recurring joke every fall. Once the leaves begin to change colors this Turkey comes […]

Image taken from http://www.thequeensway.org/jeff-liao-gallery A couple of weeks ago the Friends of The QueensWay, with the help of NYC’s Parks Department hosted a cleanup of the portion of the Way that runs through Forest Park. Dozens of volunteers from all parts of the surrounding community came to join us in our effort to beautify the abandoned […]