The Queens Nobody Knows
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The Queens Nobody Knows

An Urban Walking Guide

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The Queens Nobody Knows

An Urban Walking Guide

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About This Book

The only neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to New York City's largest borough, from the award-winning author of The New York Nobody Knows Bill Helmreich walked every block of New York City—some six-thousand miles—to write the award-winning The New York Nobody Knows. Later, he re-walked most of Queens—1, 012 miles in all—to create this one-of-a-kind walking guide to the city's largest borough, from hauntingly beautiful parks to hidden parts of Flushing's Chinese community. Drawing on hundreds of conversations he had with residents during his block-by-block journey through this fascinating, diverse, and underexplored borough, Helmreich highlights hundreds of facts and points of interest that you won't find in any other guide.In Bellerose, you'll explore a museum filled with soul-searing artwork created by people with mental illness. In Douglaston, you'll gaze up in awe at the city's tallest tree. In Corona, you'll discover the former synagogue where Madonna lived when she first came to New York. In St. Albans, you'll see the former homes of jazz greats, including Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday. In Woodhaven, you'll walk a block where recent immigrants from Mexico, Guyana, and China all proudly fly the American flag. And much, much more.An unforgettably vivid chronicle of today's Queens, the book can be enjoyed without ever leaving home—but it's almost guaranteed to inspire you to get out and explore this captivating borough.

  • Covers every one of Queens's neighborhoods, providing a colorful portrait of their most interesting, unusual, and unfamiliar people, places, and things
  • Each neighborhood section features a brief overview and history; a detailed, user-friendly map keyed to the text; photographs; and a lively guided walking tour
  • Draws on the author's 1, 012-mile walk through every Queens neighborhood
  • Includes insights from conversations with hundreds of residents

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780691200026
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Travel

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Introduction
  7. Long Island City
  8. Astoria
  9. Sunnyside
  10. Woodside
  11. Elmhurst
  12. Jackson Heights
  13. East Elmhurst
  14. Corona
  15. Ridgewood
  16. Maspeth
  17. Middle Village
  18. Glendale
  19. College Point
  20. Flushing
  21. Rego Park
  22. Forest Hills
  23. Kew Gardens Hills
  24. Kew Gardens
  25. Briarwood & Jamaica Hills
  26. Jamaica Estates
  27. Holliswood
  28. Fresh Meadows
  29. Hollis Hills
  30. Whitestone
  31. Beechhurst
  32. Malba
  33. Bayside
  34. Douglaston
  35. Little Neck
  36. Glen Oaks
  37. New Hyde Park & Floral Park
  38. Bellerose
  39. Queens Village
  40. Cambria Heights
  41. Hollis
  42. St. Albans
  43. Laurelton
  44. Rosedale
  45. Springfield Gardens
  46. Jamaica
  47. South Ozone Park
  48. Ozone Park
  49. Richmond Hill
  50. Woodhaven
  51. Howard Beach
  52. Broad Channel
  53. The Rockaways
  54. Acknowledgments
  55. Appendix
  56. Notes
  57. Bibliography
  58. Index