Guidebook for Queens
Arts & Culture
Some great exhibits and also a theater playing some unique movies you won't see anywhere else.
507 locals recommend
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th AveSome great exhibits and also a theater playing some unique movies you won't see anywhere else.
Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd RoadStunning Japanese sculptures and a quiet outdoor walled garden.
Big museum with rotating exhibits and artists. Check out the scale model of New York City originally built for the 1939 World's Fair. And you'll recognize the Unisphere outside, the big metal globe that appears in lots of movies, including Men in Black.
146 locals recommend
Queens Museum
BuildingBig museum with rotating exhibits and artists. Check out the scale model of New York City originally built for the 1939 World's Fair. And you'll recognize the Unisphere outside, the big metal globe that appears in lots of movies, including Men in Black.
Off-beat rotating exhibits in old brick schoolhouse. Tasty cafe when museum weary.
575 locals recommend
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson AveOff-beat rotating exhibits in old brick schoolhouse. Tasty cafe when museum weary.
Essentials
Key Food Supermarkets
492 Myrtle Ave Local grocery store, most things you'd want.
Drop off in the morning, pick up later! There is a laundry bag in the closet and a push cart in the hallway you can use.
Wash-Time
3315 36th AveDrop off in the morning, pick up later! There is a laundry bag in the closet and a push cart in the hallway you can use.
Food Bazaar Supermarket
21 Manhattan AveHuge grocery store, lots of fresh produce options.
Here for a wedding and need your hair done? Or just feeling shaggy while on vacation? Great vibe, friendly hairdressers and a cute Shih Tzu.
Studio NOVA
Here for a wedding and need your hair done? Or just feeling shaggy while on vacation? Great vibe, friendly hairdressers and a cute Shih Tzu.
Getting Around
36 St station
R and M lines. E line Late Night and Weekend
N and W lines.
Closed for renovations, another at 36th Ave and 31st Street (not showing up on this map for some reason)
39th Avenue Station
39th AvenueN and W lines.
Closed for renovations, another at 36th Ave and 31st Street (not showing up on this map for some reason)
Shopping
Cute gift shop with local QNS lifestyle items that would also make great souvenirs.
44 locals recommend
Lockwood
32-15 33rd StCute gift shop with local QNS lifestyle items that would also make great souvenirs.
Entertainment & Activities
Modern theater, assigned seats. Check out RPX theater for biggest screen and experience.
83 locals recommend
Regal UA Kaufman Astoria & RPX
35-30 38th StModern theater, assigned seats. Check out RPX theater for biggest screen and experience.
Parks & Nature
Nice park with view of the city over the river. Sculptures scattered throughout park rotate per exhibit.
238 locals recommend
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon BlvdNice park with view of the city over the river. Sculptures scattered throughout park rotate per exhibit.
Walk along the park down the river front with stunning views of Manhattan across the water.
256 locals recommend
Gantry Plaza State Park
4-44 47th RdWalk along the park down the river front with stunning views of Manhattan across the water.
Beautiful park right on the East River. LIC and Pepsi Sign on one side and Manhattan skyline on the other. There's a overhead Tram that goes across to Manhattan by the bridge.
50 locals recommend
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
1 FDR Four Freedoms ParkBeautiful park right on the East River. LIC and Pepsi Sign on one side and Manhattan skyline on the other. There's a overhead Tram that goes across to Manhattan by the bridge.
Sightseeing
Built in 1936, this 120"x60" sign sat above the bottling plant here that closed in 1999. The sign was reassembled here in 2009.
9 locals recommend
Pepsi-Cola Sign
30-99 48th AvenueBuilt in 1936, this 120"x60" sign sat above the bottling plant here that closed in 1999. The sign was reassembled here in 2009.
Iconic Unisphere from the 1964 World's Fair. You'll recognize it from Men in Black, Iron Man 2, and other movies.
31 locals recommend
Unisphere
Iconic Unisphere from the 1964 World's Fair. You'll recognize it from Men in Black, Iron Man 2, and other movies.