Especially along the #7 train- all blue print should be clickable links for more information
I admit it. I have a love hate relationship with the #7 train. I have been stuck between stations- standing squished in crowded car with a heavy bag listening to the same We'll be moving in shortly, announcement over and over. But I also have had a bird's eye (okay a low flying bird) of the changing landscape of Queens. Here is a list of things you can see from the train, and interesting stops along the way. I am not including the Manhattan Stops, 34th Hudson(the
Highline), 42 St Times Square, 5 Avenue (Bryant Park), Grand Central- all interesting but not Queens.
Things to see from the train
- The Manhattan skyline - multiple views from multiple spots
- The train itself - right after it comes above ground it makes a sharp curve and you can see the tail of the train chasing itself.
- The Courthouse - from the Court Street Station- the green colored roof covers one of the oldest continuously operating courts in the country
- The Hell Gate Bridge -on the northside- two bridges come into view. The Hell Gate Railroad Bridge built between 1912-1916, designed by Gustav Lindenthal, any resemblance in appearance to the Sydney Harbor Bridge is not coincidental. Next to it is the RFK Bridge (used to be called the Triboro) it connects three boroughs, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx and is used for motor vehicles.
- The smoke stacks of the Ravenswood Power Station-
- The stained glass windows between Courts Street and Woodside Stations
- The new towers being built around Long Island City at Queensboro Plaza
- Pass the Jackson Heights stations and LaGuardia comes into view-the blue control tower
- In the far distance over the relatively flat low rise section of Queens you can see the Bronx and in the bridges that connect Queens to the mainland
- After 103 Street on the Southside -the sites of Flushing Meadow Park, 2 rocket ships in front of the science museum, the round towers of NYS Pavilion, the T shaped Terrace of the Park,and of course the various tennis stadiums and the Unisphere.
- On the northside- Citifield home of the New York Mets
Subway Station: Vernon Jackson- First stop in Queens
- Gantry State Park- best view of the skyline
- Corner of Vernon and 50th Avenue -traditional Police Station, 9/11 memorial on a light post
- Changing Long Island City Neighbor- the mixed old frame wooden homes that once housed the blue collared factory and dock workers are now scattered among the high rise luxury towers
- New Long Island City Library- not open yet, but see what the city builds when the luxury towers bring in the city's highest income earners.
Subway Stop: Court Square
- Court Square Diner-right beneath the subway station- a real traditional looking American Diner
- Historic District- 21 Street and 45 Avenue. - Brownstone Townhouses from the 1800's. The guide books will tell you they filmed Carries's house from Sex In The City n Greenwich Village, but that was only the first season. They used several locations and this was the most common
- PS 1- What has more recent- modern art than MOMA?- PS 1
Subway Stop: 61 and Woodside
- The Irish Bars- Donovan's, Saints and Sinners
- The Doughboy World War I Memorial - not a major- not miss attraction, but an interesting memorial-honoring the wounded rather than the victorious hero- and a destination for anyone wandering around the neighborhood off the the main roads.
Stops: 74 and Roosevelt to 82 and Roosevelt
Jackson Heights enough to see here for its own page, but some highlights
- Historic District- apartment buildings built when the subway arrived -
- Multi-Culture at its best- restaurants and stores from the Indian/Pakistani Community, the Nepal/Tibetan Community and the all parts of the Latin Community
- The Post Office - Federal Style Architecture with WPA murals inside
- The Public School- a 5 story example of NYC school architecture
Stop: 111 Street
Corona
Subway Stop: Mets Willets Point
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| The Unisphere |
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| At the Mets Game- Citifield |
- The Queens Museum- especially for the Panorama- a scale model of the whole city!
- The Tennis Center
- Citi Field- its not Yankee Stadium- it is the other MLB home in NYC-
- The Hall of Science (even if you don't go in check out the real Rockets)
- The Queens Night Market- On a summer Saturday night -the equivalent of the Brooklyn Smorgasboard
- New York State Pavilion- where the aliens landed according to Men In Black
Subway Stop: Main Street
- Chinatown-maybe the largest Chinatown in the country(Sunset Park and Lower Manhattan would dispute it) Click the link for some interesting eating places
- Historic Flushing(all addresses are in the clickable link for Flushing)
- John Bowne House
- Quaker Meeting Hall
- St. George Episcopal Church
- Post Office- WPA Murals
- Free Synagogue of Flushing
- Lots more in link
Hungry?
The first link is from Vogue Magazine- I do not look like I read Vogue. I would look a lot less like a Vogue person if I tried all the eateries (or even a tiny fraction of them) along the way. But here are various suggestions:
The first link is from Vogue Magazine- I do not look like I read Vogue. I would look a lot less like a Vogue person if I tried all the eateries (or even a tiny fraction of them) along the way. But here are various suggestions:
