The Essential One-Day Tour of Queens

01 ye 05

Tackle Queens muZuva

Guta reNew York nderimwe remangwana aya anongodzokorora kudzokera kushanyira, naizvozvo hazvishamisi kuti vafambi vakawanda vanosarudza kudzoka, kazhinji. Kunyange zvazvo rwendo rwekutanga kana maviri rungangodaro ruchida kuonekwa mune zvimwe zviratidzo zvinoshamisa zveManhattan, vashanyi vakawanda vanowedzera kufarira mune mamwe mabwe mana eNYC, zvakare. Pakati peizvi, Queens ndiyo yakakura zvikuru muhukuru uye yakasiyana-siyana muhuwandu hwevanhu. Zvechokwadi, Queens inoshamisa, inenge iri guta kune iyo pachayo, nevakawanda vasina-yakarova-nzira asi zviitiko zvakakosha zvese zvakamirira kupa mubayiro vanowanzoongorora. Zvisinei, kana iwe unongova nezuva rimwe chete kuti uongorore, hezvino izvo zvinokosha zvaunofanira kutarisa kune rwendo rwezuva rimwechete rweQueens.

02 of 05

Mambakwedza & Kudya: Ongorora Long Island City (Mangwanani & Kudya Nguva)

Tanga mangwanani ako kubva kuGantry Plaza State Park . Iyi paki yepamvura yakanga isingazivikanwi kunze kwedenderedzwa yeLIC yemo, asi ikozvino inozivikanwa sechinhu chimwe chekuona kwepamusoro kweguta reMidtown Manhattan. Kubva pamakumbo akanaka emvura, iwe uchange uine zviitiko zvepamusoro zveguta racho zvichibvira, uye dzimwe dzimba dzeManhattan dzakanyanyooneka - Empire State Building , Chrysler Building, neUnited Nations zvinosanganisira - kusvika kune kure, mhiri kweEast River .

Paki inowana zita rayo kubva kunzvimbo dzakawanda dzekuvaka matongo mumaguta ekusimba dziri mumvura yekutanga: magantries (kutumira mabhiriji), ayo aishandiswa kutakura uye kutakura zvinhu kubva mumigwagwa uye zvitima zvakambosangana pano. Nzvimbo dzakanaka dzinobva kune imwe nzvimbo kuti upupurire "Manhattanhenge" (yakabva pamashoko Manhattan na Stonehenge, izwi rakagadzirwa nemukurumbira wekudenga astrophysicist uye cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson), chiitiko chegore rimwechete kana zuva richitarisana zvakakwana mukati meGanhattan grid grid, uye vanotarisa vanogona kutarisa zuva richidzika pakati peganda regirazi nesimbi. Munharaunda yeGantry Plaza State Park, iwe uchawanawo zvakakosha uye zvinodiwa zvezvakawanda zvemajairo emunharaunda apfuura: chiratidzo chikuru chePepsi-Cola chakashongedza chimiro chePepsi chinokonzera chakange chakamira pano.

Kuti uwane mamwe magu-on-the-go, musoro wemwaka weLIC Flea & Zvokudya, gara kunze kwepaki; yakasununguka pakupera kwevhiki kubva pa11am, kubva pakusika kusvika pakuwa. Muenzaniso wokuruma nokukurumidza kana maviri kubva kune imwe yevakawanda vekugadzira mabhizimisi varipo pano uye, nguva yekubvumira, kupararira mumugwagwa kusvika kuRockaway Brewing Company, imwe yezvivako zvekare zveQueens pakati pekuwedzera kuri kukura kwe microbreweries. Bvisa chigaro mu tapinari kuti uedze hurumende yavo, Rockaway ESB - haugone kufamba zvisina kunaka nekunakidza kwavo Rockaway Nitro Black Gold, zvimwe.

03 of 05

Masikati: Ona Nyika uye Zvadaro Vamwe vari ku Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Iyo huru Flushing Meadows Corona Park , iyo inofambisa Flushing uye Corona, inzvimbo yechina huru muNewC, uye kumba kweUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Citi Field ballpark, Queens Museum of Art, New York Hall of Science , Queens Imitambo muPark, Queens Zoo, neNew York State Pavilion - kusataurira slate yemifananidzo, zvitubu, uye mitambo, zvakare. Kukwanisa kutaura kuti iyi ipaki yaunogona kupedza zuva rose mairi, asi isu tichaichengeta kune vashomanana vanofanira-vanoona.

Mumauto ayo okutanga, paki yakagadzirwa senzvimbo ye 1939/1940 New York World Fair, uye yakagadzirirwawo muna 1964/1965 New York World Fair. Musoro wekodzero yekupedzisira yaiva "Rugare kuburikidza nekunzwisisa"; iyo chiratidzo chechinyorwa ichocho uye centerpiece yezvakanaka pachayo yaiva USAphere , 350-ton, 120-foot-diameter yenyika yakagadzirwa nehutu-uchapupu husina tsvina. Mvura inobva kumatsime akakomberedza anovhara zvigaro zvayo, achipa manyepo kuti Unisphere iri kutenderera munzvimbo. Mune nguva yakatarwa, nematsime akadzimwa, unogona kuona vateereti vekatebhendi vachiita matanho kubva pamusoro padziva pasi.

Zvivako zvakasiyana-siyana zvakakurumbira kubva kuFair's Fairs zvose zvinogara zvakare mupaki, zviratidzo zvekuva futurism, pamwe chete nemamato kumbiri yekare. Zvivako izvozvo kubvira kare zvakadzokidzwa zvakare uye nhasi imba dzakasiyana-siyana, unyanzvi, uye masangano ezvidzidzo. Kana iwe uine nguva yekuita imwe chete, ita kuti i Queens Museum, iyo inogara iine unhu hunoonekwa hunoenderana nehupenyu hwomuguta uye kutaura kumarudzi akasiyana-siyana evanhu veQueens. Pakupedzisira zvikoreko pano zvinosanganisira kutora mifananidzo, zviyeuchidzo kubva kuFair's Fairs, uye kuunganidza kunoshamisa kwegirasi yeTiffany, asi, nechokure, chiratidzo chinonyanya kuzivikanwa chinonzi Panorama yeGuta reNew York. Yakagadzirwa nokuda kweHurumende yeNyika ya1964, Panorama inopemberera zvigadzirwa zveNew York City, mini metropolis inosvika nzvimbo 9,335 mamita makiromita uye inotorazve shanduro shomanana yemaguta mashanu, nezvivakwa zvavo, mabhiriji, uye yose 320 makiromita masere eNew York City. Pakazosvika 1964 yakarongeka, yakabhadharwa seimba yepamusoro yakarongeka helikopta yeNew York, ichipa "meso aMwari" maonero aGoodham. Pasina helicopter ride inoitika mazuva ano, iwe unonzwa kunge wakaita seMwari guru-saMwarizilla paunofamba-famba pane zvidzidzo uye nzvimbo dzakawanda dziri pasi pako: Hapana chakafanana nazvo.

Kana iri nguva yeBhangi (Kubvumbi kusvika munaOctober) uye iwe uri muguta nekuda kwemutambo weimba, funga kubata New York Mets pahondo paCiti Field. Kunze kwechinguva chiduku mumakore makumi matanhatu nemakumi mapfumbamwe, New York Metropolitans (aka "the Mets") vakaonekwa seboka risingazivikanwi muNew York City, vachitamba mukoma muduku kunyika-inozivikanwa uye yakawanda kwazvo New York Yankees. Asi regai kukanganisa pamusoro pehutano hwavo: pasinei nemamiriro ekudzika pasi uye makore ekuodzwa mwoyo, vanoramba vasina kuvimbika uye vakadanidzira. Kana iwe usingagoni kubata chikwata, asi uchiri kuda kutora nhandare munhandare, ballpark tours inopiwa kamwe kana kaviri pavhiki; chengetai website yeCiti Field yekuwanikwa.

04 of 05

Manheru: Chengetedza kuQueens ... uye Tsvaga Asia!

Unoda kushanyira Chinatown yeNew York yakabudirira zvikuru here? Kanganwa imwe muManhattan, iyo yakasvibirira muhukuru, zvichienderana nemafungu e gentrification. Pane kudaro, enda kuKinatown kuFlushing, Queens - chimwe chezvivako zvakakura zveChinese kunze kweAsia - paunogona kuona mararamiro emugwagwa, uye dzimwe nzvimbo dzekuChina neKorea uye unomira kupfuura iwe unogona kuzunungusa zvimedu zvako. Nzvimbo yeNew Shopping Shopping ndiyo nzvimbo yakanaka yekutanga kudya; iri mumoyo weDowntown Kuputsa, ine dare rezvokudya rine vanopfuura gumi nemaviri vari vatengesi vemarudzi akasiyana-siyana. Kubva ipapo, ingofamba mumugwagwa uye uchitora zvose-mumutambo chaiwo wepfungwa uye mudumbu.

Pedyo necho, chivakwa chechipiri chechipiri chechipiri chemakore 152 paFillushing Town Hall chinopa jazz inokosha uye yepasi pose mumakonti. Chengetai webhusaiti yavo kuti vaone kana chirongwa chakarongwa chichienderana nekushanyira kwako kuFlushing nokuda kwekupedzisira kwakakwana kune zuva rekuchamhembe rekutsvaga kweQueens.

05 of 05

Iva nenguva? Ramba Usiku muQueens

Pamusoro pemari shoma kudarika mukamuri yehotera yeManhattan, unogona kutora kugara muQueens musha weLong Island City (LIC), iyo inongokurumidza kutekisa teksi kana kutasvikidzwa kubva kuManhattan kana kuBrooklyn. Mamwe mahofisi pano uye anopa nguva dzose inorongwa kushandiswa kwekusununguka kwebasa rekuvhara kuenda uye kubva kuManhattan, nokuda kwepamusoro pakugona nyore.

Guta reLong Island riri kamwechete-maindasitiri nzvimbo iri pakati pekuenderera mberi kwekushandurwa kuva muzinda wekugara, zvigadzirwa, uye nzvimbo dzekushanyirwa, pamwe nevakawanda vezvivakwa zvavo zvekare zvekugadzira uye zvigadziro zvave zvakadzokidzwa kune zvinoshamisa. Ungada here kupedza usiku humwe fekitari yekare? Zvadaro, bhura kamuri paPeople Factory Hotel, iyo, sezvaungangodaro wakaunganidza, yakanga iri chaiyo yepetriji yekare mu1970 (ine zvikamu zvisati zvaitika izvo zvaisanganisira kubudisa radiyo muma1920s) - iko zvino yakadzoserwa sechinhu chinoratidzira uye chinyanzvi hotera ine chigadzirwa chic aesthetic.

Kune vashandi vashoma-bajeti uye vanofamba nemhepo, nzvimbo yemagariro evanhu muimba yehostele yakanaka kubatana pamwe nevamwe vanoita vagabonds. Uye mune imwe nzvimbo inoshandisa hurumende dzakawanda dzevashandi (aka "vagari vemo"), uchawana The Local hostel, inotonhorera uye ine zvisingakwanisi nzvimbo ine nzvimbo yake yemugwagwa-level café scene uye mudiki, hip vanokutungamirirai munzira for adventure.

Z ZC Hotel Hotel inopa nzvimbo yakanakisisa yeLIC padenga, ine 360-degree vistas pamusoro peBrooklyn, Queens, uye Manhattan. Paunotarisa Manhattan, unogona kunge uchiyeuka chiitiko chinobva kuHelhlander yemufirimu, umo munondo unopinza pakati pekufa kusati unoratidzira maonero akaoma pamusoro peManihattan, iyo yakaonekwa kubva kuQueens. Kurwisana kwakadaro kwakaitika padenga reSilcup Studios, iyo inowirirana neZ ZC Hotel. Saka, maonero acho ari downright cinematic uye akasiyana, uye sezvinotaurwa nevanhu vari mufirimu: "Kune imwe chete!"