Guidebook for Queens
Food Scene
rustic design with great americana food. dark and intimate atmosphere.
172 locals recommend
Montana's Trail House
445 Troutman Streetrustic design with great americana food. dark and intimate atmosphere.
Delicious Pizza lively atmosphere xpect to wait an hour or two for a table but in the mean time go to the bar and have a couple drinks and watch the people.
1621 locals recommend
Roberta's
261 Moore StDelicious Pizza lively atmosphere xpect to wait an hour or two for a table but in the mean time go to the bar and have a couple drinks and watch the people.
This is one of the few michelin star restaruants in bushwick. rustic intalian food small portions but delicious. A bit pricey. Modern Minimalist design.
178 locals recommend
Faro
436 Jefferson StThis is one of the few michelin star restaruants in bushwick. rustic intalian food small portions but delicious. A bit pricey. Modern Minimalist design.
Tasty seafood with lively atmosphere. Lots of outdoor seating with great views of bushwick street art.
168 locals recommend
Sea Wolf
19 Wyckoff AveTasty seafood with lively atmosphere. Lots of outdoor seating with great views of bushwick street art.
Great brucnh spot. Small and usually very busy on weekends 30 minute waits expected for small groups of 2-4 people. Vegen and vegetarian friendly.
191 locals recommend
Cafe Ghia
24 Irving AvenueGreat brucnh spot. Small and usually very busy on weekends 30 minute waits expected for small groups of 2-4 people. Vegen and vegetarian friendly.
The Rookery Bar
425 Troutman StreetTasty Brunch
Secret Mexican restaraunt in Chinatown basement. Great place to go for dinner when your feeling adventurous and want to suprise a friend or loved one. Club Dancing on the weekends.
Also on a historic street in chinatown formerly known as the bloody angle. Lots of movies have been shot here and you will be next door to one of the best cocktail lounges in the City. next stop... Apotheke!!
32 locals recommend
Pulqueria
11 Doyers StSecret Mexican restaraunt in Chinatown basement. Great place to go for dinner when your feeling adventurous and want to suprise a friend or loved one. Club Dancing on the weekends.
Also on a historic street in chinatown formerly known as the bloody angle. Lots of movies have been shot here and you will be next door to one of the best cocktail lounges in the City. next stop... Apotheke!!
One of my favorite places for ramen in the city. Great atmosphere amazing food.
226 locals recommend
Ippudo NY
65 4th AveOne of my favorite places for ramen in the city. Great atmosphere amazing food.
Rustic Italian food gorgeous interior design.
slighlty expensive worth every penny.
call to make a reservation
54 locals recommend
il Buco
47 Bond StRustic Italian food gorgeous interior design.
slighlty expensive worth every penny.
call to make a reservation
Simple Menu of grass fe Burgers and Fries at an affordable cost. close by
45 locals recommend
Onderdonk & Sons
566 Onderdonk AveSimple Menu of grass fe Burgers and Fries at an affordable cost. close by
Grimaldi Bakery Corporation
21-01 Menahan StNearbye bakery
Local Deli. Nothing Fancy but sometimes I'll come here for a breakfast sandwhich or coffe before heading into the city.
Bennys Grocery
465 Fairview AveLocal Deli. Nothing Fancy but sometimes I'll come here for a breakfast sandwhich or coffe before heading into the city.
This is a local coffee roaster and cafe. They are conveniently located close to the Dekalb L train. So if your walking to the L train from the house you can graba quick pastry and a coffe for the subway ride.
460 locals recommend
Variety Coffee Roasters
368 Graham AveThis is a local coffee roaster and cafe. They are conveniently located close to the Dekalb L train. So if your walking to the L train from the house you can graba quick pastry and a coffe for the subway ride.
Norma's Corner Shoppe
59-02 Catalpa AveGreat breakfast sandwhiches and desserts.
Nice atmosphere young creative crowd on the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburgh and across the street from Mccarren Park.
800 locals recommend
Five Leaves
18 Bedford AveNice atmosphere young creative crowd on the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburgh and across the street from Mccarren Park.
Breakfast Brunch spot thats casual and easy to get a seat.
55 locals recommend
Julia's Beer and Wine Bar
818 Woodward AveBreakfast Brunch spot thats casual and easy to get a seat.
Drinks & Nightlife
Apotheke is considered one of the best cocktail lounges in the city. Its tucked away on the historic street in chinatown known as the bloody angle (doyers st) there is amazing live music sunday through thursday and DJs on the weekends. Things get pretty wild there at night so I sugesst getting there early if you want to avoaid a line. Prefferably arpund 8 or 9pm on weekedays the music starts at 10 on wedensdays there is a special prohibition menu with classic cocktails and and a grreat selection of absenth to warm you up for the burlesque dancers. Call ahead for the sercret password to get in or tell them that Ian Martin sent you and that your my airbnb guests. you wont regret it!
212 locals recommend
Apotheke
9 Doyers StApotheke is considered one of the best cocktail lounges in the city. Its tucked away on the historic street in chinatown known as the bloody angle (doyers st) there is amazing live music sunday through thursday and DJs on the weekends. Things get pretty wild there at night so I sugesst getting there early if you want to avoaid a line. Prefferably arpund 8 or 9pm on weekedays the music starts at 10 on wedensdays there is a special prohibition menu with classic cocktails and and a grreat selection of absenth to warm you up for the burlesque dancers. Call ahead for the sercret password to get in or tell them that Ian Martin sent you and that your my airbnb guests. you wont regret it!
Just around the corner from us. Dive bar with a juke box and a pool table.
16 locals recommend
Windjammer Bar
552 Grandview AveJust around the corner from us. Dive bar with a juke box and a pool table.
Another favorite Nearbye Bar/honkey tonk with tattoed bartenders and a pool table.
21 locals recommend
Aunt Ginny's
652 Woodward AveAnother favorite Nearbye Bar/honkey tonk with tattoed bartenders and a pool table.
Skinny Dennis
152 Metropolitan AveGreat Honkey Tonk music Venue.
Vintage bowling lane and dive bar with a retro 70's feel. Fun place to go bowling and have drinks.
184 locals recommend
The Gutter
200 N 14th StVintage bowling lane and dive bar with a retro 70's feel. Fun place to go bowling and have drinks.
The Blue Room
80 Wythe AveRoof top bar with a beautiful view of the city.
Sightseeing
The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long New York City linear park built in Manhattan on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. It offers unique views of the city and is a first suggestion to all my freinds and family visiting NYC. While your there you should also stop into some Chelsea Galleries and the new Whitney Museum located nearbye.
2323 locals recommend
The High Line Park
The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long New York City linear park built in Manhattan on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. It offers unique views of the city and is a first suggestion to all my freinds and family visiting NYC. While your there you should also stop into some Chelsea Galleries and the new Whitney Museum located nearbye.
The Statue of Liberty is a United States national monument comprising Liberty Island and Ellis Island. It includes Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, situated on Liberty Island, and the former immigration station at Ellis Island which opened in 1892 and closed in 1954. The monument is managed by the National Park Service as part of the National Parks of New York Harbor office. https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
1303 locals recommend
Statue of Liberty Museum Shop
1 Liberty Island - Ellis IslandThe Statue of Liberty is a United States national monument comprising Liberty Island and Ellis Island. It includes Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, situated on Liberty Island, and the former immigration station at Ellis Island which opened in 1892 and closed in 1954. The monument is managed by the National Park Service as part of the National Parks of New York Harbor office. https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
Arts & Culture
The Whitney focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Its permanent collection comprises more than 21,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, videos, and artifacts of new media by more than 3,000 artists. It places a particular emphasis on exhibiting the work of living artists for its collection as well as maintaining an extensive permanent collection containing many important pieces from the first half of the last century.
884 locals recommend
Salmagundi Museum of American Art
The Whitney focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Its permanent collection comprises more than 21,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, videos, and artifacts of new media by more than 3,000 artists. It places a particular emphasis on exhibiting the work of living artists for its collection as well as maintaining an extensive permanent collection containing many important pieces from the first half of the last century.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world.
The permanent collection consists of works of art from classical antiquity and ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanian, Byzantine, Indian, and Islamic art. If its warm out plan to end your day on the rooftop with a glass of wine during sun set looking over central park tree line.
2653 locals recommend
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th AveThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world.
The permanent collection consists of works of art from classical antiquity and ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanian, Byzantine, Indian, and Islamic art. If its warm out plan to end your day on the rooftop with a glass of wine during sun set looking over central park tree line.
The Guggenheim is the permanent home of a continuously expanding collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year.
1126 locals recommend
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th AveThe Guggenheim is the permanent home of a continuously expanding collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year.
The Cloisters is a museum in Upper Manhattan, New York City specializing in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts. Its early collection was built by the American sculptor, art dealer and collector George Grey Barnard, and acquired by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1925. Rockefeller extended the collection and in 1931 purchased land at Washington Heights and contracted the design for a new building that was to become the Cloisters. The museum is today part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has been described as the "crowning achievement of American museology."
707 locals recommend
The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin DrThe Cloisters is a museum in Upper Manhattan, New York City specializing in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts. Its early collection was built by the American sculptor, art dealer and collector George Grey Barnard, and acquired by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1925. Rockefeller extended the collection and in 1931 purchased land at Washington Heights and contracted the design for a new building that was to become the Cloisters. The museum is today part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has been described as the "crowning achievement of American museology."
Pioneer Works is a non-profit foundation in Red Hook, that fosters multidisciplinary creativity in the arts and sciences. they often have art openings and music shows on the second sunday of every month. wonderful creative space.
79 locals recommend
Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer StPioneer Works is a non-profit foundation in Red Hook, that fosters multidisciplinary creativity in the arts and sciences. they often have art openings and music shows on the second sunday of every month. wonderful creative space.
This place is a gorgeous old factory with tons of space. It hosts concerts art shows and events. Its close by and worth taking a look.
34 locals recommend
Knockdown Center
52-19 Flushing AveThis place is a gorgeous old factory with tons of space. It hosts concerts art shows and events. Its close by and worth taking a look.
Entertainment & Activities
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city. Its interior was declared a city landmark in 1978.
230 locals recommend
Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th AveRadio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city. Its interior was declared a city landmark in 1978.
Music Hall of Williamsburg is a New York City venue located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The venue is operated by The Bowery Presents, a group stemming from Bowery Ballroom. It has a capacity of 550 people and has shows on most nights of the week.
303 locals recommend
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 N 6th StMusic Hall of Williamsburg is a New York City venue located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The venue is operated by The Bowery Presents, a group stemming from Bowery Ballroom. It has a capacity of 550 people and has shows on most nights of the week.
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe AveBowling Lane and Bar with a live music venue and delicious food.
Parks & Nature
Prospect Park
More of a recreational area than scenic park but close to many bussling boutiques and resteraunts and always good people watching.
997 locals recommend
Williamsburg
More of a recreational area than scenic park but close to many bussling boutiques and resteraunts and always good people watching.
In the summers we will ride our bikes to this remote beach. to get some fresh ocea air.
69 locals recommend
Fort Tilden
In the summers we will ride our bikes to this remote beach. to get some fresh ocea air.
Coney Island is well known as the site of amusement parks and a seaside resort. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and years of neglect.
663 locals recommend
Coney Island
Coney Island is well known as the site of amusement parks and a seaside resort. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and years of neglect.
Essentials
Associated Supermarket
closest grocery store.