roadmaster

This area during the day have a lot of people that ride their bike, roller-blade or flying a kit with their kids. But, at night this area is pretty creepy. The chilly air from the shore and the bad lighting from the few lights there makes the area pretty spooky. There's a play ground just across the BeltPkwy that usually you'll find some teenagers play hand-ball or just sitting there doing nothing, at least that's how I remembered it . The grass areas are filled with bird droppings and if your not careful you'll have to throw those sneakers out. The traffic on the BeltPkwy is very noisy, Sometimes even if someone is standing next to you talking you won't be able to hear. That and the noise from the ocean's wind makes it pretty difficult to understand. As a weekend get away, I might visit for an hour or so just to get a hot dog from the street vendor, smell the salty ocean. That would be yet. Not the best place to live .

This area is known for it's Italian neighborhood back about 30 years ago. Now, it's more of a mixture of every ethnicity you can imagine. The best part about this area is that you can walk about 20 mins and pretty much taste about 20 different types of culture. The parking isn't terrible but you really have to lock what we in NY call it "The Club" on top of your steering wheel to prevent anyone that's looking for a joy ride. I personally like the cheap rent and if your living single and don't want to cook at night, simply walk 2 mins and get something to eat. The train is a walk though so this area is better for people that drives. At night it can be a bit chilly and spooky walking around this neighborhood. I would recommend single or couples living around this area, not the best area to raise a family or retire in.

This area always gets flooded first from a big rain storm. There's a few factories here that closed because all their machines would get flooded. The #7 train runs through here plus the Express way, making this area very noisy. The apartement complex is state owned housing for the poor and it's not really in safe condition. I personally wouldn't walk to walk through this area at night. There's a few auto machinics around and steel workers and glass shops. This is the starting stop for Flushing, just a few blocks aways are all the supermarkets and restraunts. There's a storage area just next to the bridge for the #7 train which is probably the cheapest area to rent if you want to have a tiny business in the area. At night the street lights are not well lit. so, walking around in this area can be tricky. I wouldn't recommend this area if you have kids that goes to school since they would need to take a pretty long bus ride. This area is mainly for business and not residental.

This area has some of the most beautiful houses in Queens. Many Jewish resident keep this property value high and some of the stores are tailored to meet the clients. Shoe stores that sell Italian leather heals and ice cream stores that have tasty cheesecakes. Parking can be difficult but there's always parking that meters around if you circle the blocks a few times. There's a stretch of road way that's brick, it's a bumpy ride if you're driving but it's fun I think. Rent here is rather expensive and most of the people that live here take the Long Island rail road into Manhattan to work. Subway Train station is not far, right on Queens Blvd that has the #F and #E and #G. If you like a little wager, OTB is right on Queens Blvd and Continental Ave. Disney store is located around here as well. Pizza store, Barns and Noble and Mcdonald off-course. It's a very unique area to hang out on the weekend.

This park covers a huge area that consist of the Science Museum, Tennis court for the opens, Football arena for the Giants two pounds that is filled with all different species of fish and path that you can easily ride your bike or roller blade. This park even has it's own Ice skating rank. I love to just walk in this park. This park was where they filmed Men in Black as one of the construction looks like an UFO. People keep this park clean, even on weekends where there's a lot of Latinos playing soccar and cooking BBQ afterward everyone seem to clean up after themselves. I've walked through this park during nights, I haven't had any problems or anything. The park is has lights and pathways are clean and there's cops that drive through at times. Some ride on bikes during the day. If you want a relaxing weekend, you can even take a boat rental for $20 bucks half an hour or so with deposit. Cook BBQ and go fishing. I think this park is the best thing in Queens, beside the good food Queens has to offer.

This area is so hard to find parking. I guess because of all the apartment complex, there never seems to be any space to park. You go around for 2 hours waiting for a spot and the sign says street cleaning at 7am so, you wake up the next morning to move your car and go around another 2 hours finding something. I like this area as rent is cheap and there's many small stores that you can quickly get what you need without driving far. You can simply walk actually. There's a few nice place to eat that wouldn't break your wallet, but the quality of food is not all there. From time to time you'll see guys that pass out flyers and calling out chica chica so, i'm not sure what they want. Rent went for about $600 for a one bedroom apartment heat included. That's pretty reasonable I think. The #7 train is within 10 mins walking distance so, it's pretty nice for people that walk in Manhattan to live here as well. I'm not so sure about the public schools here. I personally wouldn't like my kid to attend school in this neighborhood but that's just a preference.

This area doesn't have all the fancy stores or close by malls, but it's a very nice and quiet area to live. The long island railroad is close by so is the #7 Train that takes you into Manhattan or Flushing,Queens. Parking here at night isn't bad either, most of the residents have parking drive ways so, they don't park on the street. There's a few apartment complex about 5 blocks area toward Roosevelt Ave. Across Queens Blvd there's office max and blockbuster video, getting on the express way is close as well. BQE which is 278 is about 2 blocks away. Everything is about 5 mins driving distance from car washes to food markets. This area is good for people that drive as well as those that don't. Rent is fare around this area compared to Elmhurst which is a few blocks away and a bit higher than Jackson Heights area but, I like this area as it feels much safer and much more quiet. Junior High school is about 6 blocks away for those that has kids.

This area has so many stores that just walking this stretch of 10 blocks you'll pretty much get all the things you need for daily living. You have the carpet stores next to the shoe store next to the cell phone store and hardware store. Want to get a cold soda? there's the local candy and stationary store too, there's a few fruit stands and in the warm season you can get hot dogs and roasted peanuts on the street vendors. This area is filled with Apartment complex, always packed with people walking on the street. The drive can be slow at time since, you have to avoid people that just like to walk across the street all the time and jammed with cars that slow you down. At night there's little dance clubs and bars as well. It helps if you speak Spanish here or Indian, Since most of the store owners or people that live here speaks Spanish or Indian. I wouldn't park any cars overnights around this area. One thing is that you'll never find a parking spot since the many apartment complex don't have parking. Even if you do find a parking spot you'll have to wake up early like 7am to move it for the street cleaning.

This area has to be the most romantic area to spend some quiet time with someone your dating. At night you can view the lights that's on the Whitestone bridge, the ocean is right in front view even Laguardia airport is in the distance. The plans would fly over head and the sound of ocean crashing is very relaxing. The neighboorhood is a rich area. House here goes easily for over $350,000 or more for a one family house. I love this area as it's a nice spot to relax and just park your car around the park area below the bridge. Few years back, the area around the bridge was under Army watch since 9/11. Now it has opened up again for people to drive in and park. If anyone plan to move here, it would be a nice area for Junior high or High school since both area rated pretty nicely compared to other Junior high or High school in Queens.

This area is filled with lumber yards and even cement companies. Not only that but, there's a few nice little bars and pool halls. Mostly owned by Chinese or Korean but there are a few companies that's not. There's very few residential in this area beside a few big apartment complex. Toward the Whitestone Expressway area there's a few houses, but pretty run down. There's a nice Buffet, I believe it's Greek or some sort right on College Point Blvd close to the 678 express way. Avoid walking if possible, since there's no walk ways always double parked cars or commercial plate vans that blocks walking paths.

If you're looking to eat out, you can visit Grand Ave for its many delicious tasty Asian restaurants there’s at least 3 Asian supermarkets on Grand Ave around Maspeth Ave. There's the Grand Ave Train station the G train. Not too far away is the Queens Center Mall which did some new design make over and expansion a few years back. There's plenty of Apartments around and traffic usually get pretty heavy during 5pm-8pm. There's also two Junior High school on Grand Ave that's closer to Maspeth than Grand but, it's not far. Rent here is getting higher since it's basically close to everything and a lot of people that works in Manhattan live here and take the train to work. G train connects to E or F and also the 7 train at 42nd which is Queens 42nd street (Jackson Heights) station. Over the entire neighborhood is pretty safe but, parking can be a hassle.

This street has some small stores that you can buy soda or coffee but, mostly it's a residentual street. There's one bus that passes through here and that's the Q58 that travels from Flushing to Elmhurst. The housing are packed and some even have chickens living in the back yard. Pothole street that rarely gets patched, and most of the people that live around doesn't speak english well. There's a few laundry spots for the residents but always packed. Sometimes, there's people that push around ice carts during the summer for a dollar. I haven't ate any and I'm not sure what flavors they have. There's the 7 train that's about 5 blocks away, and also the long island railroad that pass through 44th Ave, in the middle of the night when the train passes through the neighborhood it can wake you up.