The Queens nobody knows : an urban walking guide / William B Helmreich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helmreich, William B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life--New York (State)--New York.

Community life.

Neighborhoods--New York (State)--New York.

Neighborhoods.

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--21st century.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.) : 65 b/w illus. 48 maps.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The only neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to New York City's largest borough, from the award-winning author of The New York Nobody KnowsBill Helmreich walked every block of New York City—some six-thousand miles—to write the award-winning The New York Nobody Knows. Later, he re-walked most of Queens—1,012 miles in all—to create this one-of-a-kind walking guide to the city's largest borough, from hauntingly beautiful parks to hidden parts of Flushing's Chinese community. Drawing on hundreds of conversations he had with residents during his block-by-block journey through this fascinating, diverse, and underexplored borough, Helmreich highlights hundreds of facts and points of interest that you won't find in any other guide.In Bellerose, you'll explore a museum filled with soul-searing artwork created by people with mental illness. In Douglaston, you'll gaze up in awe at the city's tallest tree. In Corona, you'll discover the former synagogue where Madonna lived when she first came to New York. In St. Albans, you'll see the former homes of jazz greats, including Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday. In Woodhaven, you'll walk a block where recent immigrants from Mexico, Guyana, and China all proudly fly the American flag. And much, much more.An unforgettably vivid chronicle of today's Queens, the book can be enjoyed without ever leaving home—but it's almost guaranteed to inspire you to get out and explore this captivating borough.Covers every one of Queen's neighborhoods, providing a colorful portrait of their most interesting, unusual, and unfamiliar people, places, and thingsEach neighborhood section features a brief overview and history; a detailed, user-friendly map keyed to the text; photographs; and a lively guided walking tourDraws on the author's 1,012-mile walk through every Queens neighborhoodIncludes insights from conversations with hundreds of residents

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Introduction

Long Island City

Astoria

Sunnyside

Woodside

Elmhurst

Jackson Heights

East Elmhurst

Corona

Ridgewood

Maspeth

Middle Village

Glendale

College Point

Flushing

Rego Park

Forest Hills

Kew Gardens Hills

Kew Gardens

Briarwood & Jamaica Hills

Jamaica Estates

Holliswood

Fresh Meadows

Hollis Hills

Whitestone

Beechhurst

Malba

Bayside

Douglaston

Little Neck

Glen Oaks

New Hyde Park & Floral Park

Bellerose

Queens Village

Cambria Heights

Hollis

St. Albans

Laurelton

Rosedale

Springfield Gardens

Jamaica

South Ozone Park

Ozone Park

Richmond Hill

Woodhaven

Howard Beach

Broad Channel

The Rockaways

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691166889

0691166889

OCLC:

1135914304