Queens Village

Worth seeing in and around Queens Village

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Flushing Meadows–Corona Park

   Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by I-678 on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union Turnpike on the south. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is the fourth-largest public park in New York City, with a total area of 897 acres.

   9.4 km · large public park in Queens, New York · Wikipedia
2. 02
   1939 New York World's Fair

   The 1939 New York World's Fair was an international exposition held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair featured exhibitions, activities, performances, films, artworks, and food presented by 62 nations, 35 U.S. states and territories, and more than 1,400 organizations and companies.

   9.7 km · fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Arthur Ashe Stadium

   Arthur Ashe Stadium is a retractable roof tennis arena at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world.

   9.8 km · tennis stadium · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St. John's University

   St. John's University is a private Catholic university in Queens, New York City, United States.

   4.7 km · university in New York City, New York, United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   UBS Arena

   UBS Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Elmont, New York, just outside New York City limits. Opened in 2021, it is the home of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League, who previously played at the Nassau Coliseum and Barclays Center.

   1.1 km · indoor arena on Long Island · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Queens Museum

   The Queens Museum is an art museum and educational center at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. Established in 1972, the museum includes the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs of New York City built for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

   9.6 km · art museum in New York, New York · Wikipedia
7. 07
   TWA Flight Center

   The TWA Flight Center is a building at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, United States. Designed by Eero Saarinen and Associates for Trans World Airlines, the building was completed in 1962 and operated as an airport terminal for four decades.

   8.3 km · building in New York City · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Queens College

   Queens College is a public college in the New York City borough of Queens. Part of the City University of New York system, Queens College occupies an 83-acre campus primarily located in Flushing.

   6.9 km · college in New York City · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Queens Public Library

   The Queens Public Library, also known as the Queens Borough Public Library, is the public library for the borough of Queens, and one of three public library systems serving New York City. It is one of the largest library systems in the world by circulation, having loaned 13.5 million items in the 2015 fiscal year, and one of the largest in the country in terms of the size of its collection.

   4.7 km · library network in Queens, New York · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Adelphi University

    Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York, United States. Adelphi also has centers in Downtown Brooklyn, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County in addition to a virtual, online campus for remote students.

    7.5 km · university in Garden City, New York · Wikipedia

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Getting to Queens Village

Airports

John F. Kennedy (JFK), 9 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 13 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 36 km

Stations

John F. Kennedy International Airport, 9 km · Forest Hills – 71st Avenue, 8.8 km · 104th Street, 9 km · Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard, 7.8 km · 111th Street, 8.4 km

• Philadelphia → Queens Village

  148 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · $15–20
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• Hartford → Queens Village

  145 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · $14–19
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• Providence/Warwick → Queens Village

  222 km · quickest by road, 4h 32m · $22–30
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