Rego Park
Rego Park is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City.
Rego Park is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. Rego Park is bordered to the north by Elmhurst and Corona, to the east and south by Forest Hills, and to the west by Middle Village. Rego Park's boundaries include Queens Boulevard, the Long Island Expressway, Woodhaven Boulevard, and Yellowstone Boulevard. There is a large Jewish population in the neighborhood, which features high-rise apartment buildings and detached houses, as well as a large commercial zone.
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Worth seeing in and around Rego Park
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.
- 01The Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, United States. It focuses primarily on the biological and medical sciences and provides doctoral and postdoctoral education.
9.1 km · research institute in New York City founded in 1901 · Wikipedia - 02Sotheby's
Sotheby's is a British multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's oldest and largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles.
9.1 km · auction house · Wikipedia - 03Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Originally known as the East River Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge was completed in 1903.
9.4 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia - 04Flushing 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.
2.4 km · large public park in Queens, New York · Wikipedia - 05Trump World Tower
Trump World Tower is a residential condominium building in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. The tower is located at 845 United Nations Plaza, on First Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets.
9.6 km · residential skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA · Wikipedia - 06Queensboro Bridge
The Queensboro, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, but known by locals by one of two other names depending on the side, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. Completed in 1909, it connects the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens with the East Midtown and Upper East Side neighborhoods in Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island.
8.7 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia - 071939 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.
2.3 km · fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York · Wikipedia - 08731 Lexington Avenue
731 Lexington Avenue is a 1,345,489 sq ft mixed-use glass skyscraper on Lexington Avenue, on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Opened in 2004, it houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P. and as a result, is sometimes referred to informally as Bloomberg Tower.
10 km · skyscraper in New York City · Wikipedia - 09City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, United States. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 26 campuses: eleven senior colleges, seven community colleges, and eight professional institutions.
10 km · public university system in New York City · Wikipedia - 10Citi Field
Citi Field is a baseball stadium located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the borough of Queens, New York City, United States. Opened in 2009, Citi Field is the home of Major League Baseball's New York Mets.
3.8 km · Baseball stadium in Queens, New York City, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rego Park
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 6 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 12 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 26 km
- Stations
- LaGuardia Airport, 5.7 km · Delta Air Lines Flight 1086, 5.7 km
- Philadelphia → Rego Park141 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · $14–19
- Hartford → Rego Park151 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · $14–19
- Albany → Rego Park214 km · quickest by road, 4h 2m · $20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rego Park
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Rego Park. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe East River Ferry makes stops in both north and south Williamsburg.
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Next door to Rego Park
Rego Park is 5 km from Queens, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Queensborough in New York City, New York, United States3 km
- US Opentennis tournament held in New York City3 km
- East Rivertidal strait in New York City8.4 km
- Headquarters of the United Nationsgroup of buildings in New York City9.5 km
- Williamsburgneighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, USA8.1 km
- Ford Foundationprivate foundation based in New York City9.8 km