Woodside

Worth seeing in and around Woodside

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
   Museum of the Moving Image

   The Museum of the Moving Image is a time-based media museum located in a former building of the historic Astoria Studios, in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The museum originally opened in 1988 as the American Museum of the Moving Image, and in 1996, opened its permanent exhibition, "Behind the Screen", designed by Ali Höcek of AC Höcek Architecture LLC. The museum began a $67 million expansion in March 2008 and reopened in January 2011.

   2 km · museum and archive in New York, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Roosevelt Island Bridge

   The Roosevelt Island Bridge is a tower drive vertical lift bridge that connects Roosevelt Island in Manhattan to Astoria in Queens, crossing the East Channel of the East River. It is the sole route to the island for vehicular and foot traffic.

   3.9 km · bridge between Roosevelt Island and Queens, New York · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Noguchi Museum

   The Noguchi Museum is a museum and sculpture garden at 32-37 Vernon Boulevard in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in New York City. Designed and created by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, it opened on a limited basis to the public in 1985.

   3.6 km · Museum in Queens, New York · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Kosciuszko Bridge

   The Kosciuszko Bridge, originally known as the Meeker Avenue Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge over Newtown Creek in New York City, connecting Greenpoint in Brooklyn to Maspeth in Queens. The bridge consists of a pair of cable-stayed bridge spans: the eastbound span opened in April 2017, while the westbound span opened in August 2019.

   2.8 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia
5. 05
   5 Pointz

   5 Pointz: The Institute of Higher Burnin or 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc., mainly referred to as simply 5 Pointz or 5Pointz, was an American mural space at 45-46 Davis Street in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, United States. When the building opened in 1892, it housed the Neptune Meter factory, which built water meters.

   3.4 km · building in Queens, New York, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Skyline Tower (New York City)

   Skyline Tower, previously known as Court Square City View Tower, is a residential skyscraper in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The building topped out in October 2019, surpassing One Court Square to become the tallest building in Queens at 762 feet.

   3.3 km · under-construction skyscraper in Queens, New York City, United States · Wikipedia
7. 07
   New York's 12th congressional district

   New York's 12th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. As of 2023, it is represented by Democrat Jerry Nadler, redistricted incumbent of the former 10th congressional district, who defeated incumbent Carolyn Maloney in the 2022 Democratic primary.

   3.9 km · U.S. House district for New York · Wikipedia
8. 08
   The Africa Center

   The Africa Center, formerly known as the Museum for African Art and before that as the Center for African Art, is a museum located at Fifth Avenue and 110th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile. Founded in 1984, the museum is "dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture." The Museum is also well known for its public education programs that help raise awareness of African culture, and also operates a unique store selling authentic handmade African crafts.

   1.9 km · museum in New York, New York · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Calvary Cemetery

   Calvary Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in Sunnyside, Maspeth, and Woodside, Queens, in New York City, United States. With about three million burials, it has the largest number of interments of any cemetery in the United States.

   1.5 km · Roman Catholic cemetery in Woodside, Queens, New York City, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

    The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge is a drawbridge that carries Greenpoint Avenue across Newtown Creek between the neighborhoods of Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Blissville, Queens in New York City. Also known as the J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge, the bridge is named after James J. Byrne, who served as Brooklyn Borough President from September 1926 until he died in office on March 14, 1930.

    3.2 km · bascule bridge · Wikipedia

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Getting to Woodside

Airports

LaGuardia (LGA), 4 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 16 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 23 km

Stations

Court Square–23rd Street, 3.4 km · Hunters Point Avenue, 3.7 km · 69th Street, 700 m · Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street, 1.2 km · Queensboro Plaza, 3 km

• Philadelphia → Woodside

  39 km · quickest by road, 1h · $3.5–5
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• Hartford → Woodside

  152 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · $14–19
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• Albany → Woodside

  212 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · $19–26
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