All Your Needs
Staples
Various Locations
They meet the needs for back to school, retail and business.
-Pat Cocuzzo
Arts Enthusiasts
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts
Flushing Town Hall
FCCA serves as a revitalizing force in the community and catalyst for new arts. FCCA meets its mission by presenting quality programs-exhibitions of painting, sculpture and photography (frequently with the Smithsonian Institution); live music, theater and dance performances; and educational opportunities for all.
-Jules Knight, Flushing
Beautiful Bridges
Throgs Neck and Whitestone Bridges
Good-looking bridges.
-Anthony Panaro
Best Buddy
Video Game Buddy
Steinway Street, Astoria
Great store.
-George Popageorgia
The Oratorio Society of Queens performs with the Queens Symphony Orchestra. |
Best Chorus
Oratorio Society of Queens
Bayside
Enthusiastic, homegrown chorus for enthusiastic audiences.
-Claire Bazinet, Flushing
Bet On This BID
The Woodhaven Business Improvement District
Dexter Court to 100th Street
Small town showing with all the amenities. Anything you need you can find on WBID.
-James DeMauro, Woodhaven
Books & Coffee
Barnes and Noble
Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows
Quench your thirst for a great book and a great latte.
-Joanne Kiprais, Flushing
Bird’s Eye View
Jamaica Bay-Gateway National Park
Cross Bay Boulevard
Bird Watching and nature trails.
-Marcia Sparrow, Hollis Hills
Borough Banking Best
Queens County Savings Bank
194-08 Northern Blvd., Flushing
Customer service satisfaction for all your banking needs.
-Litsa Polyzogopoulos, Bayside
Tribute Park
The best sunsets in Queens
Rockaway Beach
It is clean and safe
Charles Park in Howard Beach
It has a good location on the water
Forest Park
The place is very clean
Liberty Avenue, from Ozone Park to Richmond Hill.
The street is extremely diverse
-Councilman Joe Addabbo |
Botanic Treasures
JHBG Garden’s Club
37th Avenue, 74th Street to 90th Street, Jackson Heights
Trees surrounded with beautiful flowers, 17 city blocks, 97 trees that are beautiful, we are so proud.
-Nancy Hernandez, Jackson Heights
Brighter Smiles
Vital Dent
31-74 Steinway St., Astoria
Complimentary dental exams, cleanings and digital x-rays offered year round. Saturday hours and walk-in service make it extra convenient for Astoria residents to get their free preventative care and keep up with their dental needs.
-Catherine Sarreal, Astoria
St. Tesa of Our Children, Long Island City
They do wonderful work reuniting mothers and children and helping women to become good parents, get education and jobs
St. Savior’s, Maspeth
It is an historic small spot of green in an industrial area that needs to be preserved
LaGuardia Community College’s Gail Mellow and Jose Orengo
They have revitalized and reenergized the college
Thalia Spanish Theater
This is a terrific and unrecognized gem
-Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan |
Byzantine Beauty
Saint Nicholas Church
196-10 Northern Blvd., Flushing
Beautiful Byzantine Arch, new community center.
-Litsa Polyzogopoulos, Bayside
Can’t Catch Them
New York Immunology
69-20 Main St., Flushing
This is the best doctor’s office with the best doctor in all of Queens.
-Eyal Hillel, Kew Gardens Hills
Cherished Church
St. Fidelis
123-06 14th Ave., College Point
This church is celebrating its 150th anniversary.
-Lucie Shannon, College Point
Clang, Clang, Clang
Trinity Handbell Choir
Trinity Church, 37th street at 31st Ave, Astoria
Best group of ringers, making beautiful music with handbells, Sundays at Trinity Lutheran Church, LIC.
-Natalia Paruz, Astoria
Classiest Glass
Wood-Rich Glass and Mirror
86-11 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven
Unique beveled glass and made to order only on Woodhaven’s business Improvement District.
-Joseph Finch
College Deal
Queens College
Horace Harding Expressway and Kissena Boulevard
A Tiffany education at 5 and 10 prices.
-Dennett Friedman, Whitestone
Comfiest Café
Tech Mojo
20-11 Steinway St., Astoria
Best Internet café, comfortable with great coffee.
-Carol Zenteno
It is the only place where you can play the X-box 360.
-Stefanie Aquista, Astoria
Great hang out spot.
-George Popageorgia
The best place to be.
-Cindy Skiben
Very good computers.
-Dennis Brizou |
Community Gem
Queensborough Community College
56th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard, Bayside
QCC is one of the best city college in all of the city universities of New York school system’s schools and maybe one of the best colleges in all of the New York City school systems overall. With its spacious campus directly across from the Benjamin Cardozo high school in suburban Bayside…the university affords its students the very best in academic education. Courses in science, art, medical and business, as well as unique courses in fiber-optic technology, audio-engineering midi Moog synthesizer, the music business, speech journalism and so many more, to name just a few, are offered—towards an associate in arts degree. Credits are acceptable and transferable and there are many activities initiated at QCC. The student government, the student newspaper, (The Communiqué) the Queensborough Tiger’s baseball team, the Queensborough radio station, a swimming pool, the museum featuring the Holocaust, and there are even telescopes on the roof of the observatory building for the astronomy students. There are also theatrical productions in auditorium, special events and exhibitions, a student cafeteria, an alumni committee, a full state-of-the-art library and a qualified faculty and administrators. A full and varied education can be found and Queensborough. It’s truly the ‘best place in Queens.’
-Joseph Turrisi, Flushing
Arverne by the Sea in Rockaways
This is a great new community with a shopping center and school
Roy Wilkins Park
The park provides an area for family and friends to gather together. It’s a cultural facility that is centrally located in Southeast Queens
Greater Allen Cathedral
This church that has transformed the entire community and helped to develop it
New York Hall of Science
One of the many wonders of New York City, and it is where young people have a chance to experiment
Bill Briggs.
He started a youth tennis program 20 years ago, and is one of the best-kept secrets in Queens.
-Sen. Malcolm Smith |
Cultural Icon
Queens Library, Flushing Branch
It’s a symbol of downtown Flushing.
-Victoria Yim, Bayside
Cutting Edge Medicine
Elmhurst Hospital Center
79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst
Located in the heart of Queens, this hospital is a city hospital making affordable to its patients and clients the very best possible care in the city’s network of city hospitals. The staff, doctor, and nurses and administrators offer healthcare that’s relevant, affordable and accepts many forms of insurance coverage for various medical situations. The modern health technologies employed and offered at Elmhurst are these amongst the leading edge of the medical sphere and the medicine field, specializing in fully updated procedures, diagnostic treatment and aftercare recovery. Doctors, specialists, healthcare advisors and nurses make today’s treatment extremely effective with a personable and friendly staff and understand the needs of the patient with professionalism and an expert ethic. Elmhurst is a fully comprehensive, totally dedicated place to recovery and best treatment for all and any time of illness. It’s the ‘best place in Queens.’
-Joseph Turrisi, Flushing
Do My Do
Ben’s Beauty Salon
12-50 150th St., Whitestone
Best hairdresser, good service.
Dollar Stores Galore
99 Cent Stores
At most of the 99 Cent stores throughout Queens, their stock is really 99 cents!
-Claire Bazinet, Flushing
Dripping With Pride
Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade
Best and largest parade in Queens, most colorful marching groups.
-Henry Krumholtz, Flushing
The Unisphere is one of Queens’ best. -Sen. Malcolm Smith Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
Elementary Thinking
PS 220
108th Street, Forest Hills
The finest teachers in the city.
-Joan Jurgens, Woodhaven
Everything At Once
Jamaica Coliseum
165th Street and Jamaica Ave.
You can find anything you want or desire to have on the special block.
-Shaday, Jamaica
Fair Relic
The Unisphere
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
The world on view in Queens.
-Dennett Friedman, Whitestone
Fairest Fair
The Woodhaven Street Festival
Wonderful. Sponsored by the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. All organized and run by the GWDC executive director, staff and board of directors. A great, safe, family day. This is its 26th year.
-James DeMauro, Woodhaven.
Take a ride on Forest Park’s carousel. Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
Film Giants
Kaufman Astoria Studios, Silvercup Studios
Astoria, Long Island City
Both Astoria’s Kaufman Studio and Silvercup Studios that each share in bringing the industry back to Queens.
-Constance Bennett, Woodside
Fly By Night – Or Day
John F. Kennedy Airport
Best way to get away.
-Dennett Friedman, Whitestone
Fresh From Oz
There’s No Place Like Home Day Care
Whitestone
Personalized care and great staff.
-Suzanna Elliot, Fresh Meadows
Garden Of Eden
Queens Botanical Garden
Flushing
A great place for everyone to visit.
-Guido Sipolino, Howard Beach
Get Dolled Up
Marracino Salon and Day Spa
152-67 10th Ave., Beechhurst
Great manicures, pedicures, and hairstylists.
-Beth Carter
The Lemon Ice King of Corona
Name says it all. On a hot summer day, how can you do wrong?
Queens Center
Before its recent expansion, it was the most profitable shopping center per square foot in the country. Today, it’s beautiful and bustling. No need to go to Manhattan or the ‘burbs.
The Conversion of Natives Restaurant
The old Boulevard Theater in Jackson Heights was converted into a beautiful performance space for the adjacent Natives Restaurant.
Borough President Helen Marshall
Queens’ First Lady has served this borough at several levels of government for more than 30 years. I sat with her on the City Council for a decade, and now I’m proud to call her my constituent.
The Harmony in Which We Live Here
Everyone will praise the incredible diversity here in Queens, but there’s more to the story. Not only is Queens one of the most diverse places in the world, but we all live in relative harmony here. The varying influences on our young people will make them the great New Yorkers of the future.
-Sen. John Sabini, Jackson Heights |
Get Rubbed For Money
FH Therapeutic Medical Massage Therapy
6 Tennis Place
Eric is the best masseuse, will transport you and find knots.
-Carolyn Winters, Forest Hills
Get You Prepped
St. Francis Prepatory School
Francis Lewis Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway, Fresh Meadows
The best teachers and education.
-Penny Betzios
Go For A Spin
Forest Park Carousel
Forest Park, Queens
An original Daniel Mueller Carousel, hopefully to be landmarked. This is the 2007 wish of the Greater Woodhaven Development.
-Lisa Komninos
Gratifying Graffiti
5 Pointz
Court House Square
Fun legal graffiti hangout.
-George Popageorgia
Great Green Space
The Green At The Shops At Atlas Park
80-00 Cooper Ave., Glendale
New and gorgeous. Exquisitely designed and relaxing place to shop, dine and movie-go. Parking on sight, a further plus.
-Frances Rose Rappy, Middle Village
It is the best because it will broaden the surrounding areas of the park and also make it so much easier for shoppers to shop instead of going all the way out to Roosevelt Field to shop.
Also, by having the Green open almost a year before the mall officially opened, it welcomed the community in and let them feel involved in the process of the making of Atlas Park.
The Shops At Atlas Park are now open. Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
When I went the first week it opened, I saw so many familiar faces with bright smiles on their faces. I especially thought the children enjoyed the experience a lot. Children were laughing and playing in the fountain. The workers were giving out balloons to all the little ones. Also, the children signed up for the Atlas Explorers, in which the child receives a stamp every week they come back and after a number of stamps, they will receive a gift. The adults could walk around, lie on the green and benches, shop at the local vendors and get fresh fruits and vegetables.
All in all, “The Green at the Shops at Atlas Park” was the Best of Queens; it brought the community together in a positive way, it will strengthen this great community and everyone who has seen it so far is anxiously awaiting the coming of these shops.
-Michael Kalma, Glendale
Stop by John Bowne House to learn your history. Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
History Lives
John Bowne House
37-01 Bowne Street
Oldest house in Queens, built in 1661.
-John Pastore
Honest Repairmen
B&M Auto Repair
129-34 Cross Island Parkway, Whitestone
Mike and his mechanics are knowledgeable and honest. B&M has repeat customers going back more than 20 years. You couldn’t choose a better auto repair shop-and it’s also convenient to reach, right off the Cross Island Parkway.
-Peter Martin, Bayside
Hotel Discovery
JW’s Bar & Grill
133-51 39th Ave., Flushing
A surprisingly excellent fine dining experience and unusual far in the Best Western Hotel.
-Ina Weinholtz, Bayside
LuLu’s Italian Bakery
On Union Turnpike. It’s the best Italian pastries and cookies around
Meadow Lake & Promenade
Flushing Meadow Park
If you want to go sailing, you want to rent a sailboat, that’s the place to go
Bishop Molloy Retreat House
Jamaica Estates
There’s a whole Catholic parish there – Immaculate Conception – also a school, monastery, retreat house – a whole compound, and it’s not run by the Diocese. It is run by an order, the Passionists. The parish serves the local constituency, and people come from all over the tri-state area for weekends for spiritual renewal at the retreat house. It is a great place for spiritual reflection and renewal
Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld
There is a large modern orthodox community in Kew Gardens Hills, and he is the patriarch of that community. He has been a rabbi in the area for more than 50 years. He is a wonderful guy, very active, and really an institution. The community is fortunate to have Rabbi Schonfeld.
Sri Chinmoy
He is my favorite philosopher, poet, athlete, musician, author, worldwide peace advocate – oh, and weightlifter.
-Jim Gennaro, Councilman |
Jewelry Gem
Chateau Jewelers
71-35 Austin St., Forest Hills
Pleasant staff, very accommodating, interesting selection besides jewelry.
-Carol Biegel, Forest Hills
Keeping Tabs
Spytown
Hillcrest
Knowledgeable staff, great prices, great quality of products, latest up to date products, thousands of all types of security equipment/nanny cams.
-Betty Aboff, Whitestone
Kickin’ Club
Red Zone
Maspeth
Kickass club.
-George Popageorgia
Living History
Queens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Bellerose
The farmhouse is an important historical site. It is forever changing in its flora and fauna and offers the community a chance to enjoy many beautiful animals and flowers. It serves as an arena for various interesting events throughout the year, offers classes for children and adults, and provides a place to purchase vegetables and flowers. Visitors have a chance to escape from the hustle and bustle of their daily lives.
-Joan MacFarland, Bellerose
Lube Me, Baby
Savvy Car Wash/Gas
Fresh Meadows
Fast and cheap oil change and car wash.
-Suzanna Elliot, Fresh Meadows
Middle Of It All
Middle Village
A true village community of peaceful quietude. Well-maintained, delicious gardens. A joy to walk around there and yet only miles from the Big Apple.
-Frances Rose Rappy, Middle Village
Mind Expansion
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th St., Corona
A very educational sight.
Victoria Yim, Bayside
The secrets of the world revealed.
-Dennett Friedman, Whitestone
Borough Dining
Queens’ food and restaurants are a head and shoulders above everything
Roma View
A catering place in Howard Beach. It is a generous and wonderful family owned and operated company
Juniper Park.
The park appeals to everyone, runners, walkers, sports fans and seniors because it is well kept and friendly
Cav. Peter Cardella.
The founder of Cardella Community Center in Ridgewood, he has given seniors a reason to stay in the neighborhood, as well as friends and family
Vincent Arcuri.
The president of Community Board 5 is a neighborhood person who is involved in everything
-Sen. Serphin Maltese |
Mix It Up Right
Harpell Chemists
12-65 150th St., Whitestone
Excellent prescription service and the best in customer service.
-Marie Cocuzzo, Whitestone
More Than ABCs
Sunshine ABC School
142-15 Franklin Ave., Flushing
Excellent director, teachers, learning activities.
-Marilyn Garelick, Flushing
Most Capable Cars
Four Two’s Taxi and Limousine Service
Bayside
Quick response, anytime, anywhere. They service all of the Queens area.
-Beth Carter
Most ‘Cheer’y Gym
Bell Plaza Sports Club
45-58 Bell Blvd.
The place is nice and the people are great. They listen to you.
-Agnes Lopano, Whitestone
It’s like the ‘Cheers’ of gyms. It is a mid-size, moderately priced place to go for one-on-one training, individual workouts or wonderful professional classes that are fun, as well as productive. There is no pretension and no one is intimidated by those who choose to come on a daily basis. Everyone helps everyone else; the instructors are absolutely the best of any club here in Queens, in Long Island or in Manhattan. Bell Plaza is simply an easygoing alternative to those high-pressure, impersonal gyms that people join and never attend. The results tell the story, since members have been staying in great shape and returning for years and years.
-Lisa Daly, Douglaston
Friendly staff, warm environment, very clean.
-Marina Zapantis, Fresh Meadows
It’s my pleasure and my necessity.
-Jonathan Yablon, Bayside
Best personal training in town.
-Mark Ochteal, Kew Gardens
Best Prices
-George Mavropolous, Bayside
Best staff, open 24/7
-Ken, Beechhurst
Nails R Them
Foxy Nails
Whitestone
Open 5 a.m. to midnight!
-Suzanna Elliot, Fresh Meadows
No Small Mall
Queens Center Mall
90-15 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst
Biggest mall in the area, you could live in there.
-John Pastore
Off To School
Whitestone School for Child Development
Whitestone, Queens
Whitestone School is a wonderful Special Ed preschool providing therapeutic services to children ages 2-5. The staff is dedicated and excellent and the program is exceptional.
-Betty Aboff, Whitestone
One Heck Of A Night
Night Out Against Crime
Throughout Queens
Community help, fire, police, food, entertainment.
-Marilyn Garelick, Flushing
The New York Hall of Science offers hands-on learning to kids and adults. Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
Open Doors
Queens Library, Sunnyside Branch
43-06 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside
This wonderful branch provides an atmosphere that is both welcoming and professional to Sunnyside’s diverse community.
-Maureen Brennan, Woodside
Panoramic View
Queens Museum of Art Panorama
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Unique miniature, accurate, 3D NYC.
Marcia Sparrow, Hollis Hills
NY, NY, it’s a helluvatown-and to take it all in at one glace is breathtaking.
-Cheryl Lifton, Forest Hills
The Queens Farm Museum
It turns back to pre-revolutionary time, and is a great place for kids and adults
Alley Pond Environmental Center
The most comprehensive environmental center in the state. It’s a great educational institute
Historic Fort Totten
It has the most beautiful vista view in Northeast Queens
Poppenhusen Institute in College Point
This place brings us back to an era when College Point was a small town. It’s a great community asset.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
It is unique and has a great history. It’s the people’s park.
-Sen. Frank Padavan
New York Mets
After suffering for years, us Mets fans are entitled to brag this year
Astoria Park
This is a beautiful waterfront park where many Astorians and I spent countless hours of our youth
Kaufman Astoria and Silvercup Movie Studios
These places bring thousands of jobs and much positive attention to Western Queens
Christopher Walken
He’s just plain cool and comes from Astoria
Run DMC
This is a pioneering rap legend who never forgot that he comes from Queens
-Assemblyman Mike Gianaris |
Parks A-Plenty
All over Queens
Great retreats for families.
-Anthony Panaro
People’s Theater
Queens Theater in the Park
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
There’s no business like show business.
-Dennett Friendman, Whitestone
Permanent Honor
The Library Foundation
Buy a book or your name in a bookplate in honor of a person. What a chance for a person to express oneself, but in a book for others to see at the public library, free. Only in a library can one be creative with a good read.
Pop On Over
Poppenhusen Institute
114-04 14th Rd., College Point
This building held the first free kindergarten in the USA and is historic.
-Lucie Shannon, College Point
Postal Pride
Main Street Post Office
It’s a landmark of Flushing.
-Victoria Yim
Pray With Me
St. Thomas The Apostle Church
87-40 88th St., Woodhaven
Great pastors and a great school.
Puppy Love
Puppy Kingdom
32-49 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing
Best friendly, healthy puppies for sale. Full line of supplies and food for dogs & cats.
-Lisa Carter
Rack Em Up
Slate
Corner of Bell & Northern Blvd.
It’s a nice corner getaway to relax your self with Billiards and to hang out with friends
-Joseph Hack, Bayside
Flushing Meadows Park
It is the UN of parks where you can find cricket players, soccer players, Chinese dragon boat racers and others sports from around the world being played
Restaurants
Queens has the best restaurants in the city, from Korean to Indian to Colombians to Indonesian to Chinese to Irish pub food
Woodside
This part of Queens, which was traditionally Irish and is now firmly international. Maspeth cuts a close second as “small town America” in New York City
Geraldine Ferraro
She is a Queens’ legend. She was a trailblazer who made history decades ago that hasn’t been repeated since
Shea Stadium
It is the best hangout on a beautiful June day with my wife and children
-U.S. Rep Joe Crowley |
Raising Helen
Helen Chiasson Salon
12-52 Clintonville St., Whitestone
Master haircutter and colorist. Best hair and skin services.
-Beth Carter
Rare Finds
Stoa
71-60 Austin St., Forest Hills
Unusual, handcrafted jewelry.
-Carol Biegel, Forest Hills
Real Good Real Estate
Greiner-Maltz
Long Island City
The Greiner-Maltz Team brings unparalleled strengths to the industrial, commercial, retail, office and development real estate markets of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. The professionals at Greiner-Maltz have over 400 years of combined experience in leasing, sales, marketing, appraisal and management of industrial, commercial, retail and development properties. The firm has two offices and an active staff of over 40 sales associates.
-Alise Rabinowitz, Long Island City
Restaurant Row
Bell Boulevard Restaurants
Bell Boulevard between Northern and 35th Avenue
Great choice of different foods.
-Anthony Panaro
The New York Mets
Their spirit and their spunk makes you want to root for them even when they’re not having a winning season
Bowne Park
The Bocce players, the doo-wop concerts, kids fishing in the pond give this park the look and feel of a time long ago
Multiculturalism
Where else can you a local newsstand selling papers in Spanish, Korean, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Mandarin, Gaelic, Russian and Punjabi?
Memorial Day parades
All too many parades in our city have more participants than spectators but not these and not in Queens where pride and patriotism have no limit
Bishop Ignatius Catanello and Rabbi Moshe Faskowitz
Voices of unity and compassion
-Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin |
Satchmo’s Secrets
Louis Armstrong House and Museum
107th Street and 34th Avenue, Corona
You feel an intimate connection to the beloved musical genius.
-William Lindauer, Astoria
Shea What You Will
Shea Stadium
Willets Point
Home of the NY Mets! You had to ask?
-Claire Bazinet, Flushing
Some Call It Home
George Washington Plaza
73-12 35th Ave., Jackson Heights
Most beautiful apartment house in Queens. Beautiful gardens, waterfalls, fountains, six six-story buildings. It was built in 1939 and is a landmark building.
-Kate Tuchman, Jackson Heights
Stunning Structure
Rufus King House
151-01 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica
Home of the first delegate to Congress, established in 1805.
-John Pastore
Stylish Stylists
Charles Talluto and Sylvana
Christie’s Salon and Spa at Bay Terrace Shopping Center, Bayside
Charles can do hairdos for women with sparse, fine hair that others cannot manage. He’s a hair genius and great for men’s haircuts as well. Sylvana is highly skilled and seems to have a sixth sense to color hair perfectly.
-Beverly Burger
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Sunniest Beach
Rockaway Beach
Sunshine and relaxation is always a pleasure at the Rockaways.
-Karen Blair, Howard Beach
Super Supermarket
Met Super Market
Bowne Street and Sanford Avenue, Flushing
Good food and merchandise, lively atmosphere. The store manager is present and interactive.
-Marilyn Garelick, Flushing.
The Panorama can be found at the Queens Museum of Art. Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
Superb Symphony
Queens Symphony Orchestra
St. John’s University Great Lawn, Fresh Meadows
Great music, Broadway opera, patriotic.
-Marilyn Garelick, Flushing
Swingin’ Swim Club
Belshire Swim Club
16-66 Bell Blvd., Bayside
Convenient, pool is well-maintained, staff is friendly; quiet. Newly renovated tennis court and the price is right.
-Peter Martin, Bayside
5 Pointz offers great graffiti viewing. Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
Tennis Triumph
North Shore Tennis and Racquet Club
34-28 214 St., Bayside
Beautiful and well-maintained courts, friendly members and a welcoming atmosphere.
-Peter Martin, Bayside
Terrace Is Tops
Bayside Terrace Shopping Center
26th Ave. and Bell Boulevard, Bayside
Good stores, easy parking, food and entertainment.
-Litsa Polyzogopoulos, Bayside
Everything you need under one roof.
-Anthony Panaro
The 1,900-year-old Column of Jerash stands in Flushing Meadows Park. Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
Terrific Theater
UA Kaufman Astoria Cinema 14
35th Avenue and 38th Street, Astoria
Great seats, clean, nice viewing films in 14 theaters.
-Tom Brenseke, Woodside
Uncrowded Bowling
Jib Lanes, Flushing
Not crowded.
-Joan Jurgens, Woodhaven
Veteran Helpers
VFW Post 885
120-19 14th Rd., College Point
They do a lot for our community and mostly what they did for our country.
-Lucie Shannon, College Point
Wedding Wishes
Fox’s Gift Shop
159-02 Northern Blvd., Flushing
Queens foremost wedding and gift center.
-Beth Carter
What A Site
queens.about.com
A comprehensive site with great recommendations for both the obvious and the off the beaten path finds. Easy to navigate, well-researched and well-written.
-Kerry Connolly, Bayside
Alan Hevesi
He is not only one of the most prominent political leaders to come out of Queens, but he’s also my father
Abe Miller
This is the long-time coach and president of the Forest Hills Little League
Angie Ferzola
She is an amazing woman who runs the St. Margaret’s senior program in Middle Village
Bob Monahan
The executive director of the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council. You wont find a more respected or beloved guy in Queens
Eddie’s Sweet Shop
The best ice cream around with homemade whipped cream
Zum Stammtisch
The best German food in New York
Shalimar Diner
The perfect place for breakfast or meetings. The staff always makes you feel like home
-Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi |
Woodhaven Gallery
The Portrait, Photography and Framing Gallery
87-01 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven
Rita McCauley-a true artist, and Gene McCauley-a framing perfectionist.
-Maria Thomson
You Bet Jerash
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
No need to go to Rome to view ancient history! A 2,000-year-old column here in Queens!
-Martin Goldman, Flushing
Zap & Wax
Vita Laser Medical Spa
Whitestone
Best facials, laser hair removal and customer service.
-Suzanna Elliot, Fresh Meadows
Zootopia
Flushing Zoo
People love the animals and get to feed them.
-Penny Betzios
