Being There:

 A Guide to the Queens West Area
     

Arts & Culture

Banks

Churches

Community Services

Dining

Parks

Points of Interest

Shopping

Theaters

Transportation
   
     

A view of Long Island City looking West towards the Queensboro Bridge

ARTS & CULTURE

Daniel P. Quinn Gallery
35-20 Broadway, 4the Floor
(718) 278-0700

Fisher Landau Center
38-27 30th; St.
(718) 937-0727 

Greek Cultural Center
27-18 Hoyt Ave. South
(718) 726-7329

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
31-10 Thomson Ave.
(718) 482-5151 

P.S. 1 Museum
46-01 21st Street
(718) 784-2084

The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
32-37 Vernon Blvd. at 33rd St.
(718) 204-7088

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BANKS

Chase Bank
1051 Jackson Avenue 

Citibank
Citicorp Tower
Court Square (44th Dr.) 

Fleet Bank
21-31 46th Avenue

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PLACES OF WORSHIP

Rev. Douglas Estella, pastor
Sunnyside Reformed Church
48-03 Skillman Avenue (cor. 48th St.)
Sunnyside, NY 11104
718-426-5997
SunnyChurch@att.net
Sunday Service 11:00 A.M.
Church School 10:00A.M.

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Pasture land in Long Island City, ca. 1900
     
     

COMMUNITY SERVICE

108th Police Precinct
5-47 50th Avenue
(718) 784-5411
(non-emergencies)

U.S. Postal Service
Long Island City Post
46-02 21st Street
(718) 349-2295 
I.S. 204

Oliver Wendell Holmes
Middle School
36-41 28th Street
(718) 937-2790

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DINING     
     

The Cassino Restaurant Jackson Avenue Steakhouse Pourquoi Pas?/Perche No?
47-18 Vernon Blvd 12-23 Jackson Ave. 21-50 44th Drive
(718) 937-9662 (718) 472-0155 (718) 706-0033
     
     
Cassino Coffee Shop Jackson Coffee Shop Priscilla’s Bakery
47-16 Vernon Blvd. 24-09 Jackson Ave. 26-21 Jackson Ave.
(718) 433-1856 (718) 472-0155 (718) 482-7860
     
     
Doubbles Judy’s Café and Gallery Stick to Your Ribs
44-02 Vernon Blvd. 23-01/04 Jackson Ave. 5-16 51st Avenue
(718) 937-3001 (718) 784-9629 (718) 937-3030
     
     
Fortune Cookie La Casa Del Pueblo Three Crowns Restaurant
23-03 45th Rd. 47-10 Vernon Blvd 23-02 Jackson Ave.
(718) 786-4821 (718) 392-5851
     
     
44 Gourmet Manetta’s Water's Edge
44-80 21st Street 10-76 Jackson Ave. 44th Dr. and East River
(718) 786-1144 (718) 786-6171 (718) 482-0033
     
     
Grandpa Frank's Pizzeria & Deli Mr. Wonton Waterfront Crab House
25-36 Jackson Ave. 26-04 Jackson Ave. 2-03 Borden Ave.
(718) 784-1412 (718) 482-1117 (718) 729-4862
     
     
P & T Deli
44-70 21st Street
   (718) 784-7927  
     
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PARKS

Gantry Plaza State Park
Located on the water in front of the CityLights building

Queens West Community Park
5th Street & 48th Ave. John Andrews Playground
49th Ave. between Vernon Blvd. & 5th St.

John F. Murray Playground
45th Ave. between 11th & 21st Street 
Socrates Sculpture Park
Broadway at Vernon Blvd.
(718) 956-1819

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Degnon Terminal RE Ad, ca. 1910

Early 1900’s ad featuring a view of the Borough of Queens

LIC Real Estate Ad
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POINTS OF INTEREST

Citicorp Tower
Court Square (44th Dr.) Hunterspoint
Historic District
45th Avenue from 21st – 23rd St. 

New York State Supreme
Courthouse
25-10 Court Square
at Jackson Ave.
(718) 520-3908

Public Pier
44th Drive on the East River
Tennisport/Golfport
2nd Street/Waterfront 50th Ave.

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SHOPPING

C-Town Supermarket
21st Street and 44th Drive
(718) 361-7471

City View Dry Cleaner
49-04 Vernon Blvd.
(718) 784-1775

Pickwick Discount
44-66 21st Street
(718) 729-1766 Vernon Blvd. Pha.
48-15 Vernon Blvd.
(718) 361-7390 

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THEATERS

Ravenswood Theatre
42-16 West St.
(212) 794-9070

Silvercup Studios 
42-22 22nd Street
(718) 784-3390

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TRANSPORTATION -- TRAIN / SUBWAY

LIRR
Hunterspoint Ave. Station
49th Ave. & 21st Street

Long Island City Station
Borden Ave. Bet. 2nd & 5th St. 
#7 Line
Vernon Blvd. & 49th St.
Jackson Ave. & 50th St. #G Line
Jackson Ave. & 21st Street 

FERRY
NY Waterway
Borden Avenue and Second Street on the Waterfront

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A subsidiary of Empire State Development Corporation

Empire State Development Corporation