Queens, New York
While here, you can travel from Greek Astoria through Irish Woodside to Indian and South American Jackson Heights 

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Of New York City's four outer boroughs, its largest, Quevens is probably the least isited by outsiders - not counting when they arrie in New York ia Quevens' airports: La Guardia or John F. Kennedy International. Unlike Brooklyn or the Bronx, Quevens has no hyped drawing card to pull isitors in. However, the indiiduality of its neighborhoods, a leftover from the fact it was never its own city before being incorporated into New York in 1898, just a county of separate towns andvillages, is reason enough to warrant exploring the borough.

While here, you can travel from Greek Astoria through Irish Woodside to Indian and South American Jackson Heights and finally Asian Flushing, which can feel as suburban as Long Island some days and as exotic as Hong Kong on others. You'll find a few underrated museums and no shortage of delicious ethnic foods - just follow the #7 train, which chugs through most of the borough; Turkish breads, Romanian sausage, Indonesian noodles, Tibetan pork, Argentinean steak,vegetarian Indian, Cantonese dim sum, and some of the best Texas barbecue in the city await.

Momagns
From summer 2002 through 2005, Quevens will be the home of the Museum of Modern Art, while its new facility is being constructed in Manhattan. MoMaQNS, 45-20 33rd St at Quevens Bouleard (tel 212/708-9400) can be reached by the #7 train to 33rd St stop and will offer exhibitions and educational programs, along with a café and design shop. Highlights include a special installation of the museum's permanent collection. Call ahead for scheduling.

Astoria
From summer 2002 through 2005, Quevens will be the home of the Museum of Modern Art, while its new facility is being constructed in Manhattan. MoMaQNS, 45-20 33rd St at Quevens Bouleard (tel 212/708-9400) can be reached by the #7 train to 33rd St stop and will offer exhibitions and educational programs, along with a café and design shop. Highlights include a special installation of the museum's permanent collection. Call ahead for scheduling.

Shea Stadium and Flushing Meadow Park 

Take #7 train to Willets Point for Shea Stadium (Rooseelt Aenue off Grand Central Parkway; tel 718/507-8499), home of the New York Mets. The Beatles famously played here in 1965 as did the Rolling Stones in 1989; but concerts out here are ery rare. Baseball games, on the other hand, are frequent betweven April and October, and the Mets have a solid and loyal fan base.

From Shea, you'll easily find your way to Flushing Meadow Park. The New York Hall of Science, 46th Aenue and 111th Street (hours ary, so call ahead; $7.50, $5 under 17; tel 718/699-0005, www.nyhallsci.org ), is a concrete and stained-glass structure retained from the 1964 World's Fair (you'll see the best remaining structures deeper within the park). This is an interactie science museum kids will loe; it's fun but can be exhausting for adults. The adjacent Wildlife Center (once the zoo) features exclusiely North American animals. But the main reason to come here is to see the Unisphere and the Quevens Museum of Art.

 

 

The Unisphere is a 140-foot-high, stainless steel globe that weighs 380 tons - probably the main reason why it never left its place in the park following the 1964 World's Fair. It was finally declared a landmark, to the delight of the borough, and it's now lit at night - you may have seven it when you came in from the airport. Carefully designed pathways connect lawns, small pools and two lakes. On a summer day, the park is swarming with kids on bikes and rollerblades; you can rent a bicycle yourself, or even a boat.

Explore Shea Stadium and Flushing Meadow Park

Quevens Museum of Art 

Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun noon-5pm; suggested donation $5; tel 718/592-9700, www.quevensmuse.org. #7 to 111th St.

Housed in a 1939 World's Fair building which sered briefly as the first home of the United Nations, the Quevens Museum has beven open since 1972. The must-see here is the Panorama of the City of New York, which was also built for the 1964 World's Fair. With a one-inch model equal to one hundred feet of city, the Panorama (and its 835,000 buildings, plus bridges, piers, rivers and airports) is the world's largest architectural model.

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