I-Essential One-Day Tour of Queens

01 ka 05

Tackle Queens ngosuku

I-New York City ingenye yalezo zindawo ezifuna nje ukuvakashelwa, ngakho-ke akumangalisi ukuthi abaningi abahamba ngezinyawo bafuna ukubuyela, ngokuphindaphindiwe. Ngenkathi uhambo lokuqala noma ababili bevame ukungena ezindleleni ezithombeni ezibonakalayo zaseManhattan, izivakashi eziningi kakhulu ziye zathandeka kwezinye izakhiwo ezine ze-NYC. Kulawa, i-Queens iyona enkulu ngobukhulu futhi iningi labantu abahlukahlukene. Ngempela, i-Queens inkulu kakhulu, cishe idolobha ngokwayo, ngezinhlelo eziningi ezingekho-the-beat-okwamanje okuhlangenwe nakho okubalulekile okulindele ukuvuza abahloli bamazwe abasha. Kodwa-ke, uma unosuku olulodwa lokuhlola, nansi okubalulekile okufanele uhlole ukuvakasha kwelanga elilodwa le-Queens.

02 ka 05

Ekuseni nasekuseni: Hlola i-Long Island City (Ekuseni nakusihlwa)

Qala ukuphuma kwakho ngakwesokudla eGantry State Park . Leli paki lokungena emanzini lalingakaziwa kakhulu ngaphandle kombuthano we-LIC wangakini, kodwa manje kubonakala sengathi lifaka omunye umbono omuhle wedolobha eMidtown Manhattan. Kusukela emaphandleni asezindaweni zasemfuleni ezicatshangelwe kahle, uzoba nokuhlangenwe nakho okunamandla kakhulu kulo muzi, ngezinye izakhiwo ezibonakalayo zakwaManhattan - i- Empire State Building , i-Chrysler Building, ne- United Nations zibandakanya - zifika kude, ngaphesheya kwe-East River .

Leli paki lithola igama layo kusukela ezindaweni ezisemadolobheni amakhulu asezindaweni zasemadolobheni amakhulu asezindaweni zasemfuleni: ama-gantries (amabhuloho wokudlulisa), asetshenziselwa ukulayisha nokukhulula imithwalo evela emabhajini nasezitimeni eziye zahlangana lapha. I-piers nayo iyindawo ekahle okuyoyibona kuyo "uManhattanhenge" (etholakala emanzini aseManhattan naseMarkhenge, igama elakhiwe ngumuntu odumile wesayensi yezinkanyezi ne-cosmologist uNeil deGrasse Tyson), isenzakalo seminyaka emibili lapho ilanga lihambisana ngokugcwele ngaphakathi kwegridi yomgwaqo waseManhattan, futhi ababukeli bangabuka ilanga elangeni phakathi kwama-canyons of glass and steel. Ngaphakathi kweGantry State Park Park, uzothola izinto ezinkulu nezithandekayo ezedlule zezimboni zakhona: isibonakaliso esiphezulu se-Pepsi-Cola esasihlobisa isitshalo se-Pepsi esasimile lapha.

Ukuze uthathe enye i-grub-on-go, inhloko ye-LIC yezikhukhula nokudla, ihlelwe ngaphandle kwepaki; ivulekile ngezimpelasonto kusuka ngo-11am, kusukela entwasahlobo kuze kufike. Isibonelo sokulunywa okusheshayo noma amabili kusuka kwabaningi osomabhizinisi abanolimo bezolimo abakhona lapha futhi, isikhathi sokuvumela, u-pop ngaphesheya komgwaqo eya kwi-Rockaway Brewing Company, enye yezindawo ezindala kunazo zonke zikaQueens phakathi kweqoqo elikhulayo lezinhlamvu ezincane. Phakamisa isihlalo ku-tapu ukuze uzame i-flagship brew, i-Rockaway ESB - awukwazi ukungahambi kahle nge-Rockaway yayo ye-Rockaway Nitro Black Gold, noma.

03 ka 05

Ntambama: Bheka Izwe Futhi Khona-ke Abanye E-Flushing Meadows Corona Park

I- Flushing Meadows Corona Park enkulu , ehamba ngePlushing naseCorona, iyindawo ephambili enkulu e-NYC, futhi i-USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, i-Citi Field ballpark, i-Queens Museum of Art, i- New York Hall of Science , Queens Indawo yaseshashalazini ePark, Queens Zoo, naseNew York State Pavilion - ungaphinde usho umdwebo wesithombe, imithombo, kanye nemidlalo yezemidlalo. Kunelungelo lokuthi leli paki ongayisebenzisa usuku lonke, kepha sizoligcina kubambalwa okumele babone.

Ekuqaleni kwawo, leli paki lakhiwa njengendawo ye-Fair World World Fair ka-1939/1940, futhi yabizwa futhi kwi-Fair York World Fair ka-1964/1965. Isihloko sokwethenjelwa kokugcina kwaba "Ukuthula Ngokuqonda"; uphawu lwaleso sihloko kanye nendawo ephakathi nendawo yokuzijabulisa ngokwayo kwakuyi- Unisphere , i-tani engu-350-ton, i-120-foot-diamre globe eyenziwe ngensimbi engenasici. Amanzi avela emithonjeni eyungezile ayigubha insika yayo, enikeza inkolelo yokuthi i-Unisphere ishayela emkhathini. Ngesikhathi esingaphandle, lapho imithombo ivuliwe, ungase ubone ama-skate boarders enza amaqhinga avela phansi emgodini.

Izakhiwo eziningana ezivelele ezivela eNkulumweni Yezizwe zombili nazo zihlala epaki, izimpawu zekusasa, kanye nezindumiso ezikhazimulayo zakudala. Lezo zakhiwo sezilokhu zakhiwe futhi namuhla zindlu zobuciko, imidlalo yaseshashalazini kanye nezikhungo zemfundo. Uma unesikhathi sodwa nje, yenze i-Queens Museum, ebonisa ubuciko obuvamile obuhlobene nempilo yasemadolobheni futhi sikhulume nomphakathi wezinhlanga ezahlukene weQueens. Amaqoqo angunaphakade lapha ahlanganisa izithombe, izikhumbuzo ezivela kwi-Fairs World, kanye neqoqo elimangalisayo le-Glass Tiffany, kodwa, ekugcineni, umbukiso owaziwa kakhulu unomphela yiPanorama weDolobha laseNew York. Eyakhelwe i-World Fair Fair ka-1964, i-Panorama iyinhlangano yengqalasizinda yaseNew York City, idolobha elikhulu elihlanganisa indawo engamamitha angu-9,335 futhi liphindaphinda inguqulo encane yamagatsha ayisihlanu, nezakhiwo zayo, amabhuloho kanye nawo wonke ama-320 amakhilomitha angama-square eNew York City. Ngonyaka we-1964 uhlelekile, wawubhalwa njenge-helikopter eyakhelwe ngaphakathi endlini yaseNew York, inikeza umbono we-"God's-eye" weGenerham. Ngaphandle kokuba uhambo lwezindiza luhambe kahle kulezi zinsuku, uzozizwa ufana ne-giant Godzilla enjengoNkulunkulu onjengoba uhambahamba eduze nezakhiwo zemikhakha nezindawo eziningi ezingaphansi kwakho: Akukho lutho olufana nalo.

Uma sekuyisikhathi se-baseball (ngo-Ephreli kuya ku-Okthoba) futhi usekudolobheni ngomdlalo wekhaya, cabanga ngokubamba amaMets ase-New York e-Citi Field. Ngaphandle kwesikhashana esifushane kuma-60s no-80, iNew York Metropolitans (aka "iMets") ithathwa njengethimba elithandwayo kakhulu eNew York City, lidlala umfowenu omncane edumile emhlabeni wonke futhi ophumelele kakhulu ENew York Yankees. Kodwa ungalokothi uphazamise ngesisekelo sabo sothando: naphezu kwesimo se-underdog kanye neminyaka yokudumazeka, bahlala bethembekile futhi bekhululekile. Uma ungeke ukwazi ukubamba umdlalo, kodwa usafuna ukuthatha inkundla enkundleni, amabhola e-ballpark anikezwa kanye noma kabili ngesonto; hlola iwebhusayithi yeCiti Field ukuze uthole ukutholakala.

04 ka 05

Kusihlwa: Gxila kakhulu ku-Queens ... futhi Thola i-Asia!

Ufuna ukuvakashela iChinatown evelele kakhulu eNew York City? Mkhohlwe lowo oseManhattan, okhululekile, ngenxa yamagagasi e-gentrification. Esikhundleni salokho, uye eChinatown eFrushing, Queens - enye yama-enclave amaShayina amakhulu kunawo wonke ngaphandle kwe-Asia - lapho ungahlola impilo emigwaqweni ebalahle, nokudla okunye okuseShayina naseKorea futhi ume ngaphezu kokuthi ungagubha izinti zakho. Isikhungo seNew Shopping Shopping indawo enhle ukuqala ukudla; elisenhliziyweni yedolobha laseFlorish Flushing, linenkantolo yokudla enezimboni ezingaphezu kuka-12 ezihlukahlukene zokuthengisa abathengi. Kusuka lapho, vele uhambe emigwaqweni bese uyithatha konke - idili elifanele lezinzwa nesisu.

Eduze, isakhiwo semvelo esinesigodi esineminyaka engu-152 eFrushing Town Hall sinikeza amakhonsathi omculo we-jazz nezwe womhlaba wonke. Hlola iwebhusayithi yabo ukuze ubone ukuthi ukusebenza okuhleliwe kuvumelanisa nokuvakashela kwakho kuFlushing for the final end to the day of whirlwind of the discovery of Queens.

05 ka 05

Unesikhathi? Hlala ubusuku e-Queens

Ngezindleko ezincane kakhulu kunekamelo lehhotela laseManhattan, ungakwazi ukubhuka ukuhlala endaweni yaseQueens yaseLong Island City (LIC), okuyiyona nje itekisi noma esitimeleni esheshayo esuka eManhattan noma eBrooklyn. Amanye amahhotela lapha ngisho anikela ngemisebenzi yokukhishwa kwamahhala ehleliwe njalo esuka eManhattan, ukuze kube lula kakhulu.

I-Long Island City yiyona ndawo eyayizimboni eziphakathi kwezinguquko eziqhubekayo zibe yindawo yokuhlala yokuhlala, ubuciko, kanye nokuvakasha, kanti izakhiwo eziningi zokukhiqiza ezindala kanye nezindawo zokugcina izinto zibuye zenziwe umphumela omangalisayo. Ungathanda ukuchitha ubusuku embonini endala? Bese ubhala ekamelweni e-Paper Factory Hotel, okungathi, njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi ubuthane, kwakungumshini wangempela wephephandaba emuva eminyakeni yama-1970 (enezigaba ngaphambili kwalokho kwakuhlanganisa ukukhiqizwa komsakazo kuma-1920s) - manje sekubuyiselwe njengendlela ehlelekile futhi enobuciko ihotela elinesidakamizwa se-chic yezimboni.

Kwabagibeli abancane bebhajethi kanye nabahamba ngezinyawo, imvelo yomphakathi yehostela kuhle ukuhlanganyela nabanye abasebenzisa ama-vagabonds. Futhi endaweni ephethe izinyunyana ezimbalwa zabasebenzi (aka "izakhamuzi"), uzothola ihostela yasekhaya, indawo epholile futhi engabizi kahle ngesimo sayo se-street-level café kanye nabasebenzi abasebasha, abaqashi ukukuqondisa endleleni for adventure.

Ihhotela le-Z NYC linikeza inhlawulo ephezulu ye-LIC, ene-360-degree vistas phezu kweBrooklyn, Queens, naseManhattan. Uma ukhangele iManhattan, ungase ukhumbule ngokufanele isenzakalo esivela ku- Highlander yefilimu, lapho i-sword-duel ephawulekayo phakathi kwama-immortals embula umbono ovelele we-Lighting Manhattan, njengoba kuboniswe kuQueens. Leyo mpi yokulwa yenzeke ophahleni lwe-Silvercup Studios, omakhelwane wehhotela le-Z NYC. Ngakho-ke, lo mbono i-downright cinematic futhi iyingqayizivele, futhi njengoba abalingiswa bathi kule filimu: "Kukhona eyodwa kuphela!"