Jackson Heights

Week 34

Kings, Dons, and Aliens: Movie Locations of Queens

Our first walk in a series exploring NYC filming locations takes in a sampling of sites from three movies famous for their New York/Queens connections: Coming to America, Goodfellas and Men In Black. We'll visit sites still standing, sites since past and sites out of this world.

Neighborhoods Bushwick, East Williamsburg, Maspeth, Elmhurst, Woodside, Astoria Heights, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, North Corona, Queensboro Hill, Pomonok, Utopia, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Briarwood, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Cypress Hills, Liberty Park

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Week 28

Following the BQE

Few major thoroughfares define its surroundings as strongly as the section of I-278 known as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. This week we'll follow the entirety of its path, starting at the foot of the RFK bridge in Astoria and concluding at the base of the Verrazzano. Neighborhoods along the way include Woodside, Sunnyside, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and more.

Neighborhoods Bushwick, Ridgewood, Fresh Pond, Maspeth, Woodside, Astoria, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton

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Week 3

First Impressions, Northwest Queens

Our survey of Northwest Queens starts with a walk through Ridgewood, cutting across cemetery territory to walk up the coast of Hunter's Point, Dutch Kills and Astoria. We sweep by LaGuardia airport and tag the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Park before cutting across Jackson Heights and down through Sunnyside and Maspeth.

Neighborhoods Ridgewood, Fresh Pond, Maspeth, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens, Woodside, Jackson Heights, North Corona, South Corona, East Elmhurst, Astoria Heights, Ditmars Steinway, Astoria, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Blissville

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