Long Island is an Island 120 miles long and about 25 miles wide at its widest point. It is divided into 4 counties. They are from East to West Suffok, Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn. The first 2 are separate unities with their own Mayor, Sanitation, Fire and Police. The last 2 are boroughs of NYC. This article is about Queens.

        Queens as we know it today was made a borough in 1898. With a population of over 2 million its population is only exceeded by Brooklyn. Most of Queens is residential somewhat like Staen Island. However it has quite a few places of interest. These places would be nice places to visit if you have some time and want to get away from Manhattan for awhile.

        Coming in to New York City landing at JFK International and Laguardia airports you are in Queens as both are in that borough 10 miles apart. From Laguardia you will usually get on the Grand Central Parkway and go over the Triboro Bridge to Manhattan unless you want to stay at a hotel in Queens or Brooklyn.

        If a taxi or bus fare is to expensive for your budget there are buses that will take you to subway stations where you can travel to Manhattan much cheaper. If you land at JFK you will have to either take a taxi or a bus. However you can take a taxi to a subway station and take the subway where you want to go.

        There are many things for visitors to see. There is Shea Stadium where you can take in a ball game if the Mets are playing at home.

        Nearby there are the Worlds Fair sites. Three of them from the 39 Worlds Fair and three from the 63-64 Worlds Fair.

        They also have a zoo and a Museum of Science. this Museum of Science has an Atlas and Agena Rockets in front of the museum and inside there are many exhibits of science especially for kids. Some of these sites can be reached by subway and others by bus. However there are free transfers from subway to bus and vice versa.

        They also have nice beaches that are on the Atlantic Ocean. They are in the Rockaways. Thay can be reached by subway and you can spend a nice day swimming. There is also an Amusement Park that you can visit in the Rockaways.

        I hope that if you decide to visit New York City sometime you spend some time in Queens. You wont be disappointed.