Long Island City
Published 10/02/2020
This former manufacturing epicenter is home to some of NYC’s most vibrant arts and culture.
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Gantry Plaza State Park
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4-09 47th Rd.
Once an abandoned industrial waterfront, Gantry Plaza State Park is now a manicured 12-acre park and promenade running alongside the East River, with breathtaking views of the east side of Manhattan.
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MoMA PS1
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22-25 Jackson Ave.
This long-standing contemporary art museum, set in a former public school, is known for daring installations, topical exhibits and its summertime performance series, Warm Up. Visit with reserved timed-entry tickets.
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Maiella
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4610 Center Blvd.
Long Island City’s Maiella brings the feel of a rustic, causally elegant Italian eatery to the Queens waterfront.
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Sweetleaf
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10-93 Jackson Avenue
One of the first NYC coffee bars to sell the now well-known and loved Stumptown coffee, Sweetleaf remains on caffeine’s cutting edge, serving as Queens’ first pour-over coffee bar.
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Beebe's
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38-28 27th Street
A contemporary, all-day restaurant, Beebe's is known for thin-crust pizzas like the Campfire, with smoked mozzarella and mushrooms spread to the edge of the blackened crust, a fragrant dose of fresh rosemary and a shower of grated pecorino.
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M. Wells Steakhouse
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43-15 Crescent St.
This playful steakhouse, located in a rehabbed auto body shop, delivers audacious and unabashedly luxuriant versions of the classics.
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Boro Hotel
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38-28 27th St.
Boro Hotel features an airy lobby with industrial-style concrete accents, a café-bar that serves specialty coffee and a curated library.