Hidden New York
ENES

Queens

13 lesser-known places in Queens, with history, curiosities, a map and tours nearby.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

13 places

Calvary Cemetery in Queens seen beside the Long Island Expressway
Cemetery & worship

Calvary Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery · Queens’ giant Catholic cemetery since 1848

Coastal landscape at Fort Tilden on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens
Ruins & abandoned

Fort Tilden

Fort Tilden · graffiti-covered batteries between dunes and sea

The Fort Totten Officers’ Club, known as the Castle, in Queens
Island, fort & lighthouseFilmed here

Fort Totten

Fort Totten · unfinished fort, neo-Gothic Castle and bay views

The Hell Gate Bridge, a steel arch railroad bridge over the East River in New York City
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Hell Gate Bridge

Hell Gate Bridge · a 1917 steel rail arch over the East River

Brick-and-terracotta facade of the former Loew’s Valencia Theatre on Jamaica Avenue in Queens in sunlight
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Loew’s Valencia Theatre

Loew’s Valencia Theatre · atmospheric movie palace turned church

Bell Boulevard in Bayside, Queens, near 77th Avenue and the former route of the Motor Parkway
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Long Island Motor Parkway

Long Island Motor Parkway · the first car-only highway, now a Queens trail

The brick Louis Armstrong House on 107th Street in Corona, Queens
Historic house

Louis Armstrong House

Louis Armstrong House · where the jazz giant lived in Corona

Taxicab at the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport in Queens
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Marine Air Terminal

Marine Air Terminal · LaGuardia’s landmark flying-boat terminal

View of the 1965 World’s Fair grounds from a Ferris wheel, with the New York State Pavilion in the distance
Ruins & abandonedFilmed here

New York State Pavilion

New York State Pavilion · World’s Fair towers and Tent of Tomorrow

The Pepsi-Cola sign seen from Center Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Pepsi-Cola Sign

Pepsi-Cola Sign · a neon landmark on the Queens waterfront

Gravestones in Prospect Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens
Cemetery & worship

Prospect Cemetery

Prospect Cemetery · a colonial graveyard in Jamaica, Queens

Steinway Mansion, the hilltop Italianate villa in Astoria, Queens
Historic houseFilmed here

Steinway Mansion

Steinway Mansion · a 19th-century villa hidden in Astoria

The TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, with its winged concrete roof
Tunnel, bridge & industry

TWA Flight Center

TWA Flight Center · Saarinen’s 1962 bird-shaped terminal at JFK