Travel Reference
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father
to
Rumble in the Bronx
. But it's also got some cool surprises up its sleeve: a
quarter of the Bronx is parkland, including the city beach of Pelham Bay Park. Also up in
these parts is the magical
City Island
, a little slice of New England in the Bronx.
New York Botanical Garden
GARDENS
(
www.nybg.org
; Bronx River Pkwy & Fordham Rd; adult/child/senior & student $20/8/18, Wed &
10am-noon Sat free; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun; ; Metro-North to Botanical Garden)
There are
250 acres, with old-growth forest, a wetlands trail, nearly 3000 roses and tens of thou-
sands of newly planted azalea plants.
Bronx Wildlife Conservation Park
ZOO
( 718-220-5100;
www.bronxzoo.com
; Bronx River Pkwy, at Fordham Rd; adult/child $15/11;
10am-5pm Apr-Oct; 2 to Pelham Pkwy)
Otherwise known as the Bronx Zoo, this is one of
the biggest, best and most progressive zoos anywhere.
Woodlawn Cemetery
CEMETERY
( 718-920-0500;
www.thewoodlawncemetery.org
; Webster Ave at E 233rd St; 8:30am-5pm;
4 to Woodlawn)
Famous, historic and fascinating, this 400-acre burial ground is the
resting place of many notable Americans, including Irving Berlin and Herman Melville.
Queens
There is no longer any typical Queens accent - think Archie and Edith Bunker in
All in
the Family
. You're as likely to hear Bengali and Spanish - 170 languages are spoken - in
this, the largest (282 sq miles) and most ethnically diverse county in the country. There
are few of the tree-lined brownstone streets you find in Brooklyn, and the majority of the
neighborhoods, architecturally speaking at least, do not befit this borough's grand name.
However, because close to half its 2.3 million residents were born abroad, parts of
Queens are endlessly reconstituting themselves, creating a vibrant and heady alternative
universe to Manhattan. It's also home to two major airports, the Mets, a hip modern-art
scene, miles of excellent beaches in the
Rockaways
and walking trails in the
Gateway
minutes from JFK airport. The
Queens Historical Society
( 718-939-0647;
www.queenshistoricalsociety.org
)
offers tours through many areas of the massive borough.
Long Island City
NEIGHBORHOOD
