Of New York City's four outer boroughs, its largest, Queens is probably the least visited by outsiders - not counting when they arrive in New York via Queens' airports: La Guardia or John F. Kennedy International. Unlike Brooklyn or the Bronx, Queens has no hyped drawing card to pull visitors in. However, the individuality of its neighborhoods, a leftover from the fact it was never its own city before being incorporated into New York in 1898, just a county of separate towns and villages, is reason enough to warrant exploring the borough.

While here, you can travel from Greek Astoria through Irish Woodside to Indian and South American Jackson Heights and finally Asian Flushing , which can feel as suburban as Long Island some days and as exotic as Hong Kong on others. You'll find a few underrated museums and no shortage of delicious ethnic foods - just follow the #7 train, which chugs through most of the borough; Turkish breads, Romanian sausage, Indonesian noodles, Tibetan pork, Argentinean steak, vegetarian Indian, Cantonese dim sum, and some of the best Texas barbecue in the city await.

Queens

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• Shea Stadium and Flushing Meadow Park

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