Corona/Elmhurst, Queens, December 23, 2009

Posted: March 23rd, 2010 | Filed under: Queens

A day of walking through Corona, Queens, ending up in Elmhurst near the mall.

North on Junction Boulevard, and the Steinway-like shopping district between Roosevelt Avenue and 37th Avenue:

East on Northern Boulevard between 92nd Street and 112th Street:

This laundromat offers a cafe — maybe one day my dream of a laundromat/bar will be fully realized in New York:

Here’s something historical:

I wonder how long the misspelling of “Northern” lasted, and if after some time they finally just owned it:

Views of the Empire State Building pop up around Queens when you least expect them:

Haven’t been to Green Field in several years, but oh, what wonderful memories (one time we saw a man fall asleep at the table):

Out toward the Grand Central and the planes approaching La Guardia:

Down 108th Street, which I divided up in a new way — there’s the “best of” at the aforetyped link, then expanded sections, Northern Boulevard to 44th Avenue (to the LIRR tracks south of Roosevelt Avenue) and 45th Avenue to Horace Harding Expressway (the LIE). The Hispanic/Latin neighborhoods north of Roosevelt:

An impressive flag mural:

If you look at Google’s Street View of 108th Street, many of these buildings aren’t there — there has been a lot of new development in Corona and especially along 108th Street:

Citi Field comes into view around 38th Avenue:

Interesting to see Asian businesses expand into Corona — this is just north of Roosevelt Avenue:

There’s a vestigial Italian neighborhood centered around William F. Moore Park and the Lemon Ice King near 52nd Avenue:

The 1960s-era Terrace on the Park comes into view at 52nd Avenue:

More new development just north of the LIE:

LeFrak City:

The former Jamaica Savings Bank in Elmhurst, which was an official city landmark until it wasn’t: