{"id":214,"date":"2009-12-23T07:05:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2009-12-23T07:05:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T15:05:47","slug":"murray_hillauburndaleflushing_december_17_2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2009\/12\/23\/murray_hillauburndaleflushing_december_17_2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray Hill\/Auburndale\/Flushing, December 17, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Boulevard east of downtown Flushing is a jam-packed smorgasbord of Korean restaurants and shops, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/murrayhill\/northernboulevard\/index.htm\">especially in Murray Hill<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/murrayhill\/northernboulevard\/09152-24northernblvd.jpg\" alt=\"152-24 Northern Boulevard, Murray Hill, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/murrayhill\/northernboulevard\/16156-09-17northernblvd.jpg\" alt=\"156-09 to 156-17 Northern Boulevard, Murray Hill, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/murrayhill\/northernboulevard\/21158-05-15northernblvd.jpg\" alt=\"158-05 to 158-15 Northern Boulevard, Murray Hill, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/murrayhill\/northernboulevard\/34northernblvd-162ndstne.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Boulevard and 162nd Street, NE Corner, Murray Hill, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/auburndale\/northernboulevard\/index.htm\">continue down Northern Boulevard into Auburndale<\/a>, Queens starts to meld into the leafy suburban haven of Nassau County:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/auburndale\/northernboulevard\/16northernblvd-169thstnw.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Boulevard and 169th Street, NW Corner, Auburndale, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/auburndale\/northernboulevard\/18northernblvd-169thsteast.jpg\" alt=\"Looking East Down Northern Boulevard From 169th Street, Auburndale, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/auburndale\/northernboulevard\/20northernblvd-170thstnorth.jpg\" alt=\"Looking North Up 170th Street From Northern Boulevard, Auburndale, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/auburndale\/northernboulevard\/37196thst-francislewisblvdnorth.jpg\" alt=\"North Side of Northern Boulevard Between 196th Street and Francis Lewis Boulevard, Auburndale, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hey, it&#8217;s D&#8217;Alessandro&#8217;s Meat Center!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/auburndale\/dalessandrosmeatcenter\/0146-07hollisctblvd.jpg\" alt=\"D'Alessandro's Meat Center, 46-07 Hollis Court Boulevard, Auburndale, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I should have done my homework before visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/flushingcemetery\/index.htm\">Flushing Cemetery<\/a> &#8212; then I would have known to look for Louis Armstrong&#8217;s grave. Still, it is a nice spot in Flushing:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/flushingcemetery\/0146thave-auburndalelnsw.jpg\" alt=\"46th Avenue and Auburndale Lane, SW Corner, Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/flushingcemetery\/1046thave-165thst.jpg\" alt=\"South Side of 46th Avenue Near 165th Street, Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/flushingcemetery\/1912-17-09.jpg\" alt=\"Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/flushingcemetery\/22bowneplot.jpg\" alt=\"Bowne Family Plot, Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Across the street is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/martinsfield\/index.htm\">Martin&#8217;s Field<\/a>, which was once an African-American burial ground, then became a playground, and now has been partially reclaimed as a sort of sacred spot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/martinsfield\/0346thave-164thstne.jpg\" alt=\"Martin's Field\/The Olde Towne Of Flushing Burial Ground, 46th Avenue and 164th Street, NE Corner, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/martinsfield\/0512-17-09.jpg\" alt=\"Martin's Field\/The Olde Towne Of Flushing Burial Ground, 46th Avenue Between 164th and 165th Streets, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/flushing\/martinsfield\/09tablet.jpg\" alt=\"Commemorative Tablet, Martin's Field\/The Olde Towne Of Flushing Burial Ground, 46th Avenue Between 164th and 165th Streets, Flushing, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Boulevard east of downtown Flushing is a jam-packed smorgasbord of Korean restaurants and shops, especially in Murray Hill: As you continue down Northern Boulevard into Auburndale, Queens starts to meld into the leafy suburban haven of Nassau County: Hey, it&#8217;s D&#8217;Alessandro&#8217;s Meat Center! I should have done my homework before visiting Flushing Cemetery &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}