Queens

(tt)  Bryan West from "Priscilla" recommended that Sheldon look at this area of Queens as a possible home in the future. It is a fifteen minute subway ride from the centre of Manhattan and there is much to like.
We hopped off at 61st and walked the twenty blocks to the heart of the community.
Here is the elevated 7 line which we took from 42nd St

We ambled away from the main drag and found a little park dedicated to the soldiers of World War One, Doughboy Park.

Doughboys were called such by the English because of their penchant for doughnuts.

This style of building is so typically off- island New York

This is an area called Sunnyside Gardens which was a social experiment from 1924 to 29. The style is detached terraces with backs facing a laneway and fronts onto a communal green.

 We could have been in a garden suburb of London

This is Skillman which has a Darlo/Woolhara-ish feel. 20's and 30's flats and  new trendo cafes with vintage clothes shops and antiques.

Then you get to a busy road and it all changes to semi industrial or commercial.

 Another little park near the 46th Station. This would have been the hub of the hamlet that served a farming area until the 1890's.

Then you see how close Manhattan is

 Now just a few local grabs

Detail on the once very handsome  46th St station 

 Lots of mock Spanish

There is a tiny Spanish theatre

 The current offering

 The foyer. The place probably holds 80 to 100.

So close!

There are two villages on either side of Queens Boulevard

  This business is proud to have featured in a movie

 On the platform bound for Times Square