by bill barber
Moving to Queens New York
Queens, NY is known as the Gateway to New York. If you have not been to Queens it is easy to believe that the images of the old TV show “All in the Family”, the rows and rows of identical duplexes packed together with postage stamp size yards or the 2 story brick houses with postage stamp sized yards in the newer comedy “King of Queens”. There is, however a wonderful diversity in the 2.2 million Queens residents representing all parts of the world who speak your language and welcome you to their neighborhood… It is possible to say “I ate food from around the world by spending a day in Queens”.
Queens has over 300 years of history that can be experienced by visiting historic homes and sites using 42 miles of subway lines to get you from here to there. There are 7,000 acres of parks for you to explore from beach to bay to a forest of