Hotels in Flushing, New York

A little about Flushing...

Flushing is a neighborhood within the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.

Flushing is a thriving business and residential area, with large Taiwanese, Chinese and Korean communities (see Chinatown and Koreatown). The town is 55% Asian American and contains the largest ethnic Chinese community in the New York metropolitan area, surpassing even Manhattan's Chinatown. Flushing also consists of Hispanic American, African American and Southeast Asian (Mostly Filipino American) communities of significant size, as well as long time European American residents.

Queens College, a senior college of the City University of New York, is located in Flushing. CUNY School of Law is next door; it contains a public-interest law firm, Main Street Legal Services, that serves Flushing's predominantly immigrant and working-class communities.

The intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue has become a center for Korean and Chinese culture and small business. Large department stores, such as Old Navy and Macy's, are located on or near the intersection as well.

Flushing is known for its selection of authentic, reasonably priced ethnic restaurants. A popular Asian restaurant district is centered at the intersection of Prince Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Latin cuisine can be found on College Point Boulevard near Sanford Avenue.

Other attractions and remnants from the World's Fairs in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park worth visiting include the Queens Museum of Art (housed in the New York City Building from the 1939 New York World's Fair), featuring a scale model of New York City (the largest architectural model ever built); The New York Hall of Science, and the Queens Zoo. In addition to the Unisphere, the park contains a variety of sculpture and markers from the fairs. There are markers for the two 5,000-year time capsules buried in the park, chronicling 20th Century life (dedicated 1938 and 1965). An exedra commemorates the site of the Vatican pavilion, which was visited by Pope Paul VI on the site where the Pieta was exhibited.

The Queens Botanical Garden is located on Main Street and has been in operation continuously since its opening as an exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. The Botanical Garden carries on Flushing's long horticultural tradition begun by its once famous tree nurseries and seed farms.

Flushing's tradition as a place of religious tolerance continues as well. It is fitting that Bowne Street, named for John Bowne, is known for its diverse array of houses of worship, including one of the largest Hindu temples in North America.