http://www.queenscentral.com/still-solvent-with-one-little-exception/ Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Briarwood Thu, 17 May 2012 15:56:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.queenscentral.com/still-solvent-with-one-little-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Queens Central » TONY walks Queens Boulevard Tue, 15 May 2007 14:57:33 +0000 http://www.queenscentral.com/2007/05/04/still-solvent-with-one-little-exception/#comment-113 [...] Avid walker that I am (”What are you, 60?” a friend once asked), I’d been meaning all week to check out Time Out New York’s Great Walks issue. I was hoping they’d cover the nabe, and TONY did not disappoint, continuing to bring the Queens love with an 8-mile, 5-hour trek down our beloved Boulevard of Death. Recommended local stops include Briarwood’s circus-themed car wash, as seen in Coming to America; Russian grocery Berezka, Kitty Genovese’s death site and the infamously misogynist Civic Virtue sculpture in Kew Gardens; and Elizabeth Skin Care (interesting choice!), the Gardens and Knish Nosh in Forest Hills. Rego Park, a fascinating neighborhood, merits nothing — maybe that’s why property values are so far down. [...] [...] Avid walker that I am (”What are you, 60?” a friend once asked), I’d been meaning all week to check out Time Out New York’s Great Walks issue. I was hoping they’d cover the nabe, and TONY did not disappoint, continuing to bring the Queens love with an 8-mile, 5-hour trek down our beloved Boulevard of Death. Recommended local stops include Briarwood’s circus-themed car wash, as seen in Coming to America; Russian grocery Berezka, Kitty Genovese’s death site and the infamously misogynist Civic Virtue sculpture in Kew Gardens; and Elizabeth Skin Care (interesting choice!), the Gardens and Knish Nosh in Forest Hills. Rego Park, a fascinating neighborhood, merits nothing — maybe that’s why property values are so far down. [...]

]]> http://www.queenscentral.com/still-solvent-with-one-little-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-80 RC Tue, 08 May 2007 16:02:18 +0000 http://www.queenscentral.com/2007/05/04/still-solvent-with-one-little-exception/#comment-80 Can't say I'm surprised. I thought Rego Park had potential, and was looking in the area some time back. I was put off by the proliferance of paved over front lawns, high front walls adorned with stainless gates and trim. Everything seemed out of place. For the same high price, I wanted something less.....obnoxious. Can’t say I’m surprised. I thought Rego Park had potential, and was looking in the area some time back. I was put off by the proliferance of paved over front lawns, high front walls adorned with stainless gates and trim. Everything seemed out of place. For the same high price, I wanted something less…..obnoxious.

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