The Queens Nobody Knows av William B. Helmreich

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<p><b>The only neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to New York City''s largest borough, from the award-winning author of <i>The New York Nobody Knows</i></b><br><br>Bill Helmreich walked every block of New York City¿some six-thousand miles¿to write the award-winning <i>The New York Nobody Knows</i>. Later, he <i>re-walked</i> most of Queens¿1,012 miles in all¿to create this one-of-a-kind walking guide to the city''s largest borough, from hauntingly beautiful parks to hidden parts of Flushing''s Chinese community. Drawing on hundreds of conversations he had with residents during his block-by-block journey through this fascinating, diverse, and underexplored borough, Helmreich highlights hundreds of facts and points of interest that you won''t find in any other guide.<br><br>In Bellerose, you''ll explore a museum filled with soul-searing artwork created by people with mental illness. In Douglaston, you''ll gaze up in awe at the city''s tallest tree. In Corona, you''ll discover the former