Had read about a year ago in the NY Times that the Flushing section of Queens had a thriving Asian community and a wealth of good (and inexpensive) Chinese and other Asian restaurants, one of my chief motivators for putting a destination on my list of places to visit. I grew up in Queens but that was a long time ago and there have been some very positive changes. Took the subway, the 7 line from Times Square to the last stop, Main Street in Flushing. The intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Ave is where you come up from the subway, and no matter which way you turn, you see Chinese characters (both the written and human kind). We found our way down Main Street to 39th Avenue, turned left and walked a block to
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