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Airport Information

• John F. Kennedy International Airport - The largest airport in New York City.
• LaGuardia International Airport - Guide featuring maps, terminal, hotel, car rental and car parking information.

Attractions

• Bayswater Point State Park - 12 acres on the tip of the peninsula in the Rockaways. Offers fishing, hiking, and nature trails.
• Gateway NRA - The Gateway National Recreation Area is America's first urban national park. It is located in two states (NY and NJ), and spans three boroughs of NYC (Staten Isleand, Brooklyn, and Queens). The section in Queens is noted for its wildlife refuge on Jamaica Bay.
• Queens Botanical Garden - Created as an exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair, the garden features with rose, bee, herb, and perennial gardens, changing displays, and public programs. Educational programs and plant listings.
• Shea Stadium - Facts, figures and photos about the home of the New York Mets

Ferry Services

• New York Waterway - Commuter, charter, event & sightseeing ferry services & cruises.

Fishing Charters

• Capt. Mike - Howard Beach party boat specializing in full day and night trips for blackfish, sea bass, fluke, striped bass and blues.
• Karen Ann Charters - Howard Beach charter specializing in striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, fluke, flounder, sea bass, porgies and tautog.
• The Angler II - Howard Beach party boat specializing in half day and night trips for flounder, fluke, bass, blues and weakfish.
• Tide Runner Charters - Jamaica Bay four person charter boat specializing in all species with day and night trips.

Limousines & Shuttles

• Mario's Transportation - Providing local and long distance transportation, charters, airport, and hotel service. Includes company profile and contact information.
• Wiltshire Limousine Service - Serves all major airports and the metro area. Includes photos of the fleet and rates.

Museums

• American Museum of the Moving Image - The largest repository of moving images in the country, housed in the old Astoria Studios built by Paramount in 1920.
• Bowne House Museum - Built in 1661, and unmodified since 1830. Dutch/English architecture with authentic furniture and a pewter collection.
• Isamu Noguchi Museum - Thirteen indoor galleries around an outdoor sculpture garden, located in Long Island City. Closed until June 2004 for renovations.
• Kingsland Homestead - This 1785 house has been moved twice in this century to make way for new construction. It is now the home of the Queens Historical Society, featuring regular tours and special exhibits.
• Louis Armstrong Online - The Louis Armstrong House and Archives, maintained by Queens College.
• New York Hall of Science - Exhibits, often interactive, on sound, light, atoms, microbes, AIDS, astronomy. Includes a science playground. Considered one of the top ten science museums in the country.
• PS1 Contemporary Art Center - Museum solely devoted to contemporary art. Online tour, directions, and information on current and past exhibitions.
• Queens County Farm Museum - A 47-acre farm which has been the site of continuous farming for over 200 years and now houses The Museum of the Agricultural History of New York City.
• Queens Historical Society - Involved in preservation and education. With offices in an historic house, where public tours are available.
• Queens Museum of Art - Initially constructed for the first NYC World's Fair the building later became the first home of the UN, and now houses the Queens Museum of Art, which specializes in modern and contemporary works.

Public Transportation

• Long Island Rail Road - Information on fares, schedules, and announcements. Online ticket system also available.
• Metrocard - List of every Metrocard vending machine in the city. Also, chat sessions, F.A.Q. and information on the Metrocard bus.
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Subway, bus, and railroad service for the New York City area.
• New York City Subway Route Planners - Online and mobile navigation tools for planning a New York subway route.
• Subway Web News - News and information about the city's subway system. Includes history, transit links, photos and technological issues.

Subway Information

• Abandoned Stations - Closed underground stations on subways, trolleys, and mainline railways in and near New York City. History, diagrams, photos.
• Flickr: Bronx Subway - Photos of Bronx subway.
• Flickr: The NYC Subway - Photographs of the NYC subway experience.
• MTA Subways - The Metropolitan Transit Authority's official site for the subways of New York City.
• New York Underground - Companion site to the episode of PBS's "The American Experience" about the history of New York City's mass transit systems.
• NYC Subway Resources - Features historical and technical information about the New York subway system, including images, maps, and museum collections.
• NYSubway.com - Unofficial website features maps, service advisories, and news.
• Subway Info - Provides door-to-door directions via the subway system, including options for different times of day.
• The New York City Subway Tour - Tourist information on how to use the subway system.
• The New York Subway System - Information regarding rolling stock, stations, history, and facts about the subway system. Includes a subway quiz, and several subway-related games.

Tour Operators

• Wild Food and Ecology Tours - Study edible wild plants, nature, and ecology with New York's naturalist, "Wildman" Steve Brill. Schedule of park walks.