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Highways and Byways of Queens, New York
Basics on major expressways, parkways, and boulevards.

JFK Airport: The Basics and Driving Directions
Find basic information on flights to and from JFK Airport and directions to reach JFK by car.

Long Island City Map: Neighborhoods in Long Island City, Queens
Basic map of Long Island City, showing neighborhoods and some roads.

Getting Your Bearings in Queens
This brief orientation to Queens, New York, includes information on neighborhoods, streets, landmarks, postal zones, highways, and other geography to help you navigate the borough.

Great Map of Queens for Arts, Culture, and Major Roads
Published by the Queens Council on the Arts, this ArtMap is available online and in a free print version ($ for shipping). The map is a great overview of Queens, and highlights the arts, culture, and education venues, along with major roads. The print version is better than the online.

Best Map of Queens, New York
This is a good online map of Queens, NY showing the neighborhoods, highways, and major roads. You can easily zoom out to see all of NYC, and best of all, the graphics and words are clear. Unfortunately, you can't zoom in for detail, and there are a few mistakes with neighborhood names.

Here's another map that clearly shows the neighborhoods of Queens.

Highway Guide for NYC Region
This site lists all the major highways in the NY metro region, and gives their exit names and numbers.

Map of Queens
This map, courtesy of NYC & Co (the city's tourist bureau) gives a good overall image of the borough, plus contains great informative links to its attractions and neighborhoods.

Metropolitan Transit Authority
Find out the latest about the subway, buses, trains, and ferries operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York City's mass transit provider. Maps, schedules, service stops, fares, rules, and regulations are all available through their website. The site details information on the buses, subways, and commuter rail (LIRR) service in Queens.

Queens, NY, Neighborhood Map
This is my favorite map showing the neighborhoods of Queens, NYC. There is an unmarked spot in eastern Queens, between Fresh Meadows and Oakland Gardens. This is no land of the lost roamed by wolf packs, but Cunningham Park, which watches over Union Turnpike.

The map is courtesy of the Queens Borough President's Office.

Map of Queens, Circa 1940
Check out what Queens looked like in 1940.

Jackie Robinson Parkway
Information on the Jackie Robinson Parkway, previously known as the Interboro Parkway.

Map of Bloggers in Queens, New York
Use this map to find Queens residents writing blogs. Maybe you'll find one is your neighbor!

NewYorkLimo.com
NewYorkLimo.com is an online reservation service for car service, limousines, and private buses for the New York metropolitan region, including service from airports to hotels and New York City tours. Also contact the website for information on wedding limousines and prom night transportation.

NYC Transit Strike and Queens - How To Survive a Subway and Bus Strike in Queens, New York
Navigating Queens in the event of an MTA Transit stike.