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Moving to Queens New York

Queens, NY is known as the Gateway to New York. If you have not been to Queens it is easy to believe that the images of the old TV show “All in the Family”, the rows and rows of identical duplexes packed together with postage stamp size yards or the 2 story brick houses with postage stamp sized yards in the newer comedy “King of Queens”. There is, however a wonderful diversity in the 2.2 million Queens residents representing all parts of the world who speak your language and welcome you to their neighborhood… It is possible to say “I ate food from around the world by spending a day in Queens”.

Queens has over 300 years of history that can be experienced by visiting historic homes and sites using 42 miles of subway lines to get you from here to there. There are 7,000 acres of parks for you to explore from beach to bay to a forest of oak, hickory and pine.

The New York Hall of Science, Queens Botanical Garden, Queens Museum of Art, Queens Theater in the Park, Queens Wildlife center, located in Flushing Meadows Corona park.

There are 63 branches of the public library and 10 miles of sun, sand, and surf in the Rockaways. These add to the lure of Queens as a visitor and make moving or relocating to the area an attractive possibility.

Living in Queens places you in neighborhoods that are close to Manhattan. Three of the most popular neighborhoods in western Queens for those commuting to Manhattan are Astoria, Long Island City and Jackson Heights. They are all a short subway ride to Midtown. As people are priced out real estate in Manhattan, western Queens has gained in popularity, especially for folks in their 20′s and 30′s. To find an apartment, a real estate broker is usually the easiest route to go, but expect to pay one month’s rent in fees. There are listings in local papers for no fee listings and small landlords often post for rent signs in windows and in Laundromats and cafes. This is an attractive alternative to newcomers who need to be on a tight budget and avoids the real estate broker fees

Astoria has become the hottest, most popular neighborhood in Queens. It is very close to Manhattan via subway lines that are 10 to 20 minutes from mid town. It has a real neighborhood vibe with many great places to eat and shop and there is even nightlife. Immigrants from around the world have brought to Astoria the most eclectic mix of restaurants anywhere in Queens. On any corner it is possible to see four restaurants, each representing a cuisine from a different continent. One drawback to Astoria is it congested streets. Take public transportation to avoid insanity.

Hipsters and yuppies have discovered Astoria, which has contributed to rising rental and housing prices. It is still possible to find a great apartment with roof or backyard access that is a true savings from life in Manhattan. Closer to Long Island City, the streets are more industrial, the housing is grittier, and rents drop. Avoid living on 31st street with the elevated subway. North of Astoria Boulevard, housing tends to be in more expensive row houses, with fewer rentals. One bedroom apartments start at $1200 to $1300 as of 2004

Long Island city is the shortest commute to Manhattan from Queens. Many artists call LIC home. The great location has the attention of city and business leaders with big plans for developing the waterfront. This will be even more attractive to those who would wish to relocate and move to Queens for employment.

Rental prices range from a starting $900 for a 1 bedroom and are often above $1200 for a one bedroom in prime areas or renovated buildings

Jackson Heights is farther east but is an easier commute to Manhattan because the E and F subways run express, stopping only twice before reaching Lexington Ave. It is less than 15 minutes from Midtown Manhattan to Roosevelt Ave in Jackson Heights. Similar to Astoria, there are great dining and shopping options in the neighborhood. Although Roosevelt Ave is thoroughly congested and loud, the residential streets are quiet.

Jackson Heights is know for its Little India section but the whole neighborhood is much bigger and more diverse. Immigrants from Latin America and South Asia predominate.

Housing near transportation tends to be in large apartment buildings, Mary are advertised as pre war, which should mean the apartments are larger and better insulated than in newer buildings. Other streets are lined with row houses and less often with multifamily and single family dwellings.

Rental real estate prices in Jackson Heights range from $1,000 for a one bedroom and $1200 for a 2 bedroom staring price

Queens is both a New York State county on Long Island and a borough of New York City. Although New York city includes five boroughs, when New Yorkers say “the City” they are referring to Manhattan. Queens is the largest New York City Borough with about 109 square miles or about 35% of NYC’s total land area. Queens is the second largest borough after Brooklyn in population. More than 2 million people call Queens home. It projected that by 2025 Queens will be the most populous. This clearly shows the preference of those relocating to NYC and the desire to be moving into a close commute to Manhattan but a lower cost living.

The people of Queens count the rest of the United States and the world as their homelands, Immigrants have been settling in Queens for more than a hundred years, and they give no sign of letting up. Today more languages are spoken in these 109 square miles than anywhere else on the planet. English is spoken at home by the vast majority followed by Spanish, Rounding out the top ten most common languages are Chinese, Korean, Italian, Greek, Russian, Tagalog, French, and French Creole.

Queens is not set up in a convenient grid but in general streets run North South and the numbers get higher the further east you go. Avenues run east west and the numbers get higher the further south you go. Avenues are often paired with road and drives so you may find 85th Ave, 85t Drive and 85t Road all next to one another. Queens addresses are a string of number that refer to location i.e. “110-10 10th st” 110 is a cross street avenue and 10 refers to the house number. This can be very confusing at first to those who have recently relocated or moved in but soon it makes sense and helps find where you want to be from where you are.

The economy of Queens is based on tourism, industry, and trade. Queens has two of the busiest airports in the world, Johns F Kennedy International Airport, and La Guardia. Queens is increasingly attracting film studios, a return of an industry that had departed decades earlier.

The Queens Museum of Art and the New York Hall of Science are further east, in Flushing Meadows park, the site of both the 1939 Worlds Fair and the 1964 World’s Fair.

Several large companies have their headquarters in Queens, including Bulova, and JetBlue.

Long Island City is a major manufacturing and commercial center. This accounts for the constant stream of people relocating and moving in to find employment in Queens.

Relocation can be very stressful without a plan. It may be cost effective and frustration effective to employ a firm to assist. Moving is a stressful, exhausting, and sometimes overwhelming project for most people. Moving or relocation firms assist with the entire process of moving a family, an individual, or a household. They are listed in conventional yellow page listing under the category of movers and on the Internet. There are locator pages for these firms that find listings by zip code in the “from” and the “to” locations. It is possible to go online and search the sites that are listed as “move me”

Moving professionals will assist in packing and unpacking, but much more, putting you in touch with the right people to making sure your power and phones are working . Professional moving firms bring patience and discernment to your relocation. They even help separating items for the move, for donation, or even setting up a moving sale before you move. Whether you are physically there for the move or whether they act as your representative, they have done it all. They put you in touch with people who know Queens.

Senior citizens downsizing and families moving into a larger space would be benefited by such service. This can help to remove the emotional, traumatic and physical demand inherent in moving and most of all provide support during this otherwise stressful time.

CHAZ GUEST – AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM, NYC

The Van Rensselear Children Portrait 1840 antique oil painting ! Folk art $24,900.00

Antique Pair of Iconic American Folk Art Carved Pine Wood Eagle Sculpture – RARE $20,000.00

Metal Art Sculpture Sculptor for Hire Travel Design fabricate install folk art ! $20,000.00

Mamie Falk Folk Art Oil Painting – Considered Minnesota’s “Grandma Moses” $19,750.00

Yuri Gorbachev ORIGINAL Landscape Oil painting Folk Art $17,500.00

Folk Art wood statue of Grover Cleveland 1894 $9,500.00

Antique Ship Captain Folk Art Carved Coconut Chalice $8,500.00

Original Oil On Canvas Painting by Minni Hines Bayou Scene Folk Art 24×48 $8,495.75

Chinese folk art sculpture carving stone inkstone for painting and handwriting $6,890.00

Chinese handcraft folk art stone sculpture carving inkstone inkslab fly dragon $6,329.00

Banjo Boy/ Pre-Civil War Folk Art on Linen $6,000.00

LARGE Antique Americana Folk Art Painting of Boy -Civil War Col. Orlando H Moore $5,999.99

Yuri Gorbachev Original Oil Painting Russian Art Folk $5,990.00

Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone inkslab—Avalokitesvara $5,590.00

AMERICAN FOLK ART PUPPET THEATRE QUEENS,NY $5,000.00

Clementine Hunter Signed Framed Folk Art Painting Cotton Pickin’ c1977 20×26.25 $5,000.00

vincent van gogh sculpture outsider folk art Dale Teachout assemblage junk $5,000.00

Bessie Harvey Folk Art Found Object Museum Piece!!! $5,000.00

PAIR OF 19TH C FOLK ART PORTRAITS PAINTINGS SIGNED P MARTIN 1886 HUSBAND & WIFE $4,999.99

ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART ETCHED GLASS ALLEGHENY CTY PA GERMAN WOW $4,999.99

ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART FISH HOOK MASSIVE IRON TRADE SIGN $4,999.99

Signed OLD master GESSO FRAME OIL ON CANVAS PORTRAIT NELSON pipe Folk art $4,999.00

Clementine Hunter Folk Art Painting Signed “Picking Cotton” $4,850.00

Chinese folk art sculpture carving stone inkstone double dragon holding the sun $4,690.00

FOLK ART OIL PAINTING PORTRAIT CHILD ICONIC RED DRESS PRINCE CHARLES SPANIEL $4,500.00

Corbels Pair Wood Winged Griffins Victorian Old Paint Architectural Folk Art $4,500.00

FOLK ART PAINTING SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK J R GEROW $4,500.00

Exceptional Folk Art Painting $4,500.00

Johnnie Swearingen! Great Folk Art!!! Peddling Melons $4,500.00

New England Folk Art Portrait on Canvas Ca.1830 $4,500.00

Clementine Hunter Signed Framed Folk Art Painting Wash Day c1977 19.25 x 23.25in $4,500.00

A Outstanding Early Trade Axe,Folk Art Hatchet, $4,500.00

Yuri Gorbachev Original Oil Painting Russian Art Folk $4,490.00

FANTASTIC FOLK ART CHEST $4,200.00

Clementine Hunter Signed Framed Folk Art Painting African Headdress c1977 25.5h $4,000.00

ANTIQUE MINIATURE PRIMITIVE FOLK ART WOOD RURAL SCENE FRAMED 12 1/4″ UNIQUE $3,885.00

*RARE TRAMP / FOLK ART Shoe Shine Box – Brass/Wood-Detailed-Ornate-Exquisite $3,800.00

Antique KNOTTY Tree Root Twig FOLK ART CHAIR Set GOODY KOONCH West Virginia $3,750.00

Original Mexican Folk Art Icons Retablo:18-19th century $3,650.00

Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone-an old man finshing alone $3,590.00

Folk Art Hand Carved Soldier,6ft Tall Pick Up Only $3,532.50

Unique/Exceptional Large Oval Folk Art Santa Claus Wood Carving signed Cobb 98 $3,500.00

Painting Vintage 50s Cowboy Folk Art Levis Jeans Vinicur Little Buckaroo Parade $3,500.00

Advertising Art / Folk Art / Christmas Hooked Rug – 5′x3 1/2′ $3,500.00

Johnnie Swearingen! Great Folk Art!!! $3,500.00

Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone inkslab—Lofty aspiration $3,490.00

Terrazzo Marble Micro Mosaic Latin Ethnic Musicians Mural Folk Fine Art $3,374.99

Original Mexican Folk Art Icons Retablo:18-19th century $3,250.00

FINE 19c EARLY FOLK ART PORTRAIT PAINTING $3,225.00

Israel Jewish Art,Sara Hagay,Israeli Folk Dance “hora”,Oil,Judaica,Framed $3,000.00

mud painting signed jimmy sudduth a real folk art outsider master piece $3,000.00

ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART WOOD CANE ISLE ROYALE FIRE WW2 D DAY GI ? KENOSHA WI $2,999.99

FRANK WYSO OUTSIDER FOLK ARTIST PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINERS 4 WORKS OF ART $2,999.99

King’s Couch Rare One of a Kind Yard Art from Chicago Folk Hand Made furniture $2,999.99

ANTIQUE 19th AMERICAN FOLK ART NATURALIST BUFFALO SETON STYLE CATLIN PAINTING $2,999.99

Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone inkslab man walk in forest $2,999.00

Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone inkslab a man watch moon $2,999.00

fine Chinese handcraft folk art stone sculpture carving inkstone inkslab scenery $2,890.00

Temperance Movement Folk Art Painting Folk Art Temperance Painting $2,850.00

Anonymous Folk Art Carving Figure with Crown in Skirt with Snake $2,799.99

ANTIQUE OIL PAINTING FOLK ART NEW ENGLAND ‘HUGES’ 1892 $2,750.00

Chinese handcraft folk art stone sculpture carving inkstone inkslab with dragon $2,690.00

FOLK ART Antique Wood Polychrome Carved Asian Figure Sculpture $2,500.00

HUGE 37″ Antique 19th American Folk Art Carved Gilt Wood Eagle Statue Americana $2,500.00

Antique Primitive Folk Art Hand Carved Wooden Dough Bowl $2,500.00

FOLK ART OIL PAINTING OF THE SS “OCEAN” STEAMSHIP $2,475.00

Ca. 1820 American Folk Art Painting Deformed Man $2,450.00

James Harold Jennings Amazing and Colorful Folk Art! $2,400.00

Doris Lee – Folk Art Painting – Signed and Titled – Original Condition $2,400.00

DC: Prison Folk Art Matchstick Ship, HUGE 5′ Length $2,379.00

Amazing ORIGINAL NAUTICAL AMERICAN FOLK ART PAINTING $2,285.00

Early 20th Century Folk Art Sheep Painting/ Inside Barn $2,250.00

FOLK ART COLLAGE/Presidential Stamp Collage $2,250.00

Folk Art Handmade Ceramic Sculpture Plaque Dentist Pulling Tooth Dicker Vintage $2,200.00

ANTIQUE Americana TRADE SIGN IMMIGRATION FOLK ART NYC ICE CREAM PUSH CART $2,200.00

Ohio Pioneer Abraham Betz 1818 HANDWRITTEN LESSON BOOK with FOLK ART $2,150.00

HAITIAN ART: Vibrant PAINTING, SIGNED by Renowned Folk Artist TOUSSAINT AUGUSTE $2,150.00

Philippines National Artist Abdul Imao Brass Sculpture w/ Base Mindanao Folk Art $2,100.00

Ellen Eilers Calico Country Folk Art Woodcut Ornamental Trees Rare Early Work $2,000.00

antique 19th century oil painting folk art still life portraiture PA Amish girl $2,000.00

ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART FRUIT STILL LIFE WATERMELON OIL PAINTING $1,999.99

ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART WOOD BALEEN CARVED SPERM WHALE GROTESQUE AMERICANA WOW $1,999.99

ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART SHIP LIGHTHOUSE LARGE OIL PAINTING GERNAND VERMIER $1,999.99

Vtg Rutherford Tubby Brown Xmas 25″Folk Art Santa Claus $1,999.99

AMERICAN FOLK ART GAMEBOARD TABLE WITH SWASTIKAS $1,999.00

Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone peasant work on his land $1,999.00

LAURA SIQUEIROS “POSEIDONS ADVENTURE” FOLK ART PAINTING $1,999.00

Old Folk Art Cinderella pre Disney & Kincade Beautiful $1,995.00

Clyde Connell 1943 Folk Art hooked rug signed LISTED $1,900.00

ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART WOOD CARVING TOBACCO CIGAR TRADE SIGN ? DISPLAY WOW $1,899.99

Chinese folk art sculpture carving stone inkstone for painting and handwriting $1,890.00

WELSH AMERICAN SIGNED FOLK ART PAINTING JFK PT 109 $1,850.00

ORIGINAL TEXAS ARTIST FERGUSON OIL PAINTING FOLK ART $1,822.50

C Peterson ORIGINAL modern FOLKART sculpture SIGN ART painted OUT of WORK tools $1,817.00

48x48x1.5″█OIL▀PAINTING█ART█LARGE█BIG█PAINTINGS█FINE█RAW█MALE█REALISM█FOLK_POP█A $1,800.00

American Folk Art Painting of Little Girl Circa 1825 $1,800.00

Emma Schrock Folk Art 16″ by 12″ $1,795.00

c1920 Girl Knitting Folk Woman Antique Art Signed Oil Estate Painting $1,795.00

Folk Art Wood Carving Listed Folk Artist Albert Hoffman $1,750.00

Folk Art New England Oil on Canvas Painting/Circa 1860 $1,750.00