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    Maruko X.

    The Queensboro Bridge connects the Long Island City neighborhood and the East Midtown and Upper East Side neighborhoods in Manhattan, and I like the view passing over Roosevelt Island. It's an old cantilever bridge with over a hundred years of history.

    Ian M.

    I write to report news. This morning, I did my usual duathlon (bike-ride; a biathlon is shooting and skiing). I do this monthly, a 10 mile plus trip from Queens to Manhattan. I am pleased to say that I was berated. Permit me to explain. I have said here, and complained to public officials, that this bridge is dangerous. Bicyclists and pedestrians are crowded together. They have had plans for some time. They implemented the policy, as of May 2025. Thus there is a side for bicyclists and a side for pedestrians. That is a considerable improvement. I didn't know. I do now. I want to share the information. What an improvement.

    Going across the Queensboro Bridge
    Winny L.

    When going into Queens from Manhattan, usually go through the Queensboro Bridge. Two levels to get across...with construction at times so pay attention if upper and lower roadways are open or closed. Bumpy most of the time due to construction and may be backed up during rush hours and/or weekends. Getting into and off the bridge each side - must pay attention with the merge of vehicles. No tolls going onto the bridge on either side. Nice view of the water going across. The entrance going into Queens is right across from the Roosevelt Island Tram. Going into the city, must pay attention if going onto or upper roadway as it's very narrow and must drive slowly. Options to also walk across or bike across the bridge as well. Be safe on the road.

    Deborah L.

    In all it's splendor the Bridge that inspired poets and song writers. And it's free! What a site to behold and I'm blessed to see it out my window. Grateful to enjoy a walk next to the River and to the Bridge every day. Love the benches and it's kept really clean. The best things in life can be free! Fantastic place to exercise, catch some Sun and fresh air and smile at a neighbor.

    Matthew S.

    *Bom Bom Bom* This is the plaintiff, the Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, one of the oldest bridges to traverse the East River. Opened in 1909, it is one of the more marvelous structures in New York City. Part of New York lore and pop culture, passing over Roosevelt Island, it has one of the more gothical styles of pre-twentieth century dark age feel. It is both pedestrian and cyclist friendly. It is suing for $1 billion for proper claim to the name! Plaintiff: Queensboro Bridge (59th Street Bridge) Length: 1135 miles Tolls: None Amount: $1 billion for true New York naming rights *Bom Bom Bom* This is the defendant, the Ed Koch Bridge. He claims to be the righteous name owner of the bridge in the past 10 years. He thinks all this name blasting is completely unfounded and deserves all the accolades! After all, how many bridges come right into Queens and dump you right onto 3 subway lines (N, W, and 7). The defendant is countersuing, for lost wages and pain and suffering for 102 years. Rush hour traffic? Get out of town! Defendant: Ed Koch Bridge Countersuing for mental distress and lost income -- *What you are about to see is real. These bridges are NOT actors. Both bridges have agreed to drop their claims and have their case settled here, in this forum, on... Yelp!

    Towards Manhattan
    Steve A.

    Another bridge. It isn't the most beautiful big it's fun to walk across when the weather is good. Queensboro Bridge connects Manhattan and Queens. Compared to other bridges in the city it's not as nice. This doesn't have as many pedestrians. As a bridge it carries a large amount of traffic between the boroughs. It basically is the main bridge between Manhattan and Queens. This gets you from Midtown to Long Island City, so obviously it's more desirable heading west. It also has a walkway on the north side. This has lanes for bicycles and pedestrians, and it's very loud with all the traffic. One good thing is that it's not as popular as the other bridges. You can get from side to side and not have to go through a crowd. It looks ugly for a bridge. Seeing the views is much more enjoyable. This gives you one of the best views of Roosevelt Island and East River.

    09/26/19
    Marianne W.

    Historic Bridges surround the Island of Manhattan. I'm very interested in the history and engineering of our landmark bridges. In my eyes they are a beautiful masterpiece of art. I'm a morning person. When I walk in this neighborhood it's early. I find it hard to capture the photos with the sun in my eyes. I've tried to post a few from over the past few years. It's a wonder to me. If you enjoy bridges visit the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge. You may be the type of Yelper to post the history and highlights of the bridge in your review. I'm not one of those Yelpers. If you want to learn more go to Wikipedia. That's my favorite place for info. Remember that you have plenty of food and things to see in this neighborhood. The Roosevelt Island Tram runs parallel with the bridge. That's a good way to be up high and get a closer look at the bridge. Plus you can see the complete expanse traffic and all! One final word for the wise, watch crossing the street and walking in this area. The ins and outs of traffic entering and exiting the bridge can be confusing.

    Rita L.

    Great way to get in and out of the city, and it's freeee! :) I've passed it so many times and finally posting a review, really convenient!

    Koch and learn
    Fox E.

    I love this bridge, and Barbi does too, just ask her, she'll tell you "I love the Koch", in fact she says that to me on an almost nightly basis, and I think she's referring to this bridge?.. She certainly means the Ed Koch, or the "Ed of the Koch" as she calls it (not sure why?..) Links Midtown Manhattan (for free) with my fave borough, named after Queens Latifah and the band "Queens". Their best known hits are "LaGuardian Rhapsody", "Princes Of The Unisphere", "Killer Queens", "Mets Are The Champions", and the theme from "Flushing Gordon." Other musicians sing of Queens: "Flush, Flush (ing)" by Paula Abdul (with Kissena-nu Reevs in the video), "My Corona" by the Knack, "Such Great Jackson Heights" by the Postal Service, "The Forest Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Music" by Julie Andrews, and "Astoria My Life" by One Direction (renamed Jandoerection on Yelp). Also "Hollis-back Girl" by Gwen, "Right Bayside You" by Sophie B Hawkins, "Kew For The Summer" by Demi Lovato, "So Fresh Meadows, So Clean" by OutKast, "The Way Jamaica Me Feel" by MJ. The Queensboro Bridge is one of my favourite bridges in the world, as it goes over Roosevelt Island in the middle, and it has the amazing cable cars hanging down beneath, and it has perfect trajectory to launch you from the most amazing place on earth (Queens NYC) into Midtown Manhattan. Going the other way, it gets you out of the madness, and drops you right into the heart of Long Island City and Astoria, which are amazing neighbourhoods in Queens, which is my favorite borough in New York, or any part of any town in the country really. Also it's a free bridge - unlike the nearby Queens-midtown-tunnel for which you have to pay in both directions. And honestly it's a pretty good option in terms of traffic as well. Most times of day anyway. Getting to it can be tricky but once you're on it, you're good. Getting off it can be tricky in Manhattan, but on the Queens side it gives you options (Northern/Queens Blvd/etc) which is helpful. When it descends it can be a little annoying on both sides, and that could be said about most transportation across water in the New York City greater area, but this is a legendary bridge for me. Best Queens Food list (in order) (not complete yet) https://www.yelp.com/collection/vp7kJovg5zvfiHt37NuClA My fave is: - Jugos Prontito - get a Cholado, the greatest drink in the world. Colombian juices, plus street burgers and dogs which are crazy. Plus: - Xi'an - spicy cumin lamb noodle (not soup), best Chinese food *ever* - Ganesh Temple - chili masala dosa, cheap & amazing - Sammy's - best Halal Cart *anywhere*, nearly 24 hrs - Sunnyside Pizza - garlic bread slice, best in NYC - Parceros Colombian Bakery - guava pastry, chorizo w/green salsa & salt potato - Lemon Ice King of Corona - amazing lemon ice - Las Americas Bakery - good coffee, incredible raspado - Arepa Lady 2 - choclo arepa w/ chorizo - wow - Brooklyn Bagel - everything bagel w/ jalapeno asiago cream cheese, best in city - Hyderabadi Biryani, Seva - amazing Chx Tikka Masala @ both - St James Deli - chorizo & egg tacos or sandwich - 24 hrs - BZ Grill - Athens Pork Gyros - Arepas Cafe - amazing, get Pabellon Arepa & Brown Sugar Lemonade - Starry Bakery - best Portuguese Custard Tarts. The Queens of Tarts - Tacos Al Suadero - 24 hr tacos, best horchata I've *ever* had - The Haab - try Huevos Tapatios - White Bear - #6 so good, it hurts. Dumplings - Nan Xiang - more amazing dumplings - Eddie's Sweet Shop - best coffee ice cream ever - Grill Point - Israeli - Rincon Criollo - Cuban, get Ropa Vieja - Lali Guras - Nepalese - King Souvlaki, Xinjiang BBQ, King of Falafel - food stands, various amazing treats I also like that the Queens Yelp CM is so awesome. I consider him a friend. Usually when the cops investigate a nameless male, it's a "John Doe." However, in Queens, it's a "Jan Do."

    Running across the Queensboro Bridge during the NYC Marathon.
    Kwame S.

    So many names for one bridge - Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, Queensboro Bridge, and 59th Street. Whichever name you prefer, I love, Love, LOVE this bridge especially with its gothic architecture. Also, the bridge provides wonder views of Queens, Roosevelt Island, and the East River. Actually, I think one (or more) of the Batman movies was filmed on the bridge. Although I do not drive a whole lot in NYC, I used to love riding my bicycle or running over this bridge commuting two and from work. It's a great way to fit in a hill workout when training. As a matter of fact, I try to incorporate this bridge in my marathon training because it is a tough bridge to climb after running 15 or so miles. Although there is a pedestrian and biking lane, you have to be respectful and to share the lanes. For example, the biking lane is not wide enough for two cyclists to pass each other going in the same or opposite direction. If you plan to drive over the Bridge, your best option is to take the upper level . . . if you can.

    Victor H.

    Recommend going the upper bridge as it is more fluid and the road is better kept than the lower bridge. I got a huge nail at the lower bridge in the past. But I never got anything into my car by going thru upper bridge. Upper bridge is the way to go! :)

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    I take the Ed Koch bridge going home from manhattan and most of the time it run smoothly

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    It's still free ! Resisting money hungry politicians to charge a tool. Still a free East river crossing. Also , beautiful bridge.

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    Grand Central Terminal - Inside terminal

    Grand Central Terminal

    4.6(1.7k reviews)
    1.1 miMidtown East

    Beautiful and spacious terminal. The architecture is truly impressive. Especially after visiting…read moreother terminals in other countries, I've really come to appreciate how beautiful and grand this terminal is. It gets busy but that's to be expected. There's a dining hall downstairs with restrooms on the west and east side. There's plenty of food options but I can't speak on their affordability. The Vanderbilt hall is an open area and right now, they have a miniso popup with a YOYO installation. It's super cute to check out.

    Grand Central Station is one of the most ancient and historic landmarks of New York City. I…read moresometimes pass by here if I have any plans in midtown and the whole station is very nice to be in. I love the high ceilings and old marble all over the station. It smells really clean and fresh when I'm come here. There are elevators and escalators besides the stairs to get to your train. This station houses the Metro North trains and recently they started to have the LIRR but got to expand on that. The ticket booth looks very ancient and nice to buy tickets at. This train station hub is dimly lit with big heavy chandeliers. There are quite few wooden benches to rest in while you wait for your train. The cool thing about this train station is it connects to the MTA subway train lines of the 4, 5, 6, and 7.

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    Bowery Savings Bank Building

    Bowery Savings Bank Building

    5.0(3 reviews)
    1.1 miMidtown East, Murray Hill

    Tour historic buildings and designated landmarks of New York. Bowery Savings Bank building is one…read moreof many historic. Any history buff or avid amateur architecture enthusiasts would have a full appreciation and admiration of this stone building as old world architectural craft is no longer in use. This building still stands with the passage of time and nature's elements. The correct location of Bowery Savings Bank Building is in Chinatown, Lower Manhattan- NOT Midtown East, Murray Hill. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=132531

    You might find a few Bowery Bums in the doorway of the Bowery Savings Bank Building, but it's New…read moreYork, and more to the point it's the USA, and that goes with the territory. This building is very special to me because when I needed to get my citizenship it was here that my awesome lawyer (whose office is in the upper reaches of this magnificent building) helped me through the process and got me over the line - and I will always be grateful for that. He's David Gottfried of Gottfried & Gottfried, by the way. I would recommend him to anyone as the perfect immigration lawyer for my situation and I wish nothing but the best for him. As for the building it's a typical old rustic early 20th century New York stunner, and it seems haunted. They do make you go through a security check to get up inside here but then so does Barbie with her clients.

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    Van Gogh's Ear - Van Gogh's Ear, a public art sculpture by Elmgreen & Dragset

    Van Gogh's Ear

    5.0(3 reviews)
    1.1 miMidtown East, Midtown West

    Don't look for this work of art. It's not there. If you were lucky enough to see it, write a…read morereview. It's pretty cool if you stare and stare. Then all of a sudden you realize what you're looking at! My photos are from April 14, 2016. It was a beautiful Spring Day. I am enjoying reminiciing about today during the Arctic Blast!

    "Van Gogh's Ear", a public art sculpture by Elmgreen & Dragset, is in place at 30 Rockefeller…read morePlaza, right across the street from the entrance to Sak's 5th Ave. The sculpture, by the same duo that brought us the Prada Marfa Store in the middle of the Texas desert, is a tribute to the ready-made style of Marcel Duchamp. The sculpture is a 30 foot tall swimming pool, taken out of its normal context and displayed in its side with a diving board built in at the top. One of my favorite elements are the working lights on the inside left and right of the pool sculpture. Being that it's out of context - a recreational object in the middle of a commercial center - it creates a sense of longing and desire for recreation over industry and gives you an off-kilter feeling (why am I going to work when I could be swimming!). Overall a great piece of colorful public art at placed I a great spot for the perfect season. The piece is on display from April 13th though June 3rd, 2016. Catch it while you can!

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    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Plaque

    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Plaque

    5.0(1 review)
    1.1 miMidtown East

    "Don't know much about history Don't know much biology…read moreDon't know much about a science book Don't know much about the French I took" (Sam Cooke) I guess you can call me a history nerd. After all, I did major in history and rarely walk past a plaque or memorial or marker that I don't stop to read and more than likely Yelp. So when we were walking out to the street from Grand Central Station's Park Avenue/East 42nd Street entry and saw a wall plaque with the portrait of a familiar woman, I just had to stop and check it out. The portrait was of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Those of my generation will always remember the traumatic and terribly sad photographs of her from Dallas on November 22, 1963 with her pink pill box hat and her blood splattered pink dress. Twelve years after JFK's assassination the former First lady was engaged in a high stakes 1975 battle to save one of her hometown's iconic landmarks. At issue was a plan to take the wrecking ball to New York City's Grand Station Terminal and demolish it, just as Penn Station has been demolished and rebuilt in 1964. She became outraged when she learned of the plan and led a coalition of New Yorkers and the the Municipal Art Society to stop it. She was the star of a famous press conference from Grand Central and declared "If we don't care about our past we can't have very much hope for our future, we've all heard that it's too late, or that it has to happen, that it's inevitable. But I don't think that's true. Because I think if there is a great effort, even if it's the eleventh hour, then you can succeed and I know that's what we'll do." She also wrote an eloquent letter to NYC 's Mayor Beame and asked him "...is it not cruel to let our city die by degrees, stripped of all her proud moments, until there is nothing left of all her history and beauty to inspire our children? If they are not inspired by the past of our city, where will they find the strength to fight for her future? Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters..." The plaque was dedicated on June 24, 2014 to mark renovations to the station's main entrance. The renovations honor her legacy with photographs, a video display, and the plaque. The entry itself was renamed "The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Foyer".

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    Empire State Building - Photo opportunity with King Kong himself

    Empire State Building

    4.0(2.4k reviews)
    1.6 miKoreatown, Midtown West

    It's always been on my bucket list to visit this iconic building and in April of 2025 my son and…read moredaughter in law made it happen for me and my wife. I can't say enough about the trip overall but one moment stuck out that pulled at my heart strings. That moment was listening to Renita E. an ambassador of the Empire State Building reflecting upon her working on this very floor on 9/11. Her knowledge, kindness and grace touched all of us that day and her special acknowledgement of my son for bringing his parents across the country to create memories. Renita is a memory making saint. Thank you Renita!

    I hadn't visited the Empire State Building in probably 20 years, but I decided to visit with my…read morehusband last weekend. It's such a different experience now. 20 years ago, I remember just walking into the lobby, buying a ticket, and heading up to the observation deck. But today? You enter in a different spot, and it's a whole experience. There's a "museum" now and you can spend more time here than just taking in the views from the 86th floor. So why go? It was the world's tallest building when it was completed in 1931 and until the North Tower of the World Trade Center was completed in 1970. (Sad aside: It became NYC's tallest building again after 9/11 until was surpassed by One World Trade Center in 2012.) It features gorgeous art deco architecture and design. It's a cultural icon (one of my favorite parts of the museum experience was a room where you can see dozens of film clips which feature the Empire State Building). The new experience includes exhibits that explain the history, design, and construction of the building. What I learned about its construction was particularly interesting! The construction of the building involved more than 3,500 workers, many of who were Irish and Italian immigrants, and led to an unknown number of deaths of workers (official reports say 5, newspapers at the time reported higher numbers). While I felt this museum addition really added to the experience of visiting the Empire State Building, it has also certainly made visiting the building more expensive. So let's get down to the brass tacks. The base ticket (which gets you entry into everything up to the 86th floor) is $44 for adults, $42 for seniors, and $38 for children (plus a $5 booking charge for each transaction). If you want to visit the 102nd floor for that additional observation deck, it's $79 for adults, $77 for seniors, and $73 for children (plus the booking charge). Then there are ways to spend even more money: a Starbucks Reserve Sunrise ticket ($135 per person); an Express Pass (starting at $85/120 per person); a Premium Experience ($175 per person); and All-Access Tour ($500 per person)... I'm generally not into these expensive view experiences that have popped up all over NYC. But the Empire State Building is special. It's an icon and a view. But I still wasn't willing to pay $80 to visit, so we stuck with the base ticket that gets you access only to the 86th floor observatory. The 86th Floor Observatory contains an enclosed viewing gallery and open-air outdoor viewing area. It's the classic observatory you've seen in movies. And it was certainly enough for me - the museum and the 86th floor observatory! Don't miss/rush through the original main lobby as you leave the experience. Or - if you're not willing to pay for the experience to see the view - stop in at the lobby on its own - it's open to the public (follow the signs for the Starbucks Reserve which is entered through this lobby). The lobby is gorgeous - marble, terrazzo, a scale model of the building... But the highlight is that aluminum relief of the skyscraper as it was originally built (without the antenna). It's incredible. It's an icon for a reason, and it was fun to visit and to see it again after so many years. They've certainly made it more of an experience than it used to be (although now, you can't just pop by for the view on a pretty day, since it's prohibitively expensive for a quick visit), but I had a really good time.

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