- Our list of the best things to do in Queens, New York, features the top 783 nearby activities — including 269 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- Queens, NY has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Entertainment & Shows, Museums & Galleries, and Sports & Fitness.
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Grab some friends and use those brains to sort out a selection of puzzles, tricks, and more
1.1 Miles
81%
57 votes
New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368
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The Queens Museum is a museum that presents art exhibitions, public programs, and educational experiences to the public. The museum is best known for its Panorama of the City of New York, a miniature 3-D representation of New York City.
9.3 Miles
90%
10 votes
West Pond, Cross Bay Blvd, Queens, NY 11693
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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a bird sanctuary with more than 330 avian species living over a variety of habitats, along with other native wildlife. They offer many ranger-led programs such as sunset tours, hikes, and boat trips.
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97%
32 votes
14 United Nations Avenue South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368
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Queens Theatre resides in a structure originally built for the 1964 World's Fair. With three performance areas, the theatre accommodates a large variety of productions and events. Guests appreciate the quality performances, parking, and cleanliness.
3.3 Miles
Surrounded by trees, Forest Park Skate Park is a public skating facility that welcomes skateboards, roller blades and roller skates only. It has a concrete surface and features ramps, quarter pipes, grind rails, a half pipe and other obstacles.
3.9 Miles
Named after the late Francis Lewis, Francis Lewis Park is a recreational park that features basketball courts, bathrooms, handball courts, and children's playgrounds. The park also includes spray showers and kayak launching sites.
6.7 Miles
Fun Time Pottery is a paint it yourself pottery studio that allows visitors to select works of pottery that they paint themselves. The studio then fires the works for the painters to take home.
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Also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway, a toll road that was in service until 1938, Motor Parkway is now a park area with a wealth of hiking and biking trails through a scenic natural area.
1.7 Miles
Opened in 2011, Elmhurst Park is a small neighborhood park that offers many different entertainment options for park-goers. These options include a large playground, jogging paths, a baseball field, and over 600 trees for shade.
3.4 Miles
Situated in a heavily wooded area, Bowne Park features a lake that can be used to fish and to view wildlife such as geese, swans and turtles. It has basketball and bocce courts, a playground and picnic areas.
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Visitors can take a wooden staircase down to the enjoy the sandy beaches of Fort Tilden. The park includes a gravel path for biking and fort buildings from the Vietnam War era.