Flushing
The electric terminus of the 7 train and New York’s undisputed capital of regional Asian cuisine.
Step out of the Main Street–Flushing 7 train station and you enter one of the most dynamic commercial and culinary hubs in the Western Hemisphere. Originally chartered by Dutch settlers in 1645—where the Bowne House and Quaker Meeting House helped establish religious freedom in America—modern Flushing is a sensory feast of Shanghai soup-dumpling parlors, Sichuan dry-pot halls, Taiwanese bakeries, Korean barbecue along Union Street, and peaceful botanical gardens.
Must-Visit Spots
White Bear
Order item No. 6 at this cash-only counter: twelve delicate pork wontons bathed in house-roasted chili oil and crunchy pickled mustard greens.
135-41 Prince St
Flushing - Main St (7 / LIRR)
New World Mall Food Court
Nearly thirty pan-Asian stalls under one basement roof serving hand-pulled Lanzhou noodles, sizzling mala dry pot, and Taiwanese shaved snow.
136-20 Roosevelt Ave
Flushing - Main St (7 / LIRR)
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao & Shanghai You Garden
Steaming bamboo baskets of crab-and-pork soup dumplings pleated to order, paired with crispy pan-fried scallion pancakes.
39-16 Prince St & 135-33 40th Rd
Flushing - Main St (7)
Queens Botanical Garden
Thirty-nine acres of rose gardens, bee apiaries, and fragrance walks originally created for the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
43-50 Main St
Flushing - Main St (7)
Kingsland Homestead & 1694 Quaker Meeting House
Visit the oldest structure in Queens (1694) and the historic weeping beech park where Flushing’s early abolitionist and religious history unfolded.
137-16 Northern Blvd & 143-35 37th Ave
Flushing - Main St (7)
Unisphere & Queens Museum at Flushing Meadows
Walk through Flushing Meadows Corona Park to stand beneath the 140-foot stainless-steel Unisphere and see the 9,335-square-foot Panorama of the City of New York.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Mets - Willets Point (7)
Stories from Flushing
Flushing After Dark: The Definitive 7-Train Dumpling, Wonton & Charcoal Skewer Crawl
Within four blocks of the Flushing–Main Street station, you can feast on chili-oil wontons, hand-pleated soup dumplings, Peking duck buns, and cumin-spiced lamb skewers without spending twenty-five dollars.