In a Queens neighborhood with a diverse community of East Asian immigrants, an unlikely exhibition in an unexpected place offers a sense of belonging. By Aruna D’Souza The writer is an art critic and ...

To get from Manhattan to Flushing by public transport, your best bet is the 7 train, though chances are it won’t be your only train. If you live downtown, like me, but hanker for candied hawthorn on a ...

I was born in downtown Flushing, New York, in the post-1965 wave of South Asian immigration to the area. I spent a lot of time during my childhood there: my parents would park in Municipal Parking Lot ...

The How do you get to Flushing Creek? sign installation for City of Water Day (photo by Jonathan Baron) The How do you get to Flushing Creek? sign installation for City of Water Day (photo by Jonathan ...

Flushing Creek is one of the most polluted bodies of water in Queens, home to a century of oil spills and raw sewage. Made famous in literature as The Great Gatsby’s “valley of ashes,'' the shoreline ...

Flushing-Main Street, the last stop on the 7 subway in outer Queens, occupies a curious place in the minds of New Yorkers. Foodies and bloggers have embraced the Flushing neighborhood, discussing ...