Bonus: Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred racing track. Spread over
445 acres, the facility can host more than 100,000 attendees at
a time and is one of the country’s biggest grossing venues. It is
world-renown as the host of Belmont Stakes, the Triple Crown’s
final leg (after the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes),
which takes place every June.
Belmont Park’s main track is 1.5 miles long, and the site
stretches from the Queens border to Elmont, Long Island, where
it is located. It first opened in 1905 before closing in 1963 and
reopening with a grandstand in 1968.
Inside scoop: Wilbur and Orville Wright, sibling inventors who
flew the first successful airplane, staged an international aerial
competition on the grounds that drew about 150,000 spectators
in 1910.
Address: 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont,
www.nyra.com/belmont.
Southeastern Queens
Restaurants
O Lavrador, 138-40 101st Avenue, Jamaica, 11435,
718-526-1526, www.olavradorrestaurant.com.
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Pa-Nash, 144-14 243rd Street, Rosedale, 11422,
718-978-6094, www.panashnyc.com.
Retro Bar & Restaurant, 248-06 Rockaway Boulevard,
Jamaica 11422, 347-894-3977.
T & G Flavors, 228-01 Linden Boulevard,
Cambria Heights, 11411, 718-712-2956.
The Nest, 125-17 101st Avenue, Richmond Hill, 11419,
718-847-4035, www.nestny.com.
Vintage Curry, 87-77 168th Street, Jamaica, 11432
718-206-4206, www.mainstreethub.com/vintagecurry.