HOME SWEET HOME! WELCOME BACK TO QUEENS.  BUT DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE YET.  WE ARE GOING TO TOUR OUR OWN BOROUGH.  WHY YOU ASK?  QUEENS IS THE LARGEST BOROUGH IN SIZE AND THE SECOND LARGEST IN POPULATION.  BESIDES OUR HOME AND SCHOOL, THERE ARE MANY THINGS TO DO AND SEE HERE.

FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK - LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS WE READ ABOUT, THERE IS ICE SKATING, BASEBALL FIELDS, RUNNING, SKATING, BICYCLE PATHS.  IT IS ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE WORLD'S FAIR IN THE 1960'S.  HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT LARGE GLOBE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK?

THE HALL OF SCIENCE - NEW YORK'S CITY'S LARGEST INTERACTIVE SCIENCE MUSEUM.  UNLIKE OTHER MUSEUMS, HERE YOU CAN TOUCH, TRY, AND EVEN RIDE SOME EXHIBITS.  IT ALSO HAS A LARGE PLAYGROUND WITH A GIGANTIC SEE SAW, SIMPLE WATER MACHINES, AND A GIANT CLIMBING NET.

CITIFIELD - THE NEW HOME OF THE NEW YORK METS.  THEIR PREVIOUS FIELD WAS CALLED SHEA STADIUM.  THE FIELD IS LOCATED BY FLUSHING MEADOWS AND YOU CAN GET THERE BY CAR OR THE ELEVATED NUMBER 7 TRAIN.  ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ROOSEVELT AVENUE IS THE HOME OF THE US OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

AIRPORTS - NEW YORK CITY'S TWO MAJOR AIRPORTS ARE LOCATED IN QUEENS: 1. JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. 

BRIDGES - THERE ARE MANY BRIDGES THAT CONNECT QUEENS WITH THE REST OF NEW YORK CITY.  THESE BRIDGES INCLUDE THE QUEENSBORO BRIDGE AND THE WHITESTONE BRIDGE.