Queens
Sublets in Sunnyside
Garden-city & easy
Sunnyside Gardens was built in the 1920s as an experiment in shared courtyards and light, and it is still the quietest housing in the city this close to Manhattan. Ten minutes to Grand Central on the 7, and a main street that has resisted becoming anything other than itself.
Also known as
Sunnyside takes in Sunnyside Gardens and Blissville. Listings in any of them show up here.
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What's in Sunnyside
Names a local would drop, and what each one actually is. Tap any to see it on a map.
culture
Sunnyside Gardens
A 1920s garden-city experiment built around shared courtyards, landmarked and still working as intended.
park
Sunnyside Gardens Park
A private park the neighborhood runs itself, one of only a handful left in the city.
food
Queens Boulevard
Turkish, Romanian, Nepalese and Colombian within a few blocks of each other, under the elevated 7.
activity
Bliss Street station
Ten minutes to Grand Central on the 7, which is the whole argument for living here.
park
Windmuller Park
Ballfields and a hill on the eastern edge, busy with league games most weekends.
What Sunnyside is like
Dining
Genuinely international for a small main street. Turkish, Nepalese, Romanian, Colombian and Irish.
Nightlife
Old pubs and a few newer bars. Low-key and local.
Green space
Sunnyside Gardens Park and Windmuller Park, with Astoria Park a short ride north.
Getting around
- 740th St-Lowery St/46th St-Bliss St/33rd St-Rawson St
1subway line
Why people sublet here
- Sunnyside Gardens, a landmarked garden-city experiment
- Ten minutes to Midtown on the 7
- Turkish, Romanian, Irish and Mexican food within a few blocks
- Much cheaper than Long Island City next door