Things to Do in Downtown Flushing: Food, Streets, and Transit

For things to do in downtown Flushing, start by getting your bearings around Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Flushing–Main Street is the Queens terminal of the 7 subway line, and the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington Branch also stops at Main Street.

Downtown Flushing is about a 17-minute walk from Hotel Indigo: Flushing - LaGuardia By IHG. The hotel is also about a six-minute walk from Flushing–Main Street station, which makes the station a handy point to keep in mind as you plan your route.

If you’re arriving from La Guardia Airport, it’s about a 10-minute drive from the hotel; see this guide to getting from La Guardia Airport to Flushing.

Main Street and the blocks around it are useful areas to orient yourself before you choose where to eat. The available details here don’t identify individual restaurants, so check current listings for places that suit your plans rather than relying on a particular venue being open.

Once you have a spot in mind, use Flushing–Main Street as a reference point for walking around downtown. If you’re combining a meal with a cultural stop, Flushing Town Hall is at 137-35 Northern Boulevard, at Linden Place, a five-minute walk from the 7 train’s Main St/Flushing stop.

The 7 train connects Main St–Flushing with 34th–Hudson Yards. Local trains run at all times; express trains operate toward Manhattan on weekday mornings and toward Queens on weekday afternoons and evenings. For regional rail, Main Street is also on the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

Flushing–Main St is an accessible 7 station, with an elevator on Roosevelt Avenue, east of Main Street. If you’re using the train, check current service alerts and the Port Washington Branch timetable before setting out, since schedules and service can change.

Downtown Flushing’s historic sites offer a different kind of outing from the station-area streets. Bowne House, at 37-01 Bowne Street, was built circa 1661 and is one of New York City’s oldest buildings.

John Bowne was arrested for allowing Quakers to meet for worship in his home; the resulting trials became an early appeal for religious tolerance in the New World.

Kingsland Homestead, at 143-35 37th Avenue, is one of the few surviving 18th-century homes in Queens. It became a New York City Landmark in 1965 and moved to Weeping Beech Park in 1968.

To reach it from the 7 train, get off at Main Street, walk two blocks east on Roosevelt Avenue to Bowne Street, turn left, and continue through Margaret Carman Green Park.

For more background on these sites, use this guide to John Bowne House and Kingsland Homestead to plan a history visit.

Flushing Town Hall hosts year-round events rather than keeping regular public opening hours. Check its event listings before building a visit around a performance or program. Wheelchair users and people with limited mobility can use a public elevator inside and a lift at the front entrance; the theater balcony is not wheelchair accessible.

Bowne House tours and Kingsland Homestead visits have specific schedules and ticket requirements. Bowne House lists guided tours on Wednesdays, beginning at 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:15 p.m.; each lasts about 45 minutes.

Admission is $10 general, $8 for students, and $5 for youth under 14, with free entry for members. Regular-tour tickets are available at the door, with no advance registration required. Confirm the operator’s current tour calendar before visiting.

Kingsland Homestead guided tours run from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and require an advance timed ticket. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students, seniors, veterans, and visitors with disabilities.

Members and children under 12 enter free; a care partner accompanying a visitor with a disability also enters free. The first floor is wheelchair accessible, and Weeping Beech Park can be accessible when arranged ahead of time.

Before you go, check the official site for current transit alerts, event listings, and tour details.

The Q1, Q13, Q25/34, Q28, Q44, Q65, and Q66 buses are within walking distance of Flushing Town Hall. For a park visit, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is about a 20-minute walk from the hotel. Citi Field is also about a 20-minute walk from the hotel, giving you two nearby options beyond the downtown streets.