Forest Hills, NY
One day, I decided to go on an adventure with my children to the place I used to live spent my entire childhood! It took me a solid half hour to find parking in the area (Austin Street is nearly impossible, Queen Boulevard is your best bet), but it was all worth it in the end! Austin Street is super charming, especially during the Christmas season with its decorations. It has lots of commercial as well as boutique shops.
The neighborhood of Forest Hills, which you can access from any street off of Austin Street, is an upper middle class neighborhood modeled after the garden communities of England. There are many old Tudor-style homes and some of the streets are made entirely of cobblestone. The West Side Tennis Club here hosted the US Open until 1978! I particularly love the area around the neighborhood's elevated train station. If your children love "Thomas & Friends", be sure to take them upstairs to see the train track and marvel at the beauty of the station. This neighborhood is the closest you'll get to Europe in all of New York City! Tips: Go here during the last week of October or first week of November and just walk around the neighborhood (peak of fall foliage) and then go stroll on the hiking paths in nearby Forest Park.
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