Sunnyside

Its best-known blocks belong to Sunnyside Gardens, a planned garden community built in the 1920s around shared interior courtyards, now a city historic district. Around it are brick apartment buildings, rowhouses and Tudor-style co-ops. Corbel & Stoop's walk-ups here are Bliss Street Court and The Lowery.

Dining, shopping and entertainment

Skillman Avenue, Greenpoint Avenue and Queens Boulevard carry the neighborhood's restaurants, from Irish pubs to Colombian, Turkish, Romanian and Nepali kitchens. The Lowery Bar & Kitchen is a 2-minute walk, Chakra Cafe is about a minute away and 1 Buen Sabor Bakery is 3 minutes on foot. Parrot Coffee Market Place, 3 minutes away, is a well-stocked international grocery, and Melting Cups is a 4-minute walk.

The neon Sunnyside arch over Queens Boulevard at 46th Street marks the center of the neighborhood, and the seasonal greenmarket on Skillman Avenue brings regional farms to the block.

Parks and the outdoors

The interior courtyards of Sunnyside Gardens give the historic blocks a green, open feel, and Sunnyside Gardens Park offers members tennis courts, ball fields and a playground. Lou Lodati Playground and Torsney Playground add courts and play space, and Gantry Plaza State Park on the Long Island City waterfront is a short ride west. Calvary Cemetery's rolling hills, a short trip away, frame some of the best Manhattan skyline views in Queens.

Getting around

The 7 local stops at 40 St-Lowery St, 46 St-Bliss St and 52 St, each about 4 minutes from the nearest Corbel & Stoop building, and reaches Grand Central in roughly 15 minutes, with transfers to the E/M and G at Court Sq along the way. Queens Boulevard has a protected bike lane, and the Long Island Expressway and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel are close by car.