sunday walk
We traveled light, with just a camera and a notebook and keys and wallets in my little messenger bag. We took the subway down to QB Plaza and walked west along Queens Plaza South and then down 11th street and over to Vernon Blvd.
I took pictures of a strange abandoned building and we kept going down Vernon amidst shuttered warehouses and factories with names like “Scapucci and Sons” and “All Windows, Inc” until we started seeing signs of life, like churches and schools.
Vernon quickly became this pretty neighborhood-y stretch of road with shops and bakeries and even an abandoned old Knights of Columbus storefront. We walked down to see the old Pepsi-Cola sign, we had delicious espresso at Brasil Coffee House (now with real Brasilians!) and decided to grab a bite to eat. Cafe Henri just presented itself, right there at 50th avenue and Vernon, and it didn’t disappoint. I had a delicious croque messieur and a much needed coca-cola glacee.
We started back up Vernon and had a sundowner at the LIC Bar which I’ll be lobbying to revisit on lazy Queens afternoons this summer. We walked all the way home, flagging so much at the end that I was getting a little loopy. And hey, we even found where they’ve been keeping the 18th century these days!
As always, we asked for adventure of Queens – and Queens, she did not disappoint.

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