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Bayside

Bell Boulevard's bars and Korean kitchens on Northern Boulevard, with a Civil War fort at the bay.

Bayside is northeast Queens at its most comfortable: Tudor and colonial houses, a commuter train, Little Neck Bay at the edge of things. Bell Boulevard runs through the middle of it — named not for the inventor but for Abraham Bell, a Quaker shipping merchant who bought about 250 acres here in 1824 — and its blocks near the LIRR station have long been the neighborhood's going-out street, with pubs, restaurants and a weekend crowd.

Northern Boulevard tells the newer story. Bayside is one of the stops on the Korean corridor that runs east from Flushing to the Nassau line, and the boulevard and the stretch of Bell Boulevard near it are dotted with Korean barbecue rooms, noodle shops, bakeries and cafés that draw families from across the borough and Long Island.

At the bay end of Bell Boulevard, Fort Totten is the surprise: a stone fort begun in 1862, its old parade grounds and officers' houses now part of a city park, with the Gothic Revival officers' club — called the Castle — home to the Bayside Historical Society.

Pubs and restaurants on Bell Boulevard by the LIRR

Korean dining rooms along Northern Boulevard

A Civil War-era fort on Little Neck Bay

Tudor houses and a commuter-town calm

Local notes

Bell Boulevard

Once an unpaved lane across Abraham Bell's farm, now Bayside's main dining and drinking street from the LIRR station north toward 35th Avenue. A rare cobblestone house built in 1905–06 at 35-34 Bell Boulevard is a designated city landmark.

Fort Totten

Construction began in 1862 on what was first called the Fort at Willets Point, renamed Fort Totten in 1898. Much of it is now a city park and historic district; the 1870s officers' club, the Castle, houses the Bayside Historical Society and its exhibitions.

Northern Boulevard

Bayside's stretch of the boulevard is part of the Korean corridor from Flushing to the Nassau line — barbecue houses and soup specialists with parking lots, plus bakeries and cafés for after.

Through the lens

Fort Totten's stone batteries and the bay behind them are best in late afternoon; the Throgs Neck Bridge makes a strong backdrop from the waterfront. Bell Boulevard is a night street — shoot the signage from the median at blue hour.

Editorial draft — core details last reviewed October 13, 2026. Confirm practical details with the official site before you go.

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