41 Seaver Wy, Queens, NY 11368

Citi Field is a baseball stadium and home of the New York Mets, located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in Queens. This famous stadium was opened in 2009, and this is considered one of the most worth seeing in New York. Citi Field was once called Shea Stadium and it was built in 1964, but in December 2001 the city decided to give the New York Mets an opportunity to reconstruct Shea Stadium into Citi Field. In which the whole project was $900 million dollars and the stadium was open to the public, late March of 2009 just before the MLB 2009 Opening Day season.

Citi Field is filled with many features that gives people many excitement to see, for example at the front entrance of Citi Field has a Rotunda named after the legendary Jackie Robinson; Robinson was known for being the first Black Baseball Player to ever play and the owners of Citi Field wanted to show their respect by naming the Rotunda after him. Another great feature that this stadium has is whenever a New York Mets player hits a homerun, an apple with the team logo appears to represent NYC’s nickname “The Big Apple”.

How do I get there?

Citi Field is located at 41 Seaver Wy, in Queens. There are many options that can be taken to the stadium. First choice is by train, you can use the subway by using the number 7 train at the Mets-Willets Point Station. Another option you could use is by using the letter N or W trains that transfers to number 7 which makes a stop at Queensboro Plaza. The last choices via trains are using Long Island Railroad (LIRR), Metro-North Railroad (MNR), and NJ Transit (NJT), the Long Island Railroad has a more direct line to Citi Field but the Metro-North Railroad and NJ Transit you would to change multiple trains in order to reach Citi Field. You could also use the bus, in Queens by riding the Q48 bus it has stops adjacent to the stadium on Roosevelt Avenue and you could also ride the Q19/66 bus that makes stops on Northern Boulevard. There are many more buses that help you reach Citi Field by riding a bus that uses the number 7 train route.

How is the Neighborhood?

The stadium isn’t really surrounded by many restaurants or bars but it is not too far away from some of the surrounding neighborhoods such as Queen’s Chinatown by Flushing-Main St. This part of Queens has many unique Asian restaurants like Lao Gao BBQ New York Restaurant which serves delicious meats as well as their special seafood choices. Another outstanding restaurant that has very great reviews is called Alley 41. This restaurant has been in the neighborhood for many years and its food is also very tasty and has a great atmosphere, also nearby these restaurants lies a mall called New World Mall, this remarkable mall has many features that don't make it just any common mall, it has a supermarket, many retail stores, food court and it has a karaoke. You will enjoy Flushing’s neighborhood as it has many things to do and culture to explore.

Author: Mark Estades

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