Meet our guide, Nikki.
As a 4th generation New Yorker, Nikki feels a great responsibility to dispel the "grumpy & jaded New Yorker" reputation by sharing the incredible, fun & friendly city she's always loved. Living in Queens, she's incredibly grateful for the insane variety of food just steps from her apartment from Australian to Czechoslovakian to Greek to Venezuelen (seriously, all within two blocks) and will try anything once. Nikki loves reading memoirs and history accounts to find new stories about the experiences of the people that have made up the greatest city in the world.
Special Skills: Can almost any meal with chopsticks.
What She Does on Her Days Off: Loves to take her dog to the park to play with all of the other dogs.
Why NYC Is So Great: It's just so incredibly diverse. You can be anybody with any random hobby or interest and there will be other people just like you. Everyone's super unique, but at the same time, everyone's a New Yorker.
As a 4th generation New Yorker, Nikki feels a great responsibility to dispel the "grumpy & jaded New Yorker" reputation by sharing the incredible, fun & friendly city she's always loved. Living in Queens, she's incredibly grateful for the insane variety of food just steps from her apartment from Australian to Czechoslovakian to Greek to Venezuelen (seriously, all within two blocks) and will try anything once. Nikki loves reading memoirs and history accounts to find new stories about the experiences of the people that have made up the greatest city in the world.
Special Skills: Can almost any meal with chopsticks.
What She Does on Her Days Off: Loves to take her dog to the park to play with all of the other dogs.
Why NYC Is So Great: It's just so incredibly diverse. You can be anybody with any random hobby or interest and there will be other people just like you. Everyone's super unique, but at the same time, everyone's a New Yorker.
For more of Nikki's Astoria picks, check out her map of the neighborhood.