Murray Hill Neighborhood Guide

Murray Hill is a residential neighborhood in northeastern Queens where suburban New York meets a deeply rooted Korean American community, producing one of the city's most distinctive combinations of detached homes with driveways and some of the best Korean barbecue and karaoke outside of Seoul. The streets here are lined with single and two-family houses, a rarity this close to Manhattan, and the commercial stretch along Northern Boulevard draws diners from across the borough for its banchan spreads, late-night grilling, and specialty grocery stores. Access to Midtown is reasonably direct by bus or the Long Island Rail Road, making the neighborhood a practical choice for families who want breathing room without fully leaving the city behind. Parking is a genuine part of daily life here, both the convenience of having a driveway and the occasional frustration of alternate side rules on the surrounding streets.