Gantry Plaza State Park, New York

New York is not just the city of superlatives and the city of unlimited possibilities. Believe it or not, in the middle of the big city jungle and the honking yellow cabs there are some really very romantic locations that are particularly popular with couples.

Long Island City in Queens is a booming bohemian neighborhood on the East River. Just one subway stop from Manhattan, Long Island City in Queens is the closest Williamsburg to insiders (you know: the Mecca of the hip, creative residents of Brooklyn). There are few tourists in Long Island City because many either don’t know it or think it is too dangerous, which is absolutely not true.