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Oakland Gardens Queens, NY

A park-like neighborhood in the historic borough of Queens

Urban Walkable Public Transportation

Set between Alley Pond Park and Cunningham Park just south of Little Neck Bay, is Oakland Gardens, a classic Queens neighborhood complete with numerous apartment buildings, brownstones, and single-family free-standing home rentals. 73rd Avenue and Bell Boulevard house diners, doughnut shops, and grocery stores, while the rest of the area is predominately residential. Oakland Gardens sits between two sprawling parks, with Alley Pond Park to the east, and Cunningham Park to the west. These green spaces make it easy to step out of the bustling grid of the New York City area and relax. However, this being a New York City borough neighborhood, there’s plenty of public transportation to help you get around. There’s also no shortage of things to do in and around Oakland Gardens.

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Getting Around

Very Walkable

Walkability

80 / 100

Exceptional Public Transit

Transit

90 / 100

Moderately Drivable

Drivability

70 / 100

Very Bikeable

Bikeability

80 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 10 Minute Walk

Groceries

80 / 100

Great Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

80 / 100

Great Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

80 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

70 / 100

Recreation

Exceptional Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

100 / 100

Good Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

70 / 100

Local Vibe

Vibrant Atmosphere at Times

Vibrancy

40 / 100

Good Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

60 / 100

Not Noisy

Quiet Score

90 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Cunningham Park
  • Alley Pond Park
  • Alley Pond Environmental Center
  • Queens County Farm Museum
  • Crocheron Park

Airports

  • LaGuardia
  • John F Kennedy International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in September 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.