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Useful is hopstop.com or you may call 718-330-1234 for bus and subway information from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Some  tips below:

By Subway

Take the #7.

The #7 train has been voted the best subway line in the city in "Straphanger" surveys, for cleanliness and quantity of trains. Trains marked on each car with a green lit circle are local, and the trains lit with a red lit diamond are express. The Sunnyside stations, 40th Street/Lowery and 46th Street/Bliss are only accessible from the local, so watch for the green circle. If you happen to get on an express #7 in error, no worries, you can just transfer at the next express station and backtrack.

Local and express trains alternate in both directions. You may pick up the number #7 in Manhattan at subway stations at Times Square, Fifth Avenue and Grand Central Station, which line up across 42nd Street west to east in Manhattan, in a free transfer from almost every other MTA line. Your metrocard allows for free transfer between bus and subway. From Manhattan, pick up the #7 eastbound towards "Flushing." From farther out in Queens, towards Sunnyside, pick up the #7 westbound towards "Manhattan." Getting to Sunnyside from Grand Central has been clocked at seventeen minutes in the best case scenario. For weekend travel, check to make sure trains are running normally.

A trick often used by Sunnysiders getting to and from Manhattan is to take the "N" train, which runs with no stops from 59th and Lexington in Manhattan to Queensborough Plaza in Long Island City. You can just get out of the car on one side of the platform, no stairs, and transfer on the other side of the platform to a local #7, skipping stops made on the #7 from Grand Central. It might not be a good idea to do this in chilly weather, because the "N" train, which continues to Astoria, runs less frequently than the #7, so you might have to wait in the outdoor Queensborough station in the cold.

Often confused is the Queensborough Plaza station and the Queens Plaza stations. You want the Queensborough Plaza. They are near each other and walkable but connect to different lines. If you get on a wrong train, just look at the subway maps posted everywhere to figure out how to get where you are going, or ask an MTA employee. If you ask a fellow rider, know that New Yorkers seem to hate to admit they do not know something, so discreetly double check responses. John Rocker made fun of the #7 and Queens, with all the different looking people, and he was right. We are a funny looking bunch (particularly members of the Chamber). Enjoy the view from the elevated perch of the #7; you may be right outside of Manhattan, but as you pass through Queens, you have a front row seat for one of the most interesting shows of your life; people, history, old industry, new entrepreneurial passion hearteningly manifest. The crime statistics of yesteryear have decreased dramatically; most of us ride the NYC public transportation without worry and with enjoyment. The trains are speedy, inexpensive and easy to navigate. (pjd/photo: dorfman)

By Bus

Bus service: B24, Q32, Q60, Q39

From Queens: Number #60 bus west along Queens Blvd to your destination.

From the Bronx: The QBX -1 from Coop City to Main Street Flushing, and transfer to the IRT number 7 train to 46th Street - Bliss Street station or 40th Street - Lowery Street station.  

From Manhattan: The M32 bus along Madison Avenue and across the Queensborough Bridge to Queens Boulevard to the stop of your destination. 

By Car

From Long Island or Queens: Follow the  Long Island Expressway west to 48 Street exit, turn left under viaduct then left again to 43 Street. Turn right (north). to Greenpoint Avenue, or continue on to Queens Boulevard.

From Brooklyn/Staten Island: Take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to Queens Boulevard west exit. You will pass on the left the Veterans Memorial Park (50th Street). Continue until you reach 47th Street.  To your right is Skillman Avenue, and to your left is Greenpoint Avenue.

From the Bronx: Take the Triborough Bridge to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway south, exit at Queens Boulevard west.  Continue on about a .3 mile. You will see a Veteran Memorial Park on your left and you are now entering the community of Sunnyside.

From Manhattan: Take the lower level of the Queensborough Bridge follow the road and it snakes into Queens Boulevard. When you pass the Citibank branch at the SW corner of 39th Street and Queens Boulevard, you have entered Sunnyside.

Many are afraid to drive in NYC and it can be harrowing, with dashing yellow taxis, and blind corners. Your main worry may be finding parking.

Note:  Manhattanites often refer to Queensborough Bridge as the 59th Street Bridge, which is not as correct as "Queensborough" or "Queensboro."  Construction on this beautiful bridge started July 19, 1901 and the bridge was opened to traffic on March 30, 1909.  The total length of bridge and approaches 7449 feet. There is no toll either way.