"Q" gardens. Kew is the correct spelling. If you are only flying out of JFK, you might be able to find a place closer. Be prepared to live with a bunch of guys in a crashpad. The guy that owned my crash pad was pretty cool ... we did, however, have roughly five beds on the bottom floor, five on another, and as your "seniority" grew in the house, you moved up in floors and privacy. You could eventually get two or one to a one, but the reality is, you're there maybe one night a week if that.

If you have never lived in NY, it's an eye opening experience yet a rewarding experience. New Yorkers aren't as bad as the rest of the world makes them out to be. You can expect to pay 2-350 a month for a crash pad.

I rode the city bus most of the time and it's nothing to see another crew member standing on the bus in uniform with flight bag. Peak hours you never wait long for a bus. Off peak hours you can wait for as long as an hour. IF you have to live along a subway route, you can get a metro card (pass) which allows you to ride the subway for one portion and the bus for the next. If your money allows, you can use one of those fly-by-night car companys. You'll know them because nine times out of ten his lincoln will be driven by a middle-easterner who has lead build up in both feat and drives with one foot on the brake and the other on the gas. They are farely cheap ... much cheaper than the yellow taxis, but the yellow taxis are union.

It's safe, but I would probably ask people in your company where they stay. Kew gardens is flight attendant central and it's about equal distance between JFK and LGA. You have several bus lines right there and I think it's the F train over head. PM me if you have specific questions. I hope this helped.

Tom