Kew Gardens is cool. You take the Airtrain from terminal 2/3 to terminal 4 and get the Q10 bus to Metropolitan and Lefferts and then walk to your pad. It is about a 30 minute bus trip depending on traffic and the stops. In the morning you take the Qrunner to the airport or the Q10 bus. Qrunner is 7$ and leaves every half hour but only take 15 minutes to get to the terminal.

You can get a metro card at Albas deli for the Q10 bus which is 2$ a trip to the airport. The Q10 runs like every 10 minutes. You will be the only cracker on the bus but it is safe.

There is great Italian food and pizza at Dani's, a plethora of Chinese restaurants around the area and Albas which has great Cubana sandwiches. For night life there is the one and only Kew Club but the bartenders are really cool there. All of the pilots in the area slum there.

You can grab the LIRR right up the street and get into the city right at Penn station for 4$ offpeak. Or you can grab the Q10 to take you to the E train and ride right down to SOHO and party with the freaks in the village.

Its a great place to be!