juniper was like a 2nd home to me... played soccer there all the timeBorn in Manhattan, raised all over Queens: Astoria, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Maspeth (I.S. 73 holla).
Now that I have kids I'm on the Island. Different, but great life out here.
Still miss the summer nights in Queens, though. Handballs games in the dark at Juniper Park, some Gino's Italian ice on Steinway, inhaling White Castle belly-bombers across from Queens Center. Nothing like it.