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Trader Joe's - Rego Park - Update
Taking the subway to Continental Ave would likely require 2 buses to get to the new Trader Joe's which is not in Forest Hills proper. If you must take an express train, do get off at Continental (or take LIRR there). The shorter bus route (Q11) would take you more directly to the intersection of Woodhaven Blvd & Metropolitan Ave (where the store is) from the Woodhaven Blvd subway station (where Queens Center mall is) of the V/R trains. This is less onerous than Continental Ave stop for Queens residents like me but if I was in walking distance to the one in Union Square I would not bother taking public transport to the store in Queens.
While it may have made sense on the surface to put the TJ near the Queens Mall, that area is a total traffic nightmare for people with cars (and no subway access) and for the people to live there who have been opposed to new large stores in the area (they successfully scared Wal-mart away).
