I rarely ventured outside of Queens & when I did it was often simply as a spectator. I think the best races in NYC in terms of serious cars & big money was in Brooklyn or near JFK Airport. Of course most any area you'd find guys racing for hundreds & at times thousands of dollars, to say nothing of the side-bets, but to be privy to that stuff you had to know someone. for the older NYers a friend owned "Competition Speed", a shop in Jamaica, Queens and his shop alone supported 3 street racers I knew of, to say nothing of helping out customers like myself. I spent all my free time there either listening to stories, getting the latest info or simply advice from Larry on what I should be doing. Sadly guys & shops like that are long gone.