Queen's Park is unlike any other residential neighbourhood in Metro Vancouver. More than 300 single-family houses built before 1941 still stand on generous lots in a twenty-block grid on the eastern side of New Westminster, and the Queen's Park Heritage Conservation Area — formally established in 2017 — protects them with legally binding guidelines on exterior alterations, additions, even paint colours. Walking the streets feels genuinely like walking into Victoria or a small New England city: Queen Anne Revivals, Craftsman bungalows, Edwardian foursquares, and the occasional outsized three-storey grandiose on a corner lot, all on shaded streets lined with mature oaks and chestnuts.

The neighbourhood is named after the park at its centre — Queen's Park proper, a 75-acre public park with tennis courts, two playgrounds, a free summer petting zoo, the Queen's Park Stadium (home of the New Westminster Salmonbellies lacrosse team), and the Queen's Park Arena. In summer the rose garden and the Vagabond Players outdoor theatre are the draws; in winter the indoor pool and arena take over.

The trade-off of living in Queen's Park is that the housing stock is genuinely old and expensive to maintain, and the heritage rules mean you can't modernize freely. Rentals in the neighbourhood are rare (it's overwhelmingly owner-occupied) but heritage houses do list suites occasionally — a basement one-bedroom in a character home typically runs $1,700–2,100. For families specifically drawn to heritage character on a budget below the Vancouver Westside equivalent, Queen's Park is the only real option in Metro Vancouver.