Queens Night Market Explained

Queens Night Market
Status:Active
Begins:April
Ends:October
Frequency:Annually
Venue:Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Location:Queens, New York, U.S.
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Attendance:20,000 nightly (2023)
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The Queens Night Market, also known as the Queens International Night Market, is a night market in Queens in New York City, United States.[1] The event launched in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in April 2015,[2] with 40 vendors.[3] Since then, it operates on Saturday nights from April through October, except for a break when the US Open tennis tournament is held within the park.[4], the event averages around 20,000 visitors on Saturday nights.

The market was named the #9 best restaurant in New York City by The New York Times in 2023.[5]

The market hosts independent vendors each night, selling food, art, and merchandise; as of 2019, it has featured food from over 80 countries.[6] When it launched in 2015, it introduced a $5 price cap on all food available for sale at the event. The price cap has since been raised to $6.

A cookbook with vendor stories and recipes, The World Eats Here: Amazing Food and the Inspiring People Who Make It at New York's Queens Night Market by John Wang and Storm Garner, was published in 2020.[7]

The event has ATMs, sells beer and wine,[8] and hosts live entertainment each Saturday night. To date, the event has hosted approximately 200 free live performances.

The event was paused during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020.[7] [9] It reopened with ticketed entry under public health regulations in June 2021[10] and resumed regular operations in July 2021.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New York's first night market preps for debut in Queens. Chester. Soria. March 19, 2015. Metro US. August 21, 2021.
  2. News: Miller. Jennifer. April 30, 2015. Squid Sticks After Dark at the Queens International Night Market. en-US. The New York Times. August 21, 2021. 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: Citing its diversity and culture, NYC was voted best city in the world in new global survey. Will. Gleason. TimeOut. March 11, 2019. June 23, 2019 .
  4. Web site: Fortney . Luke . March 12, 2024 . The Queens Night Market Returns With $6 Bites Next Month . Eater NY . July 28, 2024.
  5. Web site: The 100 Best Restaurants in NYC. Pete. Wells. April 17, 2023. The New York Times. August 29, 2023.
  6. Web site: 7 Exciting Facts About the 2019 Queens Night Market". Victoria. Merlino. April 2, 2019. Queens Eagle. August 21, 2021.
  7. News: Fabricant. Florence. May 11, 2020. Relive Memories of the Queens Night Market. en-US. The New York Times. August 21, 2021. 0362-4331.
  8. News: Mishan. Ligaya. June 22, 2017. Around the World in an Evening at the Queens Night Market. en-US. The New York Times. August 21, 2021. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: Warerkar . Tanay . Flushing's Crowd-Favorite Queens Night Market Is Planning a Spring 2021 Return . Eater NY . January 14, 2021 . August 21, 2021.
  10. Web site: Mohamed . Carlotta . Queens Night Market to return in June at reduced capacity – QNS.com . QNS.com . May 24, 2021 . August 21, 2021.
  11. News: Dorgan . Michael . Queens Night Market Will Be Free Starting This Weekend . July 18, 2021 . Sunnyside Post . July 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210718135429/https://sunnysidepost.com/queens-night-market-will-be-free-starting-this-weekend . July 18, 2021.
  12. Web site: Keogh . Elizabeth . Wulfhorst . Ellen . New Yorkers hungry for diverse food and festivities flock to reopened Queens Night Market . New York Daily News . July 19, 2021 . August 21, 2021.

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