Find all your shopping needs in bustling Queens, New York. Plus find businesses for local services.
Queens supports 10 CSAs, connecting neighborhoods to farms, and the number has gone up almost every year.
Best Farmers Markets in Queens? Your opinion on the best stands and best fruits and veggies at farmers markets in Queens, New York.
Guide to the Queens Center Mall, the biggest shopping destination in Queens. Anchored by Macy's and JCPenny, the mall is home to some 150 shops and restaurants.
Atlas Park, an unusual mall for Queens, opened April 2006 in Glendale, near the Queens neighborhoods of Middle Village and Forest Hills.
Shopping in Long Island City? What! Does that neighborhood even have a grocery store? The Hunters Point section of Long Island City is in the midst of massive change. Residential high-rises have soared, restaurants and bars multiplied, and even a beach has opened up. Shopping has started to change, too. Visit these offbeat local shops when you want a unique gift for that special person.
You can find almost anything you want at the three malls profiled in this article: the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst, the Bay Terrace Mall in Bayside, the Flushing Mall, and the land of malls on 20th Avenue in College Point.
Designer toys, a.k.a. vinyl toys or urban vinyl, are the coolest-looking toys you'll ever find, and you'll find a great selection and knowledgeable staff at Toy Qube in the Flushing Mall.
Tired of the shopping mall and chain stores? Queens has stores selling great, unique gifts at bargain prices. Check out these stores.
Downtown Flushing has it all—from Old Navy to Chinese herbalists—and they're all practically next to one another on Main Street. This article is a tour of local shops.
Window shop for saris and 22k gold jewelry on 74th Street in Jackson Heights, or check out an Indian and South Asian import shop for everything from furniture to incense.
Mimi's Closet is a new Astoria clothing boutique where designer Motomi Yamanobe – a.k.a. Mimi -- makes clothes just for you. – pick one of her designs, choose from her fabric collection, and she will tailor the clothes for a perfect fit. Plus from other designers there's jewelry and accessories, and, for guys, slick pants and jackets, plus vintage tees. At Mimi's you'll discover that you can dress your best in unique fashions without having to go to Manhattan.
Morning Glory in Flushing is all about the Hello Kitty. The business's website might say it's a fancy stationery store, but the focus is great Hello Kitty and other character-based accessories for grade-school and older girls.
The best reason to shop at the Slovak-Czech Varieties import store in Long Island City is the stock of wonderful wooden toys.
Queens makes for great moments on the big and small screens. Here are my top picks for movies and television set in Queens.
Hazel's House of Shoes in Bayside is a shoe lover’s hidden gem that carries a large selection of the latest brand-name women's shoes you’ll find in department stores, but with significant discounts.
Samurai, a relatively new addition to the jumble of Flushing shops across from Macy's on Roosevelt, is the Japanese take on the five-and-dime.
Farmers markets bring fresh, local produce to three locatios in Queens, New York. The Queens farmers markets are in Jackson Heights and Jamaica.
Jackson Heights is a great neighborhood for stocking up on Bollywood films and music. Bollywood is the name for the Indian film industry, and the many titles it produces annually. It is the second largest motion picture industry in the world, and its masala-style films invariably include plenty of song and dance.
At the gift shop for the Queens Museum of Art, you will find some of the most original souvenirs for New York City and Queens, including mementos from the 1965 World's Fair.
Use the Queens Pennysaver to buy and sell locally. To get the word out about lost pets in Queens, check "Rocky's Corner."
Singh's is known for supplying cricket sporting goods from its shop in Ozone Park.
