Queens Night Market

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{{Short description|Annual summertime event in New York City}}

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|venue = Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

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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, New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.us/new-york/new-york-s-first-night-market-preps-for-spring-debut-in-queens/zsJocs---NRK3C7aY06BcY |title=New York's first night market preps for debut in Queens|first=Chester|last=Soria|date=March 19, 2015|publisher=Metro US|access-date=August 21, 2021}} The event launched in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in April 2015,{{Cite news|last=Miller|first=Jennifer|date=April 30, 2015|title=Squid Sticks After Dark at the Queens International Night Market|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/nyregion/queens-international-night-market-makes-debut.html|access-date=August 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} with 40 vendors.{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/new-york-voted-best-city-in-the-world-in-massive-worldwide-survey-031119|title=Citing its diversity and culture, NYC was voted best city in the world in new global survey|first=Will|last=Gleason|work=TimeOut|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=June 23, 2019 }} 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.{{cite web |last=Fortney |first=Luke |date=March 12, 2024 |url=https://ny.eater.com/2024/3/12/24098404/queens-night-market-reopening-dates-2024 |title=The Queens Night Market Returns With $6 Bites Next Month |website=Eater NY |access-date=July 28, 2024}} {{As of|2023}}, 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.{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/dining/best-nyc-restaurants.html |title=The 100 Best Restaurants in NYC|first=Pete|last=Wells|date=April 17, 2023|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=August 29, 2023}}

The market hosts independent vendors each night, selling food, art, and merchandise; as of 2019, it has featured food from over 80 countries.{{cite web|url= https://queenseagle.com/all/2019/4/2/7-exciting-facts-about-the-2019-queens-night-market |title=7 Exciting Facts About the 2019 Queens Night Market"|first=Victoria|last=Merlino|date=April 2, 2019|newspaper=Queens Eagle|access-date=August 21, 2021}} 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.{{Cite news|last=Fabricant|first=Florence|date=May 11, 2020|title=Relive Memories of the Queens Night Market|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/dining/queens-night-market-cookbook.html|access-date=August 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}

The event has ATMs, sells beer and wine,{{Cite news|last=Mishan|first=Ligaya|date=June 22, 2017|title=Around the World in an Evening at the Queens Night Market|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/dining/queens-night-market-review.html|access-date=August 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} 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.{{cite web | last=Warerkar | first=Tanay | title=Flushing's Crowd-Favorite Queens Night Market Is Planning a Spring 2021 Return | website=Eater NY | date=January 14, 2021 | url=https://ny.eater.com/2021/1/14/22228887/queens-night-market-return-nyc-summer-coronavirus | access-date=August 21, 2021}} It reopened with ticketed entry under public health regulations in June 2021{{cite web | last=Mohamed | first=Carlotta | title=Queens Night Market to return in June at reduced capacity – QNS.com | website=QNS.com | date=May 24, 2021 | url=https://qns.com/2021/05/queens-night-market-to-return-in-june-at-a-reduced-capacity/ | access-date=August 21, 2021}} and resumed regular operations in July 2021.{{cite news |last1=Dorgan |first1=Michael |title=Queens Night Market Will Be Free Starting This Weekend |url=https://sunnysidepost.com/queens-night-market-will-be-free-starting-this-weekend |access-date=July 18, 2021 |publisher=Sunnyside Post |date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718135429/https://sunnysidepost.com/queens-night-market-will-be-free-starting-this-weekend |archive-date=July 18, 2021}}{{cite web | last1=Keogh | first1=Elizabeth | last2=Wulfhorst | first2=Ellen | title=New Yorkers hungry for diverse food and festivities flock to reopened Queens Night Market | website=New York Daily News | date=July 19, 2021 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-queens-night-market-reopens-20210718-v6n6sdxowzgnxpkabbrqytvmze-story.html | access-date=August 21, 2021}}