Street Fairs 2012 - In Queens NY

Queens Street Fairs Popular

March 21, 2012 / Queens Buzz.  This report contains the dates and maps of most of the Queens Street Fairs and Festivals in the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City LIC, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona, Flushing, Forest Hills, Jamaica NY and more.

Click here to view our report, including links to maps, of Queens Street Fairs & Festivals 2012.

Shopping In Queens - Shops

Astoria, LIC, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside & Woodside, Flushing, Corona & Jamaica

Shopping In Queens / Queens Buzz.  This section includes stories about many of the interesting shops in Queens.

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Fun, Unique Shops In Queens

Over the past few years we've spent a good deal of our time looking for fun, unique places to shop; as well as quality purveyors of services, in the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona, Flushing, Forest Hills and Jamaica NY.  The following is a list of those we found who spent a few dollars to show their wares on this site.

Click here to view our report, including links to maps and home pages of fun places and unique places to shop in Queens.

Holiday Sales In Queens

Holiday Weekend Sales In Queens

Throughout December, many local shops are making special offers, offering special holiday promotions and deals on merchandise at their local stores in the Astoria, LIC, Sunnyside and Jackson Heights neighborhoods of Queens.  To take advantage of these Christmas sales and holiday special offers, discounts and deals in Queens, click the link below.  Be sure to mention that you saw their ad [here] to qualify for the promotional offer.

Click here to view a full listing for holiday deals, discounts and xmas and Christmas sales in Queens .

Queens Coupons - Coupons In Queens

Promotions, Discounts & Coupons By Queens Businesses

This section contains a photo album of promotions, discounts and coupons currently being offered by Queens retailers and manufacturers.

Click this link to view the Promotions, Discounts & Coupons in Queens section of this site.

Astoria Street Fairs

Shopping 2010 Queens Holds

Holiday Buying Reports Mixed Results

Queens Shopping / January 2010. Early reports from retailers provided a mixed picture of commercial activity this past holiday season. Some retailers reported reasonably good results vs year ago, while others' reports weren't as positive. A few reported fairly poor results as the winter snowstorms over two of the holiday shopping weekends impacted results.

Shops In Queens Seeing More Activity

Astoria / Sunnyside / Jackson Heights / May 11, 2009. It seems Queens shoppers are beginning to show some signs of life. We interviewed shopkeepers in Astoria, Sunnyside and Jackson Heights for this report. While none of the shopkeepers we interviewed were particularly bullish, many were beginning to see a pick up from the downward spiral that began last fall.

Furniture Stores In Astoria Queens
In Astoria, we talked to a number of furniture store owners. Generally the furniture business has some connection with real estate, because people buy new furniture when they move into a new home or apartment, so as one store owner asked me, “Given the real estate market, how do you think we’re doing?” Click here to read the rest of the story about furniture shops, gift shops and womens clothing shops in Astoria, Sunnyside and Jackson Heights in Queens NY.

Shopping In Queens - Post Thanksgiving

This is a follow up story tracking the progress of retailers success in making sales after Thanksgiving. To some extent it's being used as a barometer of what to expect vis a vis the overall economy in the coming months and perhaps year ahead.

Queens Grocery Stores Selling Fresh Pasta

Local Grocers Selling Fresh Local Made Pasta

Queens Buzz.This map contains a list of Queens grocery stores carrying fresh pasta made by Cassinelli Pasta in Astoria.

Click here to view the locations of the Queens grocery stores carrying fresh Cassinelli pasta in their freezer cases.

Black Friday In Queens 2008

We did a survey of the shopping districts in Queens on Black Friday. Specifically we went into the shopping districts in Sunnyside, Jackson Heights, Forest Hills and Jamaica. We found fairly good street activity, but not much in terms of seeing people carrying holiday packages and store bags.

Update November 23, 2011.  Click here to raad about Thanksgiving weekend sales / Black Friday in Queens 2011.

Queens Economy & Shopping

The reports contained in this section are about the retail environment in Queens, the labor market in Queens and the general health of the economy in Queens.  The focus of these reports will be in the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona, Flushing, Forest Hills and Jamaica NY.

Click here to view our report, including links to maps, of Queens Economy & Shopping .