Street Fairs 2010 - In Queens NY

Queens Street Fairs Popular

This report contains the dates and maps of most of the Queens Street Fairs and Festivals 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 Street Fairs & Festivals 2010.

Shopping In Queens

Shops in Astoria, LIC, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside & Woodside

Queens shopping includes stories about many of the notable, unusual or interesting shops you can find in the rich multi-ethnic fabric of Queens NY. One minute you'll feel like you're in an expensive Persian Salon, the next in a turn-of-the-century pasta factory, and in the next you're in a 21st century organic market.

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Astoria Street Fairs 2010

Street Fairs in Astoria & LIC

This is a a round up of the 2010 Queens Street Fairs and Festivals in the neighborhoods of Astoria and Long Island City / LIC with links to a general report on Queens Street Fairs.

Click this link to view the schedule of Street Fairs in Astoria, LIC Long Island City Queens.

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.

Queens Jobs Market Bests NYC & U.S.

This report outlines the general dynamics of the Queens Jobs market. Included in this report is a look at the composition of Queens industries and labor market. It appears that the employment picture in Queens improved throughout the fall, but ticked up in December. Click here to read our full report about the jobs market in Queens NY.

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.

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.

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 .