Saturday and Sunday (12-6 p.m.) from November 24th through December 16th
Sunnyside

The Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District, in collaboration with Queens Night Market, is launching a new outdoor holiday shopping market in the heart of Sunnyside this holiday season. The Holiday Market will take place in Bliss Plaza at 46th Street and Queens Boulevard (under the elevated 7-train) and be held every Saturday and Sunday (12-6 p.m.) from November 24th through December 16th.

The Bliss Plaza Holiday Market will include over 30 rotating vendors each day, including local businesses, entrepreneurs, and craftspeople offering gift items ranging from 3-D printed jewelry, photography, fine ceramics, artisanal candles, handmade swaddlers and other baby gifts, popular food vendors selling Burmese palatas, Romanian-Hungarian chimney cakes, empanadas, and much more.

The concrete viaduct above Bliss Plaza provides shelter from the elements, and Sunnyside Shines is providing patio heaters to make the market even more welcoming and comfortable for vendors and shoppers.

The Holiday Market is part of Sunnyside Shines’ district holiday programming, which will also include a holiday shopping ‘passport’ full of coupons to neighborhood businesses, and a free trolley bus on November 24th and December 8th to transport visitors around Sunnyside. The trolley bus route will include a stop at Big Six Towers in neighboring Woodside, allowing nearly 1,000 families living in the complex easy access to the Holiday Market and Sunnyside’s holiday shopping and dining scene.

Sunnyside Shines Executive Director Jaime-Faye Bean notes that the organization’s holiday programming highlights Sunnyside as a destination. “Sunnyside is a great for food and fun, and our holiday shopping coupon book will allow market-goers to do all of their holiday shopping locally, and then enjoy dinner, drinks, or a manicure at one of our outstanding neighborhood merchants.”

John Wang, founder of the Queens Night Market, said, “We’re always looking to activate public spaces in a way that is mutually beneficial for entrepreneurs and the surrounding community. We had a great series of summer markets in Sunnyside, and are looking forward to collaborating on a successful holiday market at the same venue.”

Applications for the Bliss Plaza Holiday Market are being accepted on a rolling basis; the online application can be accessed at: http://bit.ly/2018-Bliss-Holiday-Market.

Details on participating vendors will be added as the roster is finalized at: http://www.sunnysideshines.org/blissplazaholidaymarket.