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☕🥐 HOWARD BEACH AREA, LET’S GET YOUR CAFFEINE AND SWEET TOOTH FIX! 🍩🍦 Our Must-Go Howard Beach Area listicle series continues, and this time we’re serving up cafés, coffee stops, bagel spots, bakeries and sweet treats worth checking out around the neighborhood! 😋 From your morning coffee and a fresh bagel to Italian pastries, decadent desserts, bubble tea, smoothies and classic Italian ices, Howard Beach has plenty of delicious ways to satisfy your cravings. 📍 Add these local favorites to your must-try list: ☕ Etto Coffee Co. 🍰 Sugar Bun Bakery 🇮🇹 Il Posto Cafe 🥯 Howard Beach Bagel Cafe 🧋 Mr. Green 🧁 Sweet Little Sweets Cafe 🥯 Old Country Bagel 🍧 My Mother’s Place Italian Ices 🍮 Pasticceria La Torre Whether you're a local or exploring this corner of Queens for the first time, there's always something good brewing — or baking! 💙 📌 Save this list for your next Howard Beach area coffee + sweets run! #ItsInQueens #HowardBeach #QueensNYC #HowardBeachNY #QueensCafes
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💡 Queens is building what’s next! The Queens Tech & Innovation Challenge 2027 kicks off with an evening bringing together entrepreneurs, innovators, tech leaders and members of the Queens business community to connect, collaborate and spark new ideas. 🚀 Whether you’re an entrepreneur with a big idea, a tech enthusiast, or simply curious about what’s happening in Queens’ growing innovation ecosystem, this is your chance to be part of the conversation. 📅 Kickoff Night | October 27, 2026 Come see what’s next for Queens, and the people helping build it. 🎟️ Register now at 🔗 in bio. #ItsInQueens #QueensTech #QueensInnovation #TechNYC #Innovation
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📲 Queens Event Picks are here! 👀 There’s no shortage of things to do around the borough this week, from film and food to festivals, parades, art and plenty of family-friendly fun. 🎬🍂🎭 Here are just a few of the events happening around Queens: 🎬 Conch Shell International Film Fest — Forest Hills 🇮🇹 49th Annual Queens Columbus Day Parade — Astoria 🐶 Annual Halloween Pooch Parade — Bayside 🍽️ Colonial Culinary — Queens County Farm Museum 🎃 Harvest Festival — Ridgewood 🥧 Great Astoria Bake-Off — Astoria 🌿 Indigenous Peoples Day: Native Nature & Bird Tour — Queens Botanical Garden 🎭 This Is Unreal — Long Island City 🍁 Fall Fest — Bay Terrace 😂 Laugh It Up — Astoria And that’s just the beginning! 📍 Check out this week’s picks, make a plan, and get out there because there’s always something happening in Queens! #ItsInQueens #RobsWeeklyPicks #QueensNYC #QueensEvents #ThingsToDoInQueens
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🐾 Rob’s Event Pick! 🐾 It’s time to unleash some fun! 🐶🌊 The 5th Annual Rockaway Dog Parade is coming to the Rockaways, bringing together four-legged friends, their humans, and plenty of tail-wagging fun. Grab your pup, dress them up, and come celebrate one of Queens’ most pawsome traditions! 🐕🎉 📍 Rockaway Beach 🐾 5th Annual Rockaway Dog Parade Because in Queens, everybody gets to join the party! 💙 #ItsInQueens #RobsEventPick #RockawayDogParade #RockawayBeach #Rockaways
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What's happening in Queens this week? 🗽 Here are 14 events from Oct 2–8, 2026 👇 🎸 FRI 10/2 The Strokes live at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 3pm Oktoberfest + Stein Hoisting Contest at The Bier and Cheese Collective, Astoria, 6pm 🍺 🎉 SAT 10/3 Kew Gardens Flea + Craft Market at the LIRR North Lot, 9am–6pm, with kitten and cat adoptions 11am–2pm 🐱 Rockaway Dog Parade at the 94th St Amphitheater, Rockaway Beach, noon (rain date 10/4) 🐶 World of Smoke with Chef Marcus Samuelsson at Resorts World Casino, South Ozone Park, noon 🔥 Neir's Tavern 197th Anniversary Block Party, Woodhaven, 12noon Dom Dolla live at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 3pm 🎧 Kamayan: A Filipino Feast at Culture Lab, 7pm 🍤 Global Mashup: Greece Meets Garifuna at Flushing Town Hall, 7pm 🥁 Handcrafted Horrors opens at the Museum of the Moving Image, LIC, and runs through Oct 31 👻 🍴 SUN 10/4 Taste of Sunnyside restaurant crawl with 60+ local spots, 1pm. Check in at Lowery Plaza or Bliss Plaza. 🥨 TUE 10/6 – FRI 10/9 Oktoberfest at Zum Stammtisch, Glendale. Call for reservations. 🚒 THU 10/8 Fireboats of the FDNY talk at the Bayside Historical Society's Castle, Fort Totten, 7:30pm Concerts, Oktoberfest, a dog parade, food crawls, and a 197-year-old tavern party, all in one week. Only in Queens. 🔗 Full event details at the link in bio 💬 Which one's on your list? Tag the friend you're bringing 👇
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🥔 CLASSICS & THE NEXT BIG THING Some Queens institutions don’t just stand the test of time, they become part of the fabric of the neighborhood. This week, we’re kicking off our new series with a true Rego Park legend: Knish Nosh, serving up its famous knishes and Jewish deli favorites for 70 years. 🙌🌭 We sat down with owner Haig to hear the story behind this beloved Queens business, how he came to Knish Nosh, what it means to carry on its legacy, and what’s next for this iconic institution. Because in Queens, the classics have a story. And the next big thing has a story, too. 🎬 Watch Haig’s story and get to know one of the businesses that has helped make Queens… Queens. #ItsInQueens #ClassicsAndTheNextBigThing #KnishNosh #RegoPark #QueensNYC 📽@its_angelsjourney ✍️ @tastefulgirlnyc
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We're proud to be partnering with White & Private Label Expo New York! Join us on September 30–October 1 at the Javits Center, New York, where you'll have the opportunity to connect with leading manufacturers, discover innovative products, learn from industry experts, and network with thousands of retailers, entrepreneurs, and ecommerce professionals. Whether you're launching a new product, growing your brand, or looking for your next manufacturing partner, this is an event you won't want to miss. 🎟️ Register for your FREE ticket today at 🔗in bio. Discover the products, suppliers, and insights that can help take your business to the next level.
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🎾There’s a lot more to the US Open than tennis! While It’s in Queens was at the US Open this year, we explored everything happening off the court, from exclusive merch and collectibles to games, freebies, interactive experiences, photo ops, food, drinks, and more. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the It’s in Queens booth and said hi! 💙 That’s a wrap on this year’s US Open. See you back in Queens next year! 👋🎾 #ItsInQueens #USOpen #QueensNYC #FlushingMeadows #ExploreQueens 📽 @its_angelsjourney
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Yesterday, we celebrated a very special milestone at Aigner Chocolates! 🍫❤️ We celebrated Rachel becoming the 100% owner of Aigner Chocolates and officially kicked off our Road to 100! We were also honored to receive a special City Council Citation from Council Member Lynn Schulman recognizing Rachel as a woman of distinction. Thank you to everyone who came out, shared in this milestone, and helped make the day so special! Here’s to the road to 100! 🎉🍫 #roadto100 #nychistory #womanownedsmallbusiness #supportsmallbuisness #womanowned
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Today was truly one to remember. ❤️🍫 We were so honored to celebrate Aigner Chocolates’ Road to 100 and Rachel’s 100% ownership with our incredible community! A heartfelt thank you to our amazing speakers, SBS Commissioner Kenny Minaya, Ben Guttmann of the Queens Economic Development Corporation, District Attorney Melinda Katz, New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Chris Aigner, and Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi, for joining us and sharing in this meaningful milestone. And a special thank you to Tom Grech for serving as our MC! Having members of the Aigner family with us made the day even more meaningful as we celebrated the history and legacy of Aigner Chocolates. We’re incredibly grateful to our staff, our community, our supporters, and everyone who came out to celebrate with us. Today was emotional, unforgettable, and made even more special because of all of you. Here’s to the road to 100! 🍫❤️🎉 #communitystrong #nycsmallbusiness #roadto100 #supportsmallbiz #womanowned
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The US Open may be winding down, but your Queens food adventure doesn’t have to. 🎾🍽️ For the last weekend of the Open, skip the tourist traps and eat like a local! It's in Queens is bringing you our insider picks for restaurants worth the trip after the matches. These are the places that make Queens what it is: neighborhood restaurants, local owners, and food from around the world, all right here in our borough.  🌎❤️ Consider this your last chance to experience Queens like a local. Because the best part of the US Open might just be what’s waiting for you outside the gates.👀 Save this list and pick your post-match destination, or clock it for your next trip to Queens! 👑 #ItsInQueens #QueensNYC #USOpen #USOpen2026 #QueensFood
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🎬 QUEENS ON CAMERA: THE GREAT GATSBY 🎬 Lights, camera, Queens! 🎥 A little West Egg. A little East Egg. And a whole lot of Queens. 🥂✨ Did you know Queens helped bring Baz Luhrmann’s lavish 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby to life? Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, the film transformed locations across New York into the glamorous, and sometimes gritty world of the Roaring Twenties. Here's Rob MacKay with all the details! 📽 @victorprado.12 #QueensOnCamera #TheGreatGatsby #LeonardoDiCaprio #BazLuhrmann #FilmedInQueens
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