Queens Plaza Will Support Retail

Restaurant Niche Along
Queens Plaza Corridor
Prepared by the Long Island City Partnership in Concert with DANTH, Inc.
 
Queens Plaza is a rapidly evolving residential and employment hub which has seen extensive development in the last decade. In 2011, the NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene has added 3,000 staff to the area's daytime population. In the next year alone approximately 2,000 additional employees will move to the Plaza, two more residential towers will rise and three more hotels will open.  The growing population will create the critical mass needed to support additional retail, improving quality of life in the area.
 
Queens Plaza can still accommodate more full service restaurants. While there are a number of fast food and deli options, area workers need options for lunch out of the office, and where new residents and hotel guests can enjoy dinner. With the significant increase in employee, hotel guest, and resident population in and around Queens Plaza, the area is rapidly becoming a viable location for more varied and upscale food outlets.
 
The LIC Partnership and DANTH, Inc. have prepared a report that provides information on the market conditions along Queens Plaza and explains why the neighborhood is a desirable place to open a restaurant. It also discusses which types of food services would best serve the Queens Plaza market and best locations for each type.

Read the executive summary of the report.

Read the full report here.