Queens has a few moving pieces this Memorial Day weekend that are worth knowing before you make plans. The Queens Night Market on May 23 is canceled due to weather safety concerns — that is directly from the market itself. The 7 train is down in Manhattan all weekend. And yet Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Astoria Park, and the borough’s world-class food corridors are all open and ready. Here is the full picture for May 23–25, 2026.

Queens Night Market: May 23 Is Canceled

The Queens Night Market has officially canceled its May 23 event due to weather safety concerns. The announcement is posted on the market’s own website: the next Night Market date is May 30. If you had plans to go this Saturday, mark your calendar for next week instead.

The Queens Night Market runs Saturdays from 4 p.m. to midnight at 47-01 111th Street in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in the parking lot behind the New York Hall of Science. Admission is always free. The full 2026 schedule runs through the summer, with dates pausing for the U.S. Open window. Source: queensnightmarket.com (confirmed directly). For background on the market and how to do it right when it returns, see our Queens Night Market Season 11 guide.

7 Train Is Down in Manhattan — Queens Sections Still Running

The 7 train is suspended in Manhattan from Friday night, May 22 at 11:30 p.m. through Monday morning, May 25 at 10:30 a.m. The Queens side of the line — between Flushing–Main St and 74 St-Broadway — is still running, every 10 minutes during days and evenings. The problem is the Manhattan crossing: there is no 7 service between 74 St-Broadway and 34 St–Hudson Yards for the full weekend.

Free shuttle buses cover the gap, running three routes: 74 St-Broadway to Queensboro Plaza (local stops); Queensboro Plaza to Vernon Blvd–Jackson Av (local stops); and overnight Manhattan coverage between Times Sq–42 St and 34 St–Hudson Yards. The E and F trains are running more frequently to absorb 7 train riders heading into Manhattan. If you are going from Queens into the city this weekend, plan for extra travel time or use the E/F at Jamaica or Forest Hills. Full details in our MTA Memorial Day weekend service alert guide.

Flushing Meadows Corona Park Is Open

With the Night Market out this Saturday, Flushing Meadows Corona Park is still a strong destination on its own terms. The park — 1,255 acres, the fourth largest in the city — has the Unisphere, the Queens Museum (open regular hours, with permanent exhibits and rotating shows), the New York Hall of Science at 47-01 111th Street (open weekends, with outdoor science playground), and wide open meadows and lakes that are at their greenest in late May.

The park is free to enter. The Queens Museum admission is suggested; the Hall of Science charges general admission. The 7 train to Mets-Willets Point is the standard route from Manhattan — check shuttles this weekend — and the parking lots on the park’s outer roads are accessible by car from the Grand Central Parkway.

Astoria Park: The Underrated Memorial Day Spot

Astoria Park on the East River in northern Queens sits directly beneath the Hell Gate Bridge and the RFK Bridge and offers some of the most dramatic bridge views in the city. The park has a large public outdoor pool (summer schedule opens after Memorial Day weekend), athletic fields, waterfront access, and the kind of scale that means you can actually find open grass without fighting for it on a holiday weekend.

Getting there: take the N or W train to Astoria–Ditmars Blvd and walk west about 10 minutes, or the Q69 bus from Queens Plaza. The N and W are unaffected by this weekend’s MTA service changes. This is the easy Queens play for Saturday or Sunday — direct transit, open space, waterfront, and the neighborhood’s dense restaurant corridor on Steinway Street within easy walking distance.

Jackson Heights and Flushing: Dining All Weekend

Two of the best food corridors in New York are in Queens and fully operational this weekend. Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights — specifically the stretch between 74th and 90th Streets — is the densest concentration of Colombian, Ecuadorian, Tibetan, Bangladeshi, and South Indian restaurants in the city. This is an any-day destination, and a holiday weekend afternoon when it is less rushed than usual is a good time to explore it.

Flushing’s Main Street corridor, centered around the New World Mall food court at 136-20 Roosevelt Ave, is similarly open all weekend. The mall’s basement level food court is one of the best in the city — hand-pulled noodles, Sichuan cold dishes, Shanghainese soup dumplings, and more. The 7 train runs to Flushing–Main St from Queens even this weekend; it is only the Manhattan crossing that is suspended.

What You Need to Know

• Queens Night Market, May 23: CANCELED due to weather safety concerns. Next date is May 30, same time and location.
• 7 train: No service into Manhattan from Fri 11:30 p.m. through Mon 10:30 a.m. Queens sections still running. Use E/F for Manhattan access.
• Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Open all weekend. Queens Museum and Hall of Science have regular weekend hours.
• Astoria Park: Open all weekend. N/W train to Astoria–Ditmars Blvd. Waterfront, athletic fields, bridge views.
• Jackson Heights Roosevelt Ave: Fully operational. Best food corridor in Queens, accessible via E/F/M/7 at 74 St–Broadway.
• Alternate side parking: Suspended citywide Monday, May 25. Meters still in effect.

Queens delivers this weekend even with the Night Market canceled. Flushing Meadows, Astoria Park, and the borough’s dining corridors are all as good as ever. For the full borough-wide holiday weekend guide, see the Memorial Day Weekend 2026 complete guide.