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Apparently someone is trying to set up an Asian style night market in Queens. I think it could be awesome since currently there really isn't any open air place to take the family to walk around at night with food and other stuff to look and buy. Not sure if it's really gonna happen. But I sure hope to be able to taste all the different kinds of ethnic foods from Queens in one place. Hopefully it won't be all filled with gyro and pop corn stands.
-no Taiwanese vendors-just local foods trucks
-not stationary-just random food trucks
-not accessible by foot or subway-The Unisphere is a very disparate location
-crime
keep in mind that in places like Taipei there is literally no crime. And even in cities like Bangkok, where there is some crime the night markets like Patpong attract very seedy clientele. Corona Park is a not a nice place at night and too dark.
The thing that makes the night markets so great in Tainan and Taipei is centralized location, foot traffic, lack of crime, access to fresh seafood from surrounding seaports and tofu with all it's variations.
Seems like this is just going to be a Manhattan Street Fair, only at night, in the middle of nowhere.
Seems like this is just going to be a Manhattan Street Fair, only at night, in the middle of nowhere.
I don't think the location is a good idea, either. It's difficult to get to that location, and it feels rather deserted at night to walk back through the part to get from whatever event you're going to (in this case the food market) back to the subway. I have gone to one or two evening events at the museum and it feels a little creepy/deserted at night.
-no Taiwanese vendors-just local foods trucks
-not stationary-just random food trucks
-not accessible by foot or subway-The Unisphere is a very disparate location
-crime
keep in mind that in places like Taipei there is literally no crime. And even in cities like Bangkok, where there is some crime the night markets like Patpong attract very seedy clientele. Corona Park is a not a nice place at night and too dark.
The thing that makes the night markets so great in Tainan and Taipei is centralized location, foot traffic, lack of crime, access to fresh seafood from surrounding seaports and tofu with all it's variations.
Seems like this is just going to be a Manhattan Street Fair, only at night, in the middle of nowhere.
Yeah that would make it suck big time. Other than processed lamb meat gyros, the closest thing to exotic foods at Manhattan Street fairs are the $1 thai food which sucks big butt. But the point of the night market isn't to have Taiwanese foods, I think the hope is to get all the different varieties of ethic foods found in Queens. But yeah location wise it's not great, but there really isn't any other place where you can do these types of night markets in NYC. Anywhere near a residential neighborhood you'd have tons of complaints. And if you have stationary storefronts/stalls doing this and it becomes successful, in a couple of years most of the vendors would be driven out by high rent.
Night markets are also very common in China and Hong Kong. But I am not sure that the suggested location is a good one as night markets need to be on centrally located streets where people pass by on a regular basis not in a park.
I am curious to try it, however, I wish queens would focus on more aesthetic pleasing endeavors. I guess they are trying to cater to a certain demographic. I feel sometimes queens really lacks vision and leadership. Kind of like throwing a bunch of different paint on the wall and see what sticks mentality.
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