718 Day set to celebrate Queens

Queens businesses are teaming up to create a day celebrating what makes the borough great. Eagle file photo by Katie Finkowski

By Rachel Vick

A group of Queens businesses are coming together this weekend to host a celebration of the borough they call home.

Hosted by Queens Bully in Forest Hills, 718 Day — named in an homage to the local area code — will feature a day of live music, food and giveaways from businesses across the borough.

“We've done a lot of charity work [with Corona-based sneaker shop All the Right] during COVID so we were thinking ‘why there isn't any day to celebrate the borough of Queens,’” said co-owner Rohan Aggarwal. “We decided to pull together our resources and network to hold an event to celebrate with… everything local.”

“We have a lot of preparations underway,” he added. ”There's a lot of people who have shifted away who are looking forward to it, like those who spent their childhoods here and maybe moved away are purchasing tickets.”

Other participants include Queensboro FC, Blend, QNS Service, Queens Finest, Officially Threaded and Etto Espresso Bar.

Tickets cost $10 and attendees will receive two $5 vouchers to use at the booths from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Though the event will be held at the restaurant this year, Aggarwal hopes to grow the celebration as the city recovers and expand the celebration of the best borough.

“The goal is to have it at a bigger venue and invite more business and people in general,” he said. “Since day one of opening our goal was to let people know it's the most magnificent borough and try to highlight Queens however we can.”