[1] The event launched in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in April 2015,[2] with 40 vendors.

[3] Since then, it operates on Saturday nights from April through October, except for a break when the US Open tennis tournament is held within the park.

[7] A cookbook with vendor stories and recipes, The World Eats Here: Amazing Food and the Inspiring People Who Make It at New York's Queens Night Market by John Wang and Storm Garner, was published in 2020.

[8] The event has ATMs, sells beer and wine,[7] and hosts live entertainment each Saturday night.

[8][9] It reopened with ticketed entry under public health regulations in June 2021[10] and resumed regular operations in July 2021.