32 DECEMBER 21, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
HOLIDAY
Holiday market and carnival opens
up in former Rego Park supermarket
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
A former Rego Park supermarket
has now become the home of a
bustling holiday market and
indoor carnival.
Rego Park residents all knew and
loved the old Pioneer Supermarket.
Aft er a couple of years of the Pioneer
being closed, the owners of the store,
Allen Aminov, Tony Carbonaro and
Ioannis “Yani” Pierros, decided it was
time to start to use the space, and the
Rego Park Market was born.
“The Pioneer closed two and a half to
three years ago and the space wasn’t
being used,” Aminov said. “We decided
to open the space as a holiday market
because we wanted the community to
have a place to go for the holidays.”
The Rego Park Market takes place
inside the old Pioneer Supermarket,
located at 99-01 63rd Rd. Open seven
days a week from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30
p.m., the market currently has about
60 vendors that off er a variety of oneof
a-kind products and services.
“We have businesses that off er a
wide spectrum of off erings,” Aminov
said. “We have a booth for New York
Life Insurance, jewelry and antique
sellers, tables with comic books collectibles
and some really beautiful art,
just to name a few.”
The latest addition to the Rego Park
Market is an indoor carnival complete
with a bouncy obstacle course, classic
carnival games, raffl es and prizes. In
this densely populated neighborhood,
there isn’t much in terms of local
entertainment for children. The Rego
Park Market off ers a safe space where
children can play while their parents
can shop.
“We have all kinds of games, the ring
toss, the goldfi sh game and a crayon
bouncy castle,” Aminov said. “This is
like an indoor street fair.”
For information about the market
or becoming a vendor, call Aminov at
516-400-6082.
Photos courtesy
of the Rego Park Market
An early holiday party for some lucky Bushwick kids
Children from the Audrey Johnson Day Care Center in Bushwick recently
enjoyed an early holiday celebration courtesy of Broadway Stages. Santa Claus
visited the kids and provided them with presents. Gina Argento of Broadway
Stages helped make the festivities possible.
Photos courtesy of Broadway Stages
Peace On Earth May this Holiday
Season bring Peace, Hope &
Happiness to us all!
Season’s Greetings
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