Queens County Farm has been farmed continuously since the eighteenth century, and its October pumpkin patch is stocked from its own fields rather than trucked in - which is a genuinely rare thing inside a city of eight million. Open every day of the month, it is the low-effort version of a fall farm trip: goats and sheep in the paddocks, a farmstand, growing fields, and a pumpkin to carry home on the bus. If you want autumn without a car rental, start here.
What to expect
An open farm site with the pumpkin display near the farmstand, plus livestock paddocks, planting fields and a shop selling farm produce. Weekends are considerably busier than weekdays. Most of the visit is outdoors on farm ground.
Good to know
- Take the E or F to Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike, then the Q46 bus to Little Neck Parkway
- Open daily all month, so a weekday visit avoids the weekend crowd entirely
- Pumpkins are priced by size and sold at the farmstand
- Wear shoes for gravel and grass rather than pavement
- The main paths are largely flat and manageable with a stroller
- Free to enter the farm grounds; you pay for what you take home
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Common questions
Is the pumpkin patch open every day?
Yes. It runs daily through October 1-31, which makes a weekday visit an easy way to avoid the weekend crowds.
Are the pumpkins grown on site?
Queens County Farm is a working farm and its pumpkin patch is stocked from the farm's own growing fields.
Can I get there by public transport?
Yes. Take the E or F to Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike and the Q46 bus east to Little Neck Parkway, then walk a few minutes to the farm.
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