[title]
Queens is finally getting its own IKEA.
The beloved Swedish home store is coming to the Rego Center shopping mall on Monday, January 11, and it'll be the first in the U.S. with a "new, smaller format," across 115,000 square feet.
The new IKEA Queens will allow visitors to purchase and take home portable home furnishing accessories curated specifically for New Yorkers with "inspiring" room sets and digital tools focused on sustainable, small-space living. Customers will also be able to set up home delivery for an affordable flat fee; do self-pay and assisted check out; and schedule appointments with IKEA co-workers to plan kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms.
With health and safety in mind, the new store will be equipped with all the safety enhancements including physical distancing guidance, temperature checks for co-workers, rigorous cleaning and sanitization as well as maintaining strict capacity limits.
The new IKEA location—at the corner of Queens Boulevard & Junction Boulevard—was strategically chosen to be just a block away from a Q59 and Q60 bus stops and right next to the 63rd Drive–Rego Park subway station, which is served by the M and R trains.
"We’re excited to welcome New Yorkers to our new store in Queens," said Shahab Mollaei, Market Manager, IKEA Queens. "Every detail was created with the unique needs of New Yorkers in mind, from the proximity to public transportation and delivery and assembly options to the wide product range curated specifically to meet their dynamic lifestyles."
The store had originally been planned to open in the summer of 2020, but the opening was pushed back because of the pandemic. IKEA did not say an exact date for its opening, only that it would be "in early January."
Most popular on Time Out
- New Yorkers say goodbye to the city’s most infamously chaotic McDonald’s
- Eight ways Pixar’s “Soul” gets NYC right
- The best events in NYC this January
- The 100 best movies of all time
- The best karaoke songs ever
Want to know what’s cool in the city before your friends do? Sign up to our newsletter for the latest and greatest from NYC and beyond.