City Fresh Market - Queens, NY (Corona South)

City Fresh Market

Opened: 2014

Owner: A&E Supermarket Group

Previous Tenants: Associated (open before 2001, closed 2014)

Cooperative: Retail Grocers Group/General Trading

Location: 45-02 Junction Blvd, Queens, NY

Photographed: October 3, 2024

Before we begin, just a heads up: this was originally posted in January 2020, but was rewritten with new photos in July 2026. Now for the post! One look at the outside shows that this is a tiny supermarket, and at ground level, it actually spans just 3500 square feet (it does look like there's a second floor and a basement, though). This store, like all City Fresh and Cherry Valley stores, is part of the A&E Supermarket Group, which also runs another City Fresh and a Cherry Valley here in Corona. And like most A&E stores, it was previously an Associated until 2014, and subsequently transitioned to being supplied by General Trading. A&E's stores also use their own Cherry Valley brand of products.

So this store is tiny, but packed full of stuff. We have the deli and hot food area in the front-right corner, with produce in the rest of the first aisle. Meat lines the back wall with dairy and frozen on the left side. The registers are lined up along the front wall. This isn't one of the more beautiful City Fresh stores, but it's still well-kept and full of products given the tiny space.

It looks like there used to be a cafe and seating area on the second floor, which as far as I could tell was closed during COVID. Hot foods and prepared foods have been moved down to the first floor. Still quite the features packed into the diminutive supermarket!

This post was rewritten on July 5, 2026 with new photos.