Special Report: SuperFresh

Special Report: SuperFresh - Jamaica, NY

SuperFresh

Opened: April 24, 2026

Owner: Charles In Park

Previous Tenants: none

Cooperative: Key Food Stores

Location: 90-16 168th St, Jamaica, Queens, NY

Photographed: April 24, 2026

Remember the Food Universe in Flatbush? With just 10,000 square feet, that store makes impressive reuse of a former Rite Aid. Now, the same owners have opened a newly-built SuperFresh of around 22,000 square feet at Jamaica Center in Queens. That's not a huge store, but as Jamaica is a dense urban area, this is actually the largest supermarket in the central part of Jamaica.

(As an aside, a much larger Inserra ShopRite had been proposed to be constructed in the basement of the nearby Jamaica Colosseum Mall, but that project seems to have stalled or been canceled and the mall is now up for sale.)

I visited this SuperFresh on opening day, which was Friday. It's owned by Charles In Park, who in addition to the Food Universe in Flatbush owns two other SuperFresh stores.

Right away, we can see some noticeable similarities to the Flatbush store, including the decor which is very similar although not identical. Friday appears to have been the soft opening of the store, so while it was mostly complete, there were still a few things in progress.

Like Flatbush, the store is separated into two rooms. You enter on the left to produce, which takes up most of the left-side room, along with seafood on the back wall. A peninsula between the two sections has sushi, deli/bakery (no in-store bakery), and a prepared foods department that's not open yet.

You can tell this is a new building, as even the concrete floor is shiny and pristine. The produce department is large, much larger than other nearby stores' (in part because this store is simply larger overall).

This store is somewhat tucked away on the side street, 168th Street, although there was a large sign on busy Jamaica Avenue with an arrow towards the store's entrance.

Not too many of the other supermarkets around here have seafood departments, so this might be a big selling point.

Deli and baked goods at the back of the produce department...

...and as you go up the ramp to the rest of the supermarket (see the Grocery & More sign below), you pass by this shelving for nuts and dried fruit actually built right into the wall.

Here's a look at the not-yet-open kitchen and hot food bar around the corner from deli. (Sushi is basically on the other side of that cheese case.)

Also in this first grocery aisle is a small seating area including a coffee bar and the same ramen display Linden has. Customer service is on the front wall next to this.

Beer and packaged meats are on the back wall of the main supermarket, with a butcher counter in the back-right corner. A large area on the right side of the store in front of the butcher counter is the dairy and frozen departments, which are not in the grocery aisles.

The feeling of this store is very similar to the Flatbush store, though this one is more than double the size.

Some of the department signage, such as this one, will presumably be lit up eventually but aren't yet. (Some soft openings are softer than others.)

This store really feels like a full supermarket, more than some of the very small grocers in the neighborhood. You can see part of the selection of nonfoods here.