H Mart Owner: Il Yeon Kwon Opened: July 14, 2022 Previous Tenants: Key Food (closed 2010) > New York Marts (2011-2018) > iFresh (2018-2020) Location: 142-41 Roosevelt Ave, Downtown Flushing, Queens, NY Photographed: July 15, 2022 Welcome to downtown Flushing, a neighborhood in northern central Queens! Flushing is a dense urban neighborhood widely known for its large Asian population (roughly 70%, according to Wikipedia). Flushing has also, and partly for that reason, become a tourist spot -- let's just say I wasn't the only person taking pictures from the sidewalks. But downtown Flushing is anchored by the intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue about a block and a half west of this store, and again according to Wikipedia that intersection is the third-busiest in the city -- behind only Times Square and Herald Square. I spent a day in Flushing, Corona, Jackson Heights, and Woodside not too long ago, visiting and photographing a whopping 66 stores ...