Grandparents Day Gift Guide · Sunday, September 13
The frame, the candle, the mug with the year on it: they have those. What they do not have is a reason to try the new place on the corner. Give a LIC Community Gift Card, good at over 75 independent businesses around Queens. Then go with them.
Not money, and not another object for the shelf. A morning at the diner, a browse through the bookshop, coffee that turns into an hour.
over 75 independent businesses in Queens. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Queens businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Queens businesses accept the LIC Community Gift Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Queens where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
21-52 44th Drive, Long Island City, New York, 11101
Food & Dining
38-28 27th Street, Queens, New York, 11101
Food & Dining
47-04 Vernon Boulevard, Queens, New York, 11101
Food & Dining
47-20 Center Boulevard , Queens, New York, 11109
Food & Dining
45-30 23rd Street, Queens, New York, 11101
Food & Dining
26-01 Jackson Avenue , Queens, New York, 11101
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
46-15 Vernon Boulevard, Queens, New York, 11101
Retail
26-09 Jackson Avenue, New York, New York, 11101
Retail
10-34 44th Drive , Queens, New York, 11101
Shopping
Online Only, New York, New York, 11101
Retail
5102 Vernon Blvd Long Long Island City, Ny 11101, Long Island City, New York, 11101
Retail
38-19 24th Street, Queens, New York, 11101
Museums, galleries, a show around Queens. Better as a plan than as a package.
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
22-22 Jackson Avenue , Queens, New York, 11101
Beauty & Wellness
4545 Center Boulevard Long Island City, Ny 11109, Long Island City, New York, 11109
Beauty & Wellness
4 Court Square West, Queens, New York, 11101
Beauty & Wellness
11-16 44th Ave, Queens, New York, 11101
Beauty & Wellness
45-22 Pearson Street, Queens, New York, 11101
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a LIC Community Gift Card is waiting in their inbox that morning.
Pick the amount that feels right.
Say where you two should go.
Delivered by email, or print it to hand over. No shipping, no wrapping.
National Grandparents Day falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day, which makes it Sunday, September 13 in 2026. It has been a federal observance in the U.S. since 1978.
The LIC Community Gift Card is accepted at over 75 independent businesses in Queens: restaurants, cafés, bakeries, shops, and salons. They pick where and when.
Then this is probably the wrong gift for them, and it is worth saying so plainly. The LIC Community Gift Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Queens, so it suits someone who lives in or regularly visits the area. A grandparent who visits now and then can spend it on this trip. Unused balances can incur a monthly inactivity fee after 12 months of no use. Checkout shows the amount.
Choose an amount, add a note, and send it by email, or print it to hand over in person. Nothing ships.
Yes. Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13.
Often that is exactly who buys it. It works the same way in that direction, as long as the grandchild is close enough to spend it at businesses in Queens.
E-delivery fees vary by community, and some communities cover them. Whatever applies to your order is shown at checkout before you pay, alongside the card amount and your total.
A LIC Community Gift Card they can spend at over 75 independent Queens businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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