A fall day at Queens County Farm: a local's guide

There's a working farm in Queens. Not a petting-zoo corner of a park — an actual 47-acre farm with fields, livestock, an 18th-century farmhouse and the only pick-your-own crops in the city, tucked up in Glen Oaks near the Nassau line. Queens County Farm Museum is the kind of place most of the borough drives past for years before finally going, and fall is the season that finally gets people out there.

This is a local's guide to doing a fall day at the farm well — what's on, how to get there without a subway stop nearby, and, if you're 21 or older, a few bright, seasonal picks off the live menu to set aside for the evening after. One thing to settle first, because it shapes the plan: the farm is public property, and that decides where the cannabis part actually happens.

What's going on at Queens County Farm this fall?

The farm's autumn calendar is the busiest stretch of its year, built around the corn and the harvest. Programming and exact dates move around year to year, but the fall lineup is dependable:

• The Amazing Maize Maze — a genuinely large corn maze cut fresh into the farm's cornfield each summer, open on weekends into the fall. It's the farm's signature fall attraction and the reason a lot of people finally make the trip.
• Corn Fest — a harvest-season celebration of the corn crop, with the maze, farm activities and seasonal food.
• The Queens County Fair / Agriculture Fair — the farm's old-fashioned country fair, with livestock, contests, a carnival feel and produce judging. In 2026 the agriculture fair weekend falls in early October (around Oct 3–4) — confirm the exact dates before you plan around it.
• Maze by Moonlight — select evenings when you take on the maze by flashlight after dark. A different vibe from the daytime visit, and it books up.
• The pumpkin patch — pick-your-own pumpkins straight off the field, the classic close to a fall farm day.

Because the schedule, ticketed events and hours all change season to season — and some events (the maze, Maze by Moonlight) need tickets bought ahead — check queensfarm.org close to your visit to lock in dates, times and admission before you head over.

Can you use cannabis at Queens County Farm?

Short answer: no — not at the farm. New York permits adult-use cannabis only in a private residence. The farm is a public, family-facing venue, and that's exactly where consumption isn't allowed. So the honest framing for the day is simple:

• On the farm: keep anything you've bought sealed and put away. The farm is the outing; the cannabis isn't part of it while you're there.
• In the fields, the maze, or the parking lot: still public, still no. There's no consumption area at a farm fair.
• In the car on the way home: never — driver or passenger, even parked. That one catches people out.
• At home, later: a private residence is the only legal setting for a purchase. That's where the picks below belong.

How do you get to Queens County Farm?

The farm sits at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Glen Oaks, in the northeast corner of Queens — no subway runs to it, which is the one thing to plan around:

• By car: the simplest way, and there's free on-site parking. It's off Union Turnpike / the Grand Central and Cross Island Parkways; from most of central and southern Queens it's a 20–30 minute drive depending on traffic.
• By bus: the Q46 runs along Union Turnpike to Little Neck Parkway, a short walk from the entrance. From the subway, take the E or F to Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike and pick up the Q46 eastbound.
• By LIRR: the Floral Park station on the Hempstead line is a short ride away, then a quick bus or car hop to the farm.

What should you pick up for the evening after?

A day walking a corn maze and hauling a pumpkin tends to end the same way — home, feet up, ready to wind down. If you're 21+, the picks that suit a crisp-autumn evening lean into the season's flavors: orchard apple and bright citrus, in low-key formats you can grab before or after the farm and save for home. A few that are in stock as of this writing (the menu turns over daily, so check the live menu first):

• AYRLOOM Honeycrisp (2:1) — a canned, apple-forward THC drink that's about as fall-in-Queens as it gets, in a balanced THC:CBD ratio. Single-serve, no measuring, reads like any other can in the fridge.
• Fernway Honeycrisp (all-in-one vape) or Fernway Mandarin Orange (510) — self-contained pens with nothing to assemble, in the same crisp apple and bright-orange notes as the season. Easy to put away for a quiet evening in.
• LEVEL Protab Energy (10mg tablet) — a low-dose, pocketable tablet that tucks into a bag on the way home and portions cleanly once you're there.
• OG Clementine (Wanna Jive, 1g) pre-roll — a bright, citrusy grab-and-go single for later, so there's nothing to grind or roll when you finally sit down.

How do you time the shopping around the farm?

The store is on Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, which is roughly on the way in from central and southern Queens, so you've got two easy options:

1. Before you go: swing by, pick up, drop it at home, then head to the farm unencumbered. Cleanest if you're coming from the south of the borough.
2. On the way home: wind down the day with a menu run. The store's open until 10pm daily, so there's time after an afternoon in the fields.

Either way, treat the specific products above as examples of the *format and the flavor*, not a fixed shopping list — stock moves daily, so the live menu is the source of truth, and the team can point you at whatever's on the shelf that fits your evening. Cannabis Cowboy is a licensed New York adult-use dispensary on Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, serving Kew Gardens and the neighborhoods around it. Everything on the shelf runs through the state's tested, tracked supply chain, and the price already includes New York's 13% cannabis excise — no surprise at the register. Bring a valid 21+ photo ID, keep anything you buy sealed until you're home, and enjoy the farm.