Billed as “Astoria’s First Complete Shopping Center” when it opened in 1958, the Broadway Shopping Center continues to be a hub of activity in this densely populated area of Queens. Anchored by an Associated supermarket and a number of other chain stores, the center is also home to famous Bel-Aire Diner, open 24/7 and notable for its distinctive retro facade (renovated in 2007).

Broadway Shopping Center is on a main thoroughfare running through Astoria and Ditmars to the Queens Midtown Tunnel entrance in Hunters Point. It is a short distance to the 59th Street / Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan.