OUTDOOR SHOPPING

There's no reason to hit a crowded mall when there's plenty of outdoor shopping to satisfy even the biggest shopoholic. It's also the best time of year to buy the freshest produce local farmers can offer.

Street Fairs

June 27, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Forest Hills Hospital St. Fair
103rd St. between 66th Rd. and 66th Ave.

July 5, 11 a.m.
Woodside on the Move Festival
Woodside Ave. and Roosevelt Ave. at 65th Pl.

July 13, 11 a.m.
Friends of Queens CB 1 St. Fair
30th Ave. between 29th & 42nd Sts.

30th Ave. Astoria Festival
30th Ave. from Steinway to 29th St.
(646) 230-0489.

July 22, 11 a.m.
Kids' Summer Festival!
19th St. & 23rd Dr., Astoria Park

July 27, 11 a.m.
114th St. Pct. Civilian Patrol Festival
Broadway between Steinway & 48th Sts.

Woodbury Commons

Broadway Summerfest
Broadway from Steinway St. to 47th St.
(646)-230-0489.

Aug. 3, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Junction Blvd. Merchants Association
Junction Blvd. between 37th and Roosevelt Aves.

Aug. 6, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Arts Carnival
Buz O'Rourke Playground, Crocheron Park
(718) 352-4793

Aug. 7, 14, 21, 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce Jazz Thursdays
70 Rd. between Austin St. and Queens Blvd.

Aug. 10, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Steinway Street BID
Steinway St. between 28th and 34th Ave.

Festival de la 108
12 p.m. - 9 p.m.
41st Ave. between 108th and 111th St.

Aug. 13, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Summer Festivals
Vito Locascio Field (formerly Loring Fields) (North Conduit & 149th Ave.)

Aug. 17, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Astoria/West Kiwanis Foundation Street Fair
31st St. between 21st Ave. and Ditmars Blvd.

Teen Explosion Block Party
11 a.m.
Simonson St. between Queens Blvd. and Grand Ave.

Aug. 30, 11 a.m.
Greenpoint Ave. Festival
Greenpoint Ave. from Queens Blvd. to 44th St.

Woodbury Commons
Located just off Exit 16 on the New York State Thruway
(845) 928-4000

You name it, they've got it. It's just that simple.

Outlet shopping has grown exponentially in the last 10 years or so, but Woodbury is one of the originators of a cluster of stores selling out-of-season merchandise to people who couldn't care less once they see the 30 to 80 percent markdowns on everyday needed items. Come on, how does a frying pan go out of fashion?

Looking for clothes? They have everything from Armani to Zegna. Are house wares more your thing? How about Corning, Le Creuset, Mikasa, Villeroy & Boch, Wedgewood and Williams-Sonoma?

You can start the kids off at Carters and work your way up through Stride Rite and Osh Kosh until they get to Gap Kids.

And the shoes - there are 32 shoe outlets, ranging from Kenneth Cole and Nine West to Saucony and Timberland.

Farmers Markets

A handful of farmers' markets, offering fresh produce from Hudson Valley farms, will open for the season in Queens the weekend of July 6-8 through mid-November. One new market at the New York Hall of Science will open Sunday, July 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will continue every Sunday through Nov. 18.

The Queens Botanical Garden Farmers' Market will open on Friday, July 6, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m., and will be open every Friday through Nov. 19. The Jamaica Farmers' Market, located on 160th Street off of Jamaica Avenue, will also open Friday, July 6. The market runs both Fridays and Saturdays and will continue through Nov 1.

The Shops at Atlas Park

Also open are markets run by the Council on the Environment of New York City. They include markets in Jackson Heights (34th Avenue and 77th Street, open Sundays), Long Island City (48th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard, Saturdays), Sunnyside (Skillman Avenue & 42nd Street, Wednesdays) and Atlas Park (80th Street, Cooper Avenue, Saturdays).

The Shops at Atlas Park
8000 Cooper Ave. at 80th St.
Glendale, NY
(718) 326-3300
www.theshopsatatlaspark.com

Scavenger Hunt Wednesdays in June and July: June 4-July 30, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Groovin' On the Green in June, July and August, every week, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.