Exclusive | Queens Night Market is back with a global array of goodies at prices that havent budged in years: A gift to NYC

For inflation-ravaged New Yorkers, the Queens Night Market has long been a lush oasis in an affordable food desert — offering a global array of gut-busting gourmet dishes for less than the cost of a sad skinny latte in Midtown.Back for a milestone 10th summer season, the Flushing Meadows feeding ground has once again declined to raise prices, meaning visitors will pay $5 to $6 max for any item — from Ukrainian-style knishes to sweet and savory Khmer fish curry.These bazaar-ely good deals are particularly notable considering the clamor over the nocturnal noshing mecca — which has managed to attract more than 3 million visitors since its 2015 inception.

And this year, organizers have added dozens more vendors into the mix — to further reflect the culinary diversity of the borough, one of the most multicultural zones in the known world.Following a sneak preview on April 19 (which cost $8 at the door), the Queens Night Market was slated to hold its first free admission event last Saturday, but the opening was pushed back due to a less-than-favorable weather forecast.Now, it will run every Saturday starting May 3 until October 25 — with a short break from August 23-September 26 for the US Open — from 4 p.m.

to midnight.New Yorkers are likely willing to wait a couple weeks for such a big “deal.”Queens Night Market founder John Wang said that the price cap, which has been in place since 2017, is a credit to the vendors “who overwhelmingly voted to keep the status quo, despite major inflationary pressures.”The founder put in a call to companies and philanthropists alike in the hopes of waiving vendor fees, but when he failed to secure sponsorship, 80% of participating hawkers voted to maintain the bargain prices for another year.“What the vendors decided upon was a tremendous gift to NYC,” Wang told The Post.“At a time when we seem to be consistently paying $5 to $6 for even a cup of coffee, the vendors have helped create an oasis — right wh...