Carvel is kicking off its 80th birthday celebration Thursday with free cone day– and there are plenty of places to get your fix within New York City.
Anyone who visits a Carvel ice cream shop (express locations not included) will get a free junior cone or cup filled with soft-serve vanilla, chocolate or a new flavor– salted caramel– between 3 and 8 p.m.
Salted caramel, which also comes as hard ice cream with Heath bar pieces and as a layered sundae, will only be available through June 29.
In case we didn’t have you at “free ice cream,” here’s another reason to go: $2 coupon books, worth more than $20 in savings, will be sold, and 100 percent of proceeds will go towards a $30,000 donation to the American Red Cross to support Disaster Relief.
While there are– gasp!– no participating locations in Manhattan, there are plenty in the outer boroughs, according to Carvel.com:
Bronx
2231-A Grand Concourse; 718-329-2253
2472 Webster Ave.; 718-933-2402
2045 Williamsbridge Rd.; 718-822-0407
560 Morris Ave.; 718-402-2300
1250 Castle Hill Ave.; 718-824-3830
5761 Broadway; 718-796-7253
3442 E. Tremont Ave.; 718-822-7954
1006 E 233rd St.; 718-652-6827
3011 Westchester Ave.; 718-239-1039
Brooklyn
2166 Bath Ave., Bath Beach; 718-946-1020
1652 86th St., Bath Beach; 718-236-5928
8612 3rd Ave., Bay Ridge; 718-238-3092
6924 Fifth Ave., Bay Ridge; 718-680-0578
7400 3rd Ave., Bay Ridge; 718-745-4445
4702 Avenue N, Flatlands; 718-338-9355
203 Church Ave., Kensington; 718-438-9501
56-12 Metropolitan Ave., Ridgewood; 718-386-9300
58-24 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood; 718-386-2258
3594 Nostrand Ave., Sheepshead Bay; 718-934-8200
2744 Coney Island Ave., Sheepshead Bay; 718-934-8173
65-10 Bay Pkwy., Sunset Park; 718-331-9383
Queens
3108 30th Ave., Astoria; 718-274-6500
28-28 Francis Lewis Blvd., Bayside; 718-461-0512
40-04 Junction Blvd., Corona; 718-205-2661
171-15 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718-359-9257
161-02 Union Tpke., Flushing; 718-591-3801
10321 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; 718-544-1066
163-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach; 718-843-3875
75-65 31st Ave., Jackson Heights; 718-424-5507
81-07 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights; 718-458-6804
138-16 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica; 718-526-9800
116-10 Liberty Ave., Jamaica; 718-845-6197
131-18 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; 718-528-8061
107-20 Atlantic Ave., Ozone Park; 718-849-6703
189 Beach 116th St., Rockaway; 718-945-5877
149-01 14th Ave., Whitestone; 718-746-7575
58-26 Roosevelt Ave., Woodside; 718-205-5978
Staten island
480 Forest Ave.; 718-447-9563
762 Manor Rd.; 718-494-9679
4332 Amboy Rd.; 718-984-6006
280-30 Marsh Ave.; 718-761-1367
2600 Hylan Blvd.; 718-979-6006
1775 Richmond Rd.; 718-987-4122
1111 Hylan Blvd.; 718-816-7807
1776 Forest Ave.; 718-370-0007