Silk Road NYC Firsts

The firsts

1. First Bengali-American-owned licensed dispensary in New York. Opened February 2024, a few blocks from Little Bangladesh. The ownership story.
2. First dispensary in New York with bidets in the restrooms. A cleanliness standard the founder grew up with, built into the store. Why bidets.
3. First dispensary in New York to accept Bitcoin, since the doors opened. Pay with BTC.
4. The only dispensary in this area where a major music video was filmed. Benny the Butcher shot "Summer '25" here. Where the video was filmed.
5. First dispensary movie nights. Belly on the big screen with associate producer Rich Ford commenting live. Movie nights.
6. First dab bar in the area, and dab education nights with Queenie. Dab nights. · The dab bar.
7. The only real consumption lounge and event space in Jamaica, running since day one: game nights, paint nights, tournaments, artist sessions. What is on this month.
8. Cannabis education for the community, including the AANHPI heritage event covered by the press in May 2024. Press since 2023.

Why this matters when you pick a dispensary

Many licensed stores in Queens opened later with outside investors or multi-store partners. Silk Road was built by one owner who was in the room when New York wrote the CAURD program, has been covered by the press since November 2023, and has carried the neighborhood dispensary through the hardest two years the industry has had. When you shop here you are shopping with the people who did it first and are still here. Read the full story.

Come see it

166-30 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica NY 11432, between 166th and 167th. Seven minutes from the F at 169 St, a block from the Q17, Q30, Q31 and Q75. Directions · from 38 Queens landmarks · or we deliver.

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