Black Star Bakery & Cafe
Terminal 8•Food hall•Post-Security
Hours
24 Hours
A popular New York coffee & pastry spot recently opened in the new Boroughs Foodhall at Terminal 8, offering quality coffee, bagels, baked goods, and light meals
Finding it
Black Star Bakery & Cafe is in Food hall in Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Level
- 3
Terminal 8 has 49 places to eat and 50 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
Hours against the security queue
Black Star Bakery & Cafe is open 24 hours.
Across the week, JFK security runs longest around 8am at a median of 33 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 10 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's JFK wait-time record, not a live reading.
What to expect
- bakery
- coffee
Other options in Terminal 8
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Black Star Bakery & Cafe, Terminal 8 - John F. Kennedy International Airport — John F. Kennedy International Airport, checked 2026-09-10
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.