Starbucks
Hours
5:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Finding it
Starbucks is in Gate B26 in Terminal 4 near Gate B26 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gate B26
- Level
- 3
Terminal 4 has 47 places to eat and 39 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
Hours against the security queue
Starbucks opens at 5am and closes at 12am. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical JFK checkpoint queue at 28 minutes around 5am.
Across the week, JFK security runs longest around 8am at a median of 33 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 10 minutes. The queue is typically building before this location opens.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's JFK wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
At Gate B26, this Starbucks opens at 5 a.m., two hours ahead of Buffalo Wild Wings sharing the same gate, and closes at midnight, an hour before that bar's 1 a.m. last call. It matches Hudson: East River Market one gate over at B25 hour for hour, both running 5 a.m. to midnight, while Bento Sushi at that same gate closes at 9 p.m., three hours earlier. Kosher and vegan options sit alongside the standard pastry case, dietary tags the bar and the sushi counter next door don't carry. JFK has seven Starbucks locations across the airport, and this B26 site covers the widest span of departures on this stretch of gates.
One of 4 Starbucks locations at John F. Kennedy International Airport (Terminal 1, Terminal 4, Terminal 5).
What to expect
- grab and go
- sandwiches
- vegetarian
- breakfast
- pastries
- coffee
- kosher
- vegan
- tea
Other options in Terminal 4
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Starbucks, Terminal 4 - John F. Kennedy International Airport — John F. Kennedy International Airport, checked 2026-09-10
Official Travel Resources
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