NYDF Duty Free
Hours
5:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Finding it
NYDF Duty Free is in Gate B23 in Terminal 4 near Gate B23 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 B23
- 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
NYDF Duty Free 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
This is the second of Terminal 4's two NYDF Duty Free counters, positioned at Gate B23 rather than the sister location over on the A concourse at Gate A4. Both keep the same 5:00 AM to midnight hours, so what separates them is geography, not schedule. Johnny Walker, sharing this gate, opens two hours later at 7:00 AM and closes four hours earlier, leaving this counter the later option at B23. Mi Casa, at the neighboring B22, runs later still, to 1:00 AM, while Peet's at B24 shuts down for the night well before either.
One of 2 NYDF Duty Free locations at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
What to expect
- Duty free
- Cosmetics
- Fragrances
- Tobacco
Other options in Terminal 4
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- NYDF Duty Free, Terminal 4 - 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.