Modafferi Home
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 97-03 165th Avenue, Howard Beach, Queens, New York
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: 5-10pm nightly
Cost: free
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A corner-lot display in Howard Beach that the Modafferi family has been putting up for more than 30 years, lit nightly from 5 to 10pm. Donations collected at the house benefit a volunteer fire department.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Queens is around 4:29 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:00 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 32°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 2 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 31 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Jamaica Avenue Holiday Lights
- Little North Pole
- Brooklyn's Home for the Holidays
- Dumbo Archway Plaza Holiday Lights
- Dyker Heights Christmas Lights (Dyker Lights)
- Lightscape at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Grand Army Plaza Menorah
- Panna II Garden & Milon
Make a night of it. This is stop 3 on our 3-stop Queens lights loop — about 0 miles and 12 minutes of driving in total.