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Leon's Bagels

Terminal 5•Gate 505•Post-Security
BreakfastBakery / Desserts
Leon's Bagels is a proudly independent, NYC-born bagel shop founded by Chris Taha in 2021. Built on a "nothing fancy" ethos, Leon's focuses on what truly matters - quality ingredients, soft and glutinous bagels, and bold, satisfying flavor combinations.

Finding it

Leon's Bagels is in Gate 505 in Terminal 5 near Gate 505 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 505
Level
3

Terminal 5 has 33 places to eat and 8 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 3:30am.

Hours against the security queue

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.

About this location

Leon's Bagels sits at Gate 505 on Terminal 5's level 3, between Horizon Bakery near Gate 501 and the cluster of stops around Gate 510. Bagels and breakfast plates make up its whole menu, a narrower focus than the bakery cases and grab-and-go counters elsewhere on this level. For travelers boarding mid-morning from gates in the low 500s, it's the closest breakfast stop without walking back toward the terminal's far end.

What to expect

  • breakfast
  • bagels

Other options in Terminal 5

All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.

Sources

Official Travel Resources

1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.

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