New York City Baskets · Birthday Gift Guide

Birthday Gift Guide

Which birthday baskets do people actually send, and how late can one still be ordered? This guide answers both with the store's birthday orders, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, and its own delivery rules for the five boroughs and the rest of the state.

Check a ZIP code Shop birthday gift baskets

Same-day delivery only in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, for orders placed by 11 a.m., any day of the week
The rest of New York State: courier delivery in one business day, Monday to Friday
Delivery is free on orders of $100 or more per address; below that it is $19.99
A gift holding wine, champagne, whiskey or beer is handed only to someone 21 or older with photo ID

Happy Birthday Gourmet Chocolate and Tea Basket · $118.99

A Sparkling Birthday Celebration Gift Set · $83.99

Gourmet Birthday Basket Featuring Sparkling Wine and Chocolates · $183.99

Find the earliest birthday delivery date

Enter the ZIP code of the person celebrating. The answer gives the first day a basket can arrive and, for courier addresses, how long is left before today's parcels go out. If that day comes after the birthday, order a little sooner and set the birthday as the delivery date at checkout.

Same-day delivery covers only Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, seven days a week. Every other New York address is served by courier on weekdays.

When a birthday basket arrives

It comes down to the address. These are the four cases; for an exact date, use the checker.

Address	When it arrives
Manhattan, Brooklyn or Queens	Same-day delivery, only in these three boroughs: order by 11 a.m. on any day, weekends included. Businesses receive the basket by 5 p.m., homes by 9 p.m.
The Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland	Courier delivery in one business day, Monday to Friday. An order placed before that day's shipping cut-off goes out the same afternoon; the checker counts the minutes down.
Albany, Rochester, Buffalo and the rest of New York State	Also one business day by courier, on weekdays only.
Any other ZIP code	Type it into the checker above; the address check at checkout gives the final answer before payment.

Order early, deliver on the dayCheckout lets you choose any later delivery date, so a basket can be booked weeks ahead and still turn up on the birthday.

Delivery costFree on orders of $100 or more per address; otherwise $19.99.

Gifts with alcoholWine, champagne, whiskey and beer are handed over only to a recipient 21 or older who shows photo ID. Baskets without alcohol need no ID.

Days with no deliveryThanksgiving (November 26), Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Courier parcels do not travel on Saturdays or Sundays.

The birthday baskets people keep choosing

Nine gifts you can order today, each one sent for a birthday in two or more of the years 2023–2026. They sit in the price groups birthday orders actually fell into. The two most-ordered gifts were level, so none of them is ranked. Prices are today's.

What the birthday orders show

New York City Baskets birthday orders, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026. Where it adds something, the same measure for all of the store's orders in 2023, 2024 and 2025 sits beside it.

83%of birthday orders reached $10046% landed between $100 and $149 and 37% at $150 or more · birthday orders, Oct 2023 – Sep 2026

21%held sparkling wineclose to the 18% across all orders · birthday orders, Oct 2023 – Sep 2026; all orders 2023–2025

5%held still winefar below the 33% across all orders · birthday orders, Oct 2023 – Sep 2026; all orders 2023–2025

19%were sent by a companyset against 30% of all orders · birthday orders, Oct 2023 – Sep 2026; all orders 2023–2025

21%came in on a Saturday or Sundaythe remainder on weekdays · birthday orders, Oct 2023 – Sep 2026

15%were placed in Decemberwhere all orders reached 29% · birthday orders, 2023–2025; all orders 2023–2025

Picking the right birthday basket

Sparkling wine over still

Sparkling wine was in 21% of birthday orders and still wine in just 5%, a reversal of the 18% and 33% seen across all orders. The A Sparkling Birthday Celebration Gift Set and the sparkling wine basket with a plush bear are both sparkling birthday gifts.

Chocolate and tea, no ID needed

Many of the most-chosen birthday gifts have no alcohol in them. The Happy Birthday Gourmet Chocolate and Tea Basket and the Birthday Indulgence Chocolate Gift Box with Tea pair chocolate with tea, so anyone at the address can accept them.

Most land between $100 and $149

46% of birthday orders fell in that price group, more than any other. The Birthday-Themed Assorted Chocolate Gift Box, at $116.99, is one of them; the birthday collection has the full range.

For a beer or whiskey fan

The beer and chocolate birthday board and the whiskey and dark chocolate basket were each chosen for birthdays in more than one year. Like every gift with alcohol, they go only to a recipient 21 or older with photo ID.

One basket per person

97% of birthday orders were for a single gift. Choose the one that suits the person; a bigger basket says more than two smaller ones.

Birthdays at the weekend

21% of birthday orders were placed on a Saturday or Sunday. Weekend delivery covers only Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens; a courier parcel waits until Monday, so send it to arrive on the Friday.

Office birthdays

Companies sent 19% of the store's birthday orders over Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, well under their 30% share of all orders 2023–2025, so birthday baskets here are mostly personal. For a colleague in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, an office delivery arrives by 5 p.m.; teams elsewhere in the state receive courier parcels on business days.

Corporate gifting Corporate gift baskets

Birthday-Themed Assorted Chocolate Gift Box · $116.99

Delivery details for each borough and town

Open a place to see how birthday baskets reach it.

Same-day delivery covers only these boroughs

One business day by courier

All delivery areas

Birthday questions, answered

Can a birthday basket arrive on the day I order it?

Yes, but only in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens: order by 11 a.m. and it is delivered that day, Saturdays and Sundays included. Any other address gets courier delivery in one business day.

The birthday is on a Sunday. What are my options?

Inside the three boroughs, weekend delivery is available. Courier parcels move Monday to Friday only, so aim for the Friday before or the Monday after.

Who can sign for a basket with alcohol?

An adult 21 or older showing photo ID. If nobody that age will be home, the chocolate and tea birthday box has no alcohol.

How much is delivery?

Free on orders of $100 or more per address; otherwise $19.99.

How can I follow my order?

Use the order tracking page with the order number.

How do I contact New York City Baskets?

Send a message from the contact page.