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Gift Basket Delivery in Kingston, NY

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Kingston and the rest of Ulster County, New York. Gourmet, fruit, sympathy, birthday and get-well baskets are packed to order by our gift basket partners and shipped 2-day, sooner in some regions: you choose the delivery day at checkout, and an order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later.

Need it today? A local florist partner of James Cress Florist designs and hand-delivers fresh flowers and fruit baskets in Kingston the same day; order by 2:00 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Eastern time).

Ships 2-day, sooner in some regions · choose the delivery day at checkout Order by 3:45 PM Eastern for the earliest delivery daySame-day flowers and fruit baskets by a local florist · order by 2:00 PM Mon–Fri, 12:45 PM Sat (Eastern)Ulster County · ZIP 12401, 12402Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Same-day flowers and fruit baskets in Kingston

Designed and hand-delivered the same day by a local florist partner of James Cress Florist. Order by 2:00 PM Mon–Fri or 12:45 PM Sat (Eastern time).

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Hospital, senior living, campus & hotel deliveries in Kingston

A basket ships by parcel to a street address, so it cannot go to a PO box, a graveside or a service. What it can do is reach a bedside, a resident's door, a campus mailroom or a hotel front desk, as long as the order names the person the way that place expects. Below, the kinds of places in and around Kingston that boxes get sent to, how each one receives a parcel, and a local example laid out the way the label should read. For a service itself, the same-day flowers on this page go by hand through the local florist.

Hospitals

Parcels go to the hospital's receiving desk or mailroom and are brought up by staff, so pick a delivery day that lands before the expected discharge. Baked goods, fruit and snack boxes suit a room; nothing that needs a fridge. Where a unit does not allow fresh flowers, a basket or a plant is the surer gift.

Ship to Patient's full name, unit and room Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus Acute care hospital with an emergency department105 Mary's AvenueKingston, NY 12401

Senior living and nursing homes

Reception signs for the box and staff bring it through, so a weekday delivery reaches the resident faster than a Saturday one. Soft baked goods, fruit and sugar-free boxes are the usual choice.

Ship to Resident's name, building or apartment number Golden Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 280 beds99 Golden Hill DriveKingston, NY 12401

Also near Kingston: Northeast Ctr for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury and Ten Broeck Commons, and 4 more.

Colleges and campus mailrooms

Campus mailrooms hold parcels for pickup and notify the student, so a text to say a box is on the way helps. Exam weeks and move-in are the busy times; care packages go out two business days ahead.

Ship to Student's full name, residence hall or mail center, box or room number Ulster County Community College Public, 1,000 to 4,999 students491 Cottekill RdStone Ridge, NY 12484

Also near Kingston: Bard College.

Hotels

The front desk matches the box to the reservation and hands it over at check-in. Ship for the day the guest arrives or the day before, never for after checkout.

Ship to Guest's name and check-in date Hampton Inn Kingston Hampton by Hilton1307 Ulster AveKingston, NY 12401

Also near Kingston: Courtyard by Marriott and Kingston Carriage House.

Verified Places checked by Gift Basket Delivery team · September 2026 · Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, NCES IPEDS, Overture Maps Foundation. Names, addresses and facility facts come from those public datasets and are checked by hand; spotted one that has moved or closed? Let us know and it comes off the page.

How delivery to Kingston works

Gift baskets (shipped)

  1. Choose the basket and the delivery day you want. The calendar at checkout shows the days available for your recipient's ZIP code: an order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later.
  2. Your basket is packed to order by one of our gift basket partners.
  3. It ships 2-day to Kingston; you get a shipping confirmation with tracking when it leaves.
  4. The carrier brings it to the door, the front desk or the mailroom on the day you chose, so it is worth checking that someone will be around.

Next-day delivery is offered for some regions at certain times of the year; the checkout calendar shows what is available for your recipient's address.

ZIP codes we ship to in Kingston: 12401, 12402.

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Flowers and fruit baskets (hand-delivered the same day)

Order bySame-day delivery
Monday–Friday2:00 PM
Saturday12:45 PM
SundayNot available*

Times are your recipient's local time (Eastern). Flowers and fruit baskets on this page are fulfilled by James Cress Florist (family-run since 1903) through a florist near Kingston that it has vetted: that shop makes the piece from fresh stock and brings it to the door by hand. *Sundays: the florists in that network deliver only on a few major holidays. In the rare case that no florist near Kingston can take the order, the full amount is refunded.

If I order a basket today, when can it reach Kingston?

Baskets ship 2-day, sooner in some regions, and you pick the delivery day on the calendar at checkout. An order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later; the calendar shows the exact days open for your recipient's ZIP code (12401, 12402).

Can a basket be shipped to Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus?

Yes. Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus sits 3 miles out from Kingston, and the box goes to its street address. Address the box to the patient's full name with the unit or room number and use the hospital's street address. Hospitals take parcels at a receiving desk or mailroom and staff bring them up, so pick a delivery day that lands before the expected discharge; a box that arrives after the patient has left sits in the mailroom until someone claims it. Fresh flowers are not allowed on some units, so for intensive care or oncology a basket or a plant is the surer gift.

When to ship what to Kingston

Baskets travel by parcel and can wait on a step for an afternoon, so the month decides the contents. Thirty-year averages for Kingston, month by month, with the ones that matter marked.

  1. Jan 37°11° Freezing
  2. Feb 40°12° Freezing
  3. Mar 49°20° Freezing
  4. Apr 62°31° Freezing
  5. May 73°43°
  6. Jun 81°52°
  7. Jul 86°56° Heat
  8. Aug 84°55° Wettest
  9. Sep now 77°47°
  10. Oct 65°35° Wettest
  11. Nov 53°26° Freezing
  12. Dec 42°17° Freezing

September in Kingston: afternoons around 77°F, nights around 47°F. Nothing in the forecast averages argues against a doorstep delivery; any basket in the catalog travels well.

Heat (July). Afternoons average 85°F or more, peaking near 86°F in July. Send chocolate, cheese and fresh fruit to a workplace or a front desk in these months; baked goods, nuts, coffee, tea and spa baskets can take a doorstep drop.

Freezing nights (January, February, March, April, November and December). The average low reaches 11°F in January. Jams, sauces and fresh fruit should not spend a night outside; offices, senior residences and hospitals all receive indoors.

Wettest months (October and August). Around 5.3 and 4.9 inches of rain on average. Boxes are sealed, not waterproof: a covered porch or a workplace address keeps the packaging presentable.

Weather only matters for the shipped box. The same-day flowers on this page are carried in by a local florist and handed over, whatever the month.

Normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020, Rhinebeck 4se station, 10.2 miles from Kingston. Heat: average high 85°F or more. Freezing: average low 32°F or less. Snow: 2 inches or more in the month. Wettest: the two months with the most rain.

Where we ship in Kingston

Kingston, NY · Ulster County Kingston Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Kingston sits in Ulster County, New York, within the Kingston metro area. Our gift basket partners ship gourmet gift baskets, fruit baskets and bakery gift boxes to homes, offices, hospitals and campuses across Kingston, and a local florist hand-delivers flowers the same day.

ZIP codes
12401, 12402
County
Ulster County, New York
Metro area
Kingston
Gift baskets
Ship 2-day, sooner in some regions; order by 3:45 PM Eastern for the earliest delivery day, and pick the day at checkout.
Same-day flowers
Flowers and fruit baskets by a local florist partner of James Cress Florist; order by 2:00 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Eastern time).
Nearby
Hurley, Connelly, Bloomington, Port Ewen, West Hurley

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