Staten Island Mall

Coordinates: 40°34′54″N 74°9′56″W / 40.58167°N 74.16556°W / 40.58167; -74.16556
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Staten Island Mall
Total retail floor area
1,370,000 ft2
No. of floors2 (3 in Macy's)
Websitewww.statenislandmall.com

Staten Island Mall is a shopping mall in New Springville, Staten Island, New York City, opened in 1973. It is the only indoor shopping mall in the borough.[1] It is the largest retail center on the island and is the site of the island's third-largest public transit hub after the St. George Terminal and Eltingville Transit Center, with numerous bus routes that connect to the periphery of the mall area. It is the second largest shopping center in New York City. The mall features Primark, JCPenney, and Macy's, in addition to an 11-screen dine-in AMC Theatres.

Description

The main entrance to the Staten Island Mall in 2004.

The mall is owned by

Dave and Buster's and an AMC Theatres dine-in cinema. A carnival by Reithoffer Shows was held from 1998 through 2018, bringing rides, games, and food stands into the parking lots of the mall. Amusements of America took the place of Reithoffer starting in 2019. The mall also has a strip mall
called The Crossing, which features multiple shops and a restaurants.

History

Prior to the construction of the mall, the land was occupied by the Staten Island Airport, which opened in 1941. The site was sold in 1955 with a shopping and amusement center envisaged, known as the Staten Island Center. In 1964 it was announced that

Rouse Company
in 1980. Rouse remodeled the mall by removing the small shops in the center court known as the "Honeycomb", adding escalators to the original six, and installing additional trees and several new fountains throughout the mall.

The mall was renovated and expanded in 1993 when the

gross leasable area (GLA) of 1,274,000 square feet (118,400 m2)[4]
and a tenant GLA of 622,000 square feet (57,800 m2).

By the mid-2010, higher-end shops such as

Armani Exchange opened for business, and by 2011, numerous new brands (Adidas, Love Culture
, etc.) were relocating or updating their looks while new tenants continued to revive the mall's image.

The mall was expanded by 242,000 square feet[5] between 2016 and 2019, which included the addition of a new retailers including Zara, Ulta Beauty, Dave & Buster's, Barnes & Noble, Lidl, and AMC Theatres. The food court was moved from its former area into the newly expanded area in the mall, renamed the "Food District".[6] On March 15, 2017, Primark opened one of its first American locations. Sears closed, but The Container Store opened on an out parcel.[7]

By 2023, Staten Island Mall had announced several newest additions, among them are

Charlotte Russe, Sugar Bear, Hobby Lobby, and Rainbow.[8]

A Krispy Kreme outparcel near the mall's main entrance, the first Krispy Kreme on the island was opened in 2022.

Transportation

Several local,

SIM31 express buses.[9]

References

  1. ^ Nyback, Glenn (August 18, 2009). "Staten Island Mall cuts hours of operation". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Big Retail Chains to Add Branches on Staten Island". The New York Times. April 8, 1964. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "Opening of Mall Brings Air-Conditioned Shopping to Staten Island". The New York Times. August 10, 1973. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Staten Island Mall
  5. ^ "Renovation". www.statenislandmall.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  6. ^ Porpora, Tracey (March 15, 2018). "10 things to know about the Staten Island Mall expansion". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  7. ^ Porpora, Tracey (July 14, 2019). "Exclusive: Sears to close in Staten Island Mall". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "New stores, restaurants opening in the Staten Island Mall as it rebounds from pandemic". 24 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Staten Island Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.

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