Nothing beats shopping in your favorite store and walking around. Window shopping and eating at a food court. Computers are killing the interaction with people
I loved shopping at the mall- however the stores have done a poor job of keeping up inventory and most everything at the Sunrise mall is cheaply made and mark-down store quality
That mall was thriving not that long ago. I worked there from 2010-14 and that place was always packed and humming with activity. Damn shame. When the Walmart there closed in 2015, that was the beginning of the end.
For one the bs pandemic and the rules the government was putting out, the fear it put into people to stay away. Now we have the prices rising inflation this country is collapsing we don't see it
Yeah I don't remember when the Walmart was there per sey but I remember visiting the mall after or even around 2015. God, I can't believe how long it's been since then, the mall was starting to become what you would to refer to as a ghost mall. Considering that for the most part being from Brooklyn my usual Mall destinations with friends and family were Roosevelt Field and the Staten Island Mall, occasionally Green Acres in Valley Stream. I noticed the Sunrise, now Westfield Mall seemed unusually desolate but had a charm to it and even though many major retailers by then we're pulling out it was nice to be able to shop in a place with very little foot traffic. But of course while walking through the mall I remember saying each time, especially at the beginning of the e-commerce domination, reign of Amazon, how do they stay in business? I remember the last time I visited I didn't notice how old the mall's design was. But that was years ago and since dramatic updating changes have been made to some of the other malls I've mentioned the Westfield's design does appear from customer stills and videos very dated. But still kind of charming, sorry to see it go. Especially considering it will most likely be replaced by I can almost guarantee pricey residential property.
I agree online shopping hurt most of these mall along with the pandemic 😷…this was my favorite place to go and it will be miss a lot🥲🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭…. Wish you all the best moving forward 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👍
I grew up in Massapequa and worked in one of the stores while I was in college from 2001-2005. At that time, Sunrise Mall was quite popular( not nearly as luxurious as Roosevelt Field), but nevertheless, it was a popular mall. I had heard that it really had gone substantially downhill in recent years. This is a sad sign of the times.
I grew up in massapqeua as well. That mall started dying when I was in high school 2012 and on, it was mostly high schoolers messing around in there lol.
Give it time buying online will sore it be expensive. They want it to be cheap. Everything is cheap in the beginning after awhile it goes up. Once stores are gone it go up
@@John231984 That movie theater was a death trap wasn't it? I grew up in Queens but haven't been back in decades. I remember someone was always shooting or getting shot.
@@MissJacque87 i see jogger eating out of can of goya the mkst with theirs stamps lol, we other hand spends our dollors on stuff please get this spend and not stealing
@@joelmorales4604 Stealing‼️😂 Both my grandfather’s was in the Civil and Vietnam war… My aunt was in the marines, uncle was in the army, family in the Navy… You talking to the right one‼️My grandfather 👴🏾 worked with his two bare hands 🙌🏾 electrician, carpenter, construction, mechanic, 👨🏾🔧 and built his own store 🏬 brick 🧱 by brick 🧱 Quote from Grandpa 👴🏾 “As long as I have my two bare hands 🙌🏾 i’ll always have a job”‼️Never 👎🏾 needed to work for a soul or even steal to feed his family‼️😂 We learn those skills from the south while picking that hot 🥵 ass cotton, from sun ☀️ up too sun ⛅️ down‼️😎
I remember spending lots of good times in Green Acres mall in the 60s, when I was young. I don't buy much at my age anymore, but I still like to see what I buy before I buy it...especially clothes...and not have to waste time packing it back up and returning it. Can't say that the pandemic forced people to shop online. Jeff Bezos didn't become a billionaire during the last two years. 🤣🤣
It hurts me to see that the mall tenants in my area are dwindling down. There's hardly any stores left. Most are going to open air shopping centers. Our mall may be dated but its in excellent shape.
Before we all know it we going to wake up to find things to do and it won't be there. People need to stop depending on the internet for shopping that is going to kill the economy
@@raymondmartucci2049 It's cheaper for the store since I was told years ago because to lease in the mall is very expensive and now the brick-and-mortar stores are leasing land but pay for their own building which makes it cheaper.
@@erinaustin2157 Do you live in long island cause roosevelt field mall is about 1.2 miles away from The Source mall. How long does it take you to drive 1.2 miles
Instead of leaving it a an one why not lease the property to doctors offices, dental,. That way people can still walk around and wouldn’t mind waiting a long wait during their docs visits. Drop the rent prices down. It’s better than nothing. More of a loss if it’s just sitting there abandoned.
Wow, this is amazing, I was not there when this was built in 1973, I had just moved the year before from Brentwood to Ft Lauderdale after being discharged from the US Army. Didn't realize how many years I've been gone. Grew up on Long Island in the 1950s & 60s by the early 70s it was time to head south. It's a shame that these malls cannot survive but the internet has destroyed the bricks & mortar businesses.
I used to shop at the Walmart there all the time back in the early 2000's when it was bustling. Now all the anchor tenants are gone, there's no traffic there anymore.
We had a beautiful mall, here in Cupertino, (Vallco Shopping Mall 1976), close to Apple HQ. They bulldozed it down last year, after 40+ years of service to the community. I remember going there as a kid. It made me sad to see it go.
If they do put apartments over there the rent will be totally unreasonable. Rent in these apartment completes goes beyond 2,000 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment. It's totally ridiculous.
combine the residential rental units with the retail spaces and have them co-exist as they do in other countries. Small rental apartments are what the young professionals on the go need. inexpensive rents combined with retail makes sense, it does work for both tenants.
Your average mall was always going to die. Alot of these malls depended on big corporation that either collapsed or on the verge of it. If your going to make a mall you should think about the experience for the people in the town. Also give these mom and pop business a chance shine.
They should make it mixed used residential like they do in other towns. Like they could have Stores on the bottom and residential units on the top level and have a section where there is entertainment complex.
I worked there for a few weeks back in 2008, it was dead then and nothing has been done since to improve it. A bunch of trendy chain restaurants wasn't what the place needed. Just brought in some business after hours that didn't feed the rest of the mall. Look at what Smith Haven did if you want to see the way to revive a shopping center.
Hey here some information, I used to live on LI and shop at the Sunrise mall years ago, I know the Property taxes are killing everyone specially mom and pop shops, well I now live in Crossville TN, you want to open in a growing town this is the place to do it, the town offers such a low property tax incentive it is a much more business friendly atmosphere here in the south, in NY they want everything you make, not here, the town is hungry for Brick and Mortar stores, these Blue states are crushing businesses, TN is the place, so leave those closing Malls and expensive shopping centers and come here .
This mall was mismanaged for a long time. They never should have put WalMart there and closing the movie theater was a disaster. Many mistakes were made. Then you had a bunch of bad kids going there and one of my friends was robbed there. Also Roosevelt Field Mall is only 10-15 min away and that mall is doing well. Not a surprise.
The last time I went to Sunrise Mall was in 2005 then in 2006 then I returned once again in 2014. I barely go to that mall. But it’s sad it’s going. The Source Mall at Westbury was already dead since the early 2010s and the only thing thats not closed down is Dave & Busters. I mean some stores like Cheesecake Factory is still around. But I rarely go there anymore. The Roosevelt Mall is the only super mall left that I go to the most. I hope that place doesn’t shutdown too. I’ve known that place since the mid 90s.
My sons school uniform was sold at this mall. It always reminded me of low end stores, except macys, which is more middle class. I loved the koi pond but other than that, the place kinda skeeved me.
This mall has been slowly decaying since the days when it was a Simon property. One of the reasons this mall may well be closing is it had a crime problem and issues from the surrounding area. The marketing mix was not good for the past 10 years. Once management added stores the quality of Kamart to the mix it drew the wrong types of buyers who did not want the stores the mall should house. This is now the ideal area for another housing development to add more revenue to the budgets of the towns and just put more pressure on the local infrastructure. The tax base can not afford anything else. JUST NOT affordable housing that will change the quality of life for the entire area.
How they hell are they closing down when the sunvet mall in Holbrook is still open... Sunvet has been a ghost town for a long time. 2 major stores that have kept people going there (Pathmark and toys r us) have been gone for years now lol. Hard to believe a bank and a pizzaria are keeping an entire mall from going under.
Very sad. In the 90's this mall was thriving, and a great place to shop or eat. However, between 2013-2015 crimes started rising, GANG related crimes put a lot of fear. It was a known thing, if you go to that mall, go during the day and make sure your gone before 6pm. The Pandemic made things worse. More malls will close if there isn't more Police presence inside and Outside Malls. More People are being targeted & watched to be robbed or killed. Hopefully the Town Hall can vote to make it Residential and have a Supermarket. Now its either Roosevelt or SmithHaven mall, or paying expensive tolls to NJ.
This is what happens when you don't have to pay for your purchases. Many people just walk right past the register. No arrest. No prosecution. Everything free..
Malls to me had a very impersonal feel to them, poor customer service in general, people who work there in general didn't know the products and didn't seem to take an interest either. So the internet, more savvy buyers and online shopping, influx of chinese made goods, etc. created options. The pandemic didn't help matters and I'm sure rents for tenants were ridiculous so prices had to be higher. Things certainly change
Bwahhhh!!! I use to go to that mall to pick up those cute L.I girls. Use to talk my mother in driving down there from Queens. Fun times would love to go back to 97-98.
Across from the lumberyard"what's a lumberyard? "people say. South Ozone Park Queens NY. 1958. I was 7 years old and I remember. Loved John's bargain store. They were happy days. Simple and safe.
@@9089-i8i The John's bargain store I went to was in Corona Queens, there is also a lumber yard in Corona that is still in business. Corona sure has changed... one good thing is you can still go to the Lemon Ice King.
John, I remember those days like it was yesterday. John's bargain store was a treat for me after my father left the lumberyard. I remember so much about those days. Happy and whoesome. Thanks for the memories.
Yes online shopping has something to do with malls dying all over the U S, but it's not the main reason! The main reason is that the general American public just has less & less money to freely spent
You can’t completely blame Amazon and online shopping for a lot of these stores going under and leaving. A lot of these retail stores were in and out of bankruptcy and were bought by creditors trying to milk the company for a little more money way before Amazon was a thing. Some filed bankruptcy because of bad decisions they’ve made and it caught up to them. Then some of these teetering in bankruptcy chains were one economic disaster away from closing store locations. Some barely recovered from the 2008 financial crisis and when the pandemic hit a decade later, it tanked them and they closed locations. When malls were losing these businesses, they failed.
I get a kick out of this building affordable housing. If you don't have commercial businesses. you will drive residents out with outrageous taxes. They are already insane on the Island.
Like the little girl said - "to touch it, and look at things..." There are still many people who would rather shop in an actual store, rather than buying online.
I really hope they revamp it and make it much bigger they is so much parking space for no reason not even 2/8 of the parking space is full and I’ve been there and it’s always been dead for years especially now. Nothing is ever sold out in any store in there but the memories there will always be apart of me. I hope they save it and make it into a new mall because it’s always fun shopping. Anyways for the ppl saying the pandemic killed this mall it’s already been dead for years, Personally I couldn’t experience this mall way back then but from my perspective I never have not seen atleast 5 stores not open and barricaded.
sad to say but literally that’s what happened everytime I go there with my friends that’s all we do with no notice of it really only fun thing that went on
Just turn the land to good use by rezoning it to be both commercial and residential in one area, like every city in the world instead of it being ugly parking lots.
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Nothing beats shopping in your favorite store and walking around. Window shopping and eating at a food court. Computers are killing the interaction with people
If you ever saw the film Wall-E, that's where we are headed.
I loved shopping at the mall- however the stores have done a poor job of keeping up inventory and most everything at the Sunrise mall is cheaply made and mark-down store quality
Humans are social and visual. This push for everything on line will hurt us horribly in the future
That mall was thriving not that long ago. I worked there from 2010-14 and that place was always packed and humming with activity. Damn shame. When the Walmart there closed in 2015, that was the beginning of the end.
For one the bs pandemic and the rules the government was putting out, the fear it put into people to stay away. Now we have the prices rising inflation this country is collapsing we don't see it
Yeah I don't remember when the Walmart was there per sey but I remember visiting the mall after or even around 2015. God, I can't believe how long it's been since then, the mall was starting to become what you would to refer to as a ghost mall. Considering that for the most part being from Brooklyn my usual Mall destinations with friends and family were Roosevelt Field and the Staten Island Mall, occasionally Green Acres in Valley Stream. I noticed the Sunrise, now Westfield Mall seemed unusually desolate but had a charm to it and even though many major retailers by then we're pulling out it was nice to be able to shop in a place with very little foot traffic. But of course while walking through the mall I remember saying each time, especially at the beginning of the e-commerce domination, reign of Amazon, how do they stay in business? I remember the last time I visited I didn't notice how old the mall's design was. But that was years ago and since dramatic updating changes have been made to some of the other malls I've mentioned the Westfield's design does appear from customer stills and videos very dated. But still kind of charming, sorry to see it go. Especially considering it will most likely be replaced by I can almost guarantee pricey residential property.
I remember it as a kid in 1977!!!
all malls were thriving not long ago but online shopping destroy them
To look at things and touch things . Lil girl said it all! 👌
The day will come again when people will want to see the quality of what they're buying before they buy bullshit from China.
@@LyricSpencer just know why we're in this in the 1st place. Quality isn't for the broke.
@Ra Nu 🤦🏾♀️
and shoplift
I agree online shopping hurt most of these mall along with the pandemic 😷…this was my favorite place to go and it will be miss a lot🥲🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭…. Wish you all the best moving forward 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👍
I will never buy shoes on-line !
If only people would stop depending online shopping
rent at mall are ridiculous for tenants, otherwise, you would see hair salons, services, food courts, entertainments, doctors, mail services, etc.
Instead of dropping the prices they rather shut down and create concentration camps?
I grew up in Massapequa and worked in one of the stores while I was in college from 2001-2005. At that time, Sunrise Mall was quite popular( not nearly as luxurious as Roosevelt Field), but nevertheless, it was a popular mall. I had heard that it really had gone substantially downhill in recent years. This is a sad sign of the times.
Thats wild. There are like 6 malls near me jn NJ and there is never a time when they are not packed
I grew up in massapqeua as well. That mall started dying when I was in high school 2012 and on, it was mostly high schoolers messing around in there lol.
Malls are expensive compared to online where you could shop around especially with the inflation.
That's not why they going to put you in it it's going to be at Camp enjoy yourself people like you that are living in a fantasy world
The problem is in some areas is having it delivered and it getting stolen from in front of your house !
Give it time buying online will sore it be expensive. They want it to be cheap. Everything is cheap in the beginning after awhile it goes up. Once stores are gone it go up
Oh my heart breaks 😿! I had my first bank in the mall and worked in jc penny during Christmas break. It will always be a part of my past.
That’s a damn shame! The guy was right people love convenience the pandemic sealed the deal on closures
Been a long time coming.... closing the movie theater was a big mistake.
That was like 20 years ago. But I agree
@@John231984 That movie theater was a death trap wasn't it? I grew up in Queens but haven't been back in decades. I remember someone was always shooting or getting shot.
@@LyricSpencer You're probably thinking about Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream.
@@John231984 - More than 20 years ago. Over 30 years ago (around 1988).
In the 90’s sunrise mall was exciting…
But your ppl killed it
@@joelmorales4604 You mean your ppl who crossed the border destroyed it! Goya Bean!
@@MissJacque87 i see jogger eating out of can of goya the mkst with theirs stamps lol, we other hand spends our dollors on stuff please get this spend and not stealing
@@joelmorales4604 Stealing‼️😂 Both my grandfather’s was in the Civil and Vietnam war… My aunt was in the marines, uncle was in the army, family in the Navy… You talking to the right one‼️My grandfather 👴🏾 worked with his two bare hands 🙌🏾 electrician, carpenter, construction, mechanic, 👨🏾🔧 and built his own store 🏬 brick 🧱 by brick 🧱 Quote from Grandpa 👴🏾 “As long as I have my two bare hands 🙌🏾 i’ll always have a job”‼️Never 👎🏾 needed to work for a soul or even steal to feed his family‼️😂 We learn those skills from the south while picking that hot 🥵 ass cotton, from sun ☀️ up too sun ⛅️ down‼️😎
more like the 80s
I remember spending lots of good times in Green Acres mall in the 60s, when I was young.
I don't buy much at my age anymore, but I still like to see what I buy before I buy it...especially clothes...and not have to waste time packing it back up and returning it.
Can't say that the pandemic forced people to shop online. Jeff Bezos didn't become a billionaire during the last two years. 🤣🤣
I left NY many years ago but I remember the Green Acres mall I believe that’s the mall with the drive in movie theater ?
Only Multi, multi billionaire since the pandemic.!
This isn't Green Acres.
@@chrismalloy7016 yes it is. Sunrise is called Green Acres.
@@Petty-BettyPolite1019 I don't think so, Green Acres is in Valley Stream, this mall (Sunrise) is in Massepequa.
It hurts me to see that the mall tenants in my area are dwindling down. There's hardly any stores left. Most are going to open air shopping centers. Our mall may be dated but its in excellent shape.
Before we all know it we going to wake up to find things to do and it won't be there. People need to stop depending on the internet for shopping that is going to kill the economy
@@raymondmartucci2049 It's cheaper for the store since I was told years ago because to lease in the mall is very expensive and now the brick-and-mortar stores are leasing land but pay for their own building which makes it cheaper.
@@di4085 these malls going to turn into apartments. Hopefully there will be something good to replace this mall not condos.
I went to Sunrise last week, and it was so empty. There was like around 20 people and not that much stores open.
They should make it a giant swap meet with vendors and food and clothes, it would be awesome and a movie theater.
That sounds great
And a shooting range too
Yup 👍🏽
@@merkcityboy834 2A all day👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
There was a flea market across sunrise hwy already years ago. Busy bee flea market. That went out too.
Goodbye Sunrise Mall 1973-2022
Too bad not 2023 for that perfect 50 year mark
I remember going to the arcade and the movies at sunrise mall in the late 70s and the early 80s.
Yup. I remember going there with my parents at 4 years old 1977.
Korvettes
Woolworth
A&S
Dude Galaxy game room and Timeout were the spot back then.
Go to Roosevelt Field mall instead. It’s way better! It’s about a 25 minute drive away.
Not even 25min its like 5 mins away
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ghetto mall
@@otogigamer do you take a rocket to get there in 5min? 🧐
@@erinaustin2157 Do you live in long island cause roosevelt field mall is about 1.2 miles away from The Source mall. How long does it take you to drive 1.2 miles
I grew up in the town next to it and loved going there when I was young. So hard to believe it’s closing.
They're already building a lot of luxury apartments on merrick Ave. And they built tons of housing behind target
My first job was there at Nathan's in 1998
Instead of leaving it a an one why not lease the property to doctors offices, dental,. That way people can still walk around and wouldn’t mind waiting a long wait during their docs visits. Drop the rent prices down. It’s better than nothing. More of a loss if it’s just sitting there abandoned.
Wow, this is amazing, I was not there when this was built in 1973, I had just moved the year before from Brentwood to Ft Lauderdale after being discharged from the US Army. Didn't realize how many years I've been gone. Grew up on Long Island in the 1950s & 60s by the early 70s it was time to head south. It's a shame that these malls cannot survive but the internet has destroyed the bricks & mortar businesses.
I remember it as a 4 year old in 1977.
Korvettes
A&S
I used to shop at the Walmart there all the time back in the early 2000's when it was bustling. Now all the anchor tenants are gone, there's no traffic there anymore.
The real estate vultures are circling.......
We had a beautiful mall, here in Cupertino, (Vallco Shopping Mall 1976), close to Apple HQ. They bulldozed it down last year, after 40+ years of service to the community. I remember going there as a kid. It made me sad to see it go.
So Sunrise Mall will become METH-CRACKHEAD Alley Condominiums!
If they do put apartments over there the rent will be totally unreasonable. Rent in these apartment completes goes beyond 2,000 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment. It's totally ridiculous.
combine the residential rental units with the retail spaces and have them co-exist as they do in other countries. Small rental apartments are what the young professionals on the go need. inexpensive rents combined with retail makes sense, it does work for both tenants.
It will be subsidized for low income housing.
i was just there today, wondering why it's so desolate.
Your average mall was always going to die. Alot of these malls depended on big corporation that either collapsed or on the verge of it. If your going to make a mall you should think about the experience for the people in the town. Also give these mom and pop business a chance shine.
Turn them into affordable housing for hard working ppl !!!
Malls are a bargain for those that loot and shoplift..anyone else who wants things goes on line and buys it.
Sad. When I lived on LI this was a favorite mall.
Someone notify Dan Bell. I grew up hanging out at this mall. Damn shame.
People need to start hitting the malls and get off their ass Es
Whew I never been there..I was thinking about green acres..I grew up on that mall living in queens
So sad all the world as we know it will soon be gone.
O wow that sucks I'm gonna miss this place what an end of an era
Is Roosevelt Field Mall still around?
Of course. It's one of the 10 biggest malls in the country. It's only got bigger over time. Always people there from my experience.
Of course it's around and nobody goes to sunrise mall
@MrDagr8rylz good thing you don’t keep your sarcasm a secret
Yes but it’s not safe there
No Long Island doesn’t need more housing. There’s a lot of people who don’t belong here in the USA overstay there time packing up the place.
More people means even more traffic.
Exactly!!!!
OMG... I can't believe this. I used to go to this mall MANY, many years ago... This is sad
They should make it mixed used residential like they do in other towns. Like they could have Stores on the bottom and residential units on the top level and have a section where there is entertainment complex.
I worked there for a few weeks back in 2008, it was dead then and nothing has been done since to improve it. A bunch of trendy chain restaurants wasn't what the place needed. Just brought in some business after hours that didn't feed the rest of the mall. Look at what Smith Haven did if you want to see the way to revive a shopping center.
But where will babies go to scream?
Hey here some information, I used to live on LI and shop at the Sunrise mall years ago, I know the Property taxes are killing everyone specially mom and pop shops, well I now live in Crossville TN, you want to open in a growing town this is the place to do it, the town offers such a low property tax incentive it is a much more business friendly atmosphere here in the south, in NY they want everything you make, not here, the town is hungry for Brick and Mortar stores, these Blue states are crushing businesses, TN is the place, so leave those closing Malls and expensive shopping centers and come here .
That mall walmart had an upstairs and down stairs
It was dead for years it never had a chance
This mall was mismanaged for a long time. They never should have put WalMart there and closing the movie theater was a disaster. Many mistakes were made. Then you had a bunch of bad kids going there and one of my friends was robbed there. Also Roosevelt Field Mall is only 10-15 min away and that mall is doing well. Not a surprise.
Is this where Jack Doherty pranked random people?
Nah probably at Roosevelt Field mall
The last time I went to Sunrise Mall was in 2005 then in 2006 then I returned once again in 2014. I barely go to that mall. But it’s sad it’s going.
The Source Mall at Westbury was already dead since the early 2010s and the only thing thats not closed down is Dave & Busters. I mean some stores like Cheesecake Factory is still around. But I rarely go there anymore.
The Roosevelt Mall is the only super mall left that I go to the most. I hope that place doesn’t shutdown too. I’ve known that place since the mid 90s.
The internet killed shopping malls
That's so sad that all these stores closing 😢😢😢
China is laughing right now....
My sons school uniform was sold at this mall. It always reminded me of low end stores, except macys, which is more middle class. I loved the koi pond but other than that, the place kinda skeeved me.
I remember the trips to Lobel’s for my school uniform every year. I went to Grace Day school in Massapequa which is also closed now.🥲
Perhaps it's name could be Sunset Mall. Pretty sad to see some malls gone. T least 3 malls in the Baltimore area have disappeared. 💰💲🏷💾💍👞👠 ⚰⚰
This mall has been slowly decaying since the days when it was a Simon property. One of the reasons this mall may well be closing is it had a crime problem and issues from the surrounding area. The marketing mix was not good for the past 10 years. Once management added stores the quality of Kamart to the mix it drew the wrong types of buyers who did not want the stores the mall should house. This is now the ideal area for another housing development to add more revenue to the budgets of the towns and just put more pressure on the local infrastructure. The tax base can not afford anything else. JUST NOT affordable housing that will change the quality of life for the entire area.
F’ing Sucks! I used to shop there when I lived in Copague.
Are you Turkish?
My heart is broke
The new Great Depression economy is on a roll now and just getting started
Did they say when the closing date is?
How they hell are they closing down when the sunvet mall in Holbrook is still open... Sunvet has been a ghost town for a long time. 2 major stores that have kept people going there (Pathmark and toys r us) have been gone for years now lol. Hard to believe a bank and a pizzaria are keeping an entire mall from going under.
something shady going on with that mall
Honestly haven't been to a mall in 5 years.
Another suburban shopping mall killed
All I know that South Shore mall is Sunrise mall 2.0 since they have Olive Garden there.
Yup that mall will be closing next hasn’t had heavy traffic since 2010 like a ghost town even on the weekends. Only packed during Christmas time.
@@SabrinaHendrix. I go to bay shore mall sometimes but there’s like amount of people going there especially in the summer time it gets busy
There was an Olive Garden across the street from Sunrise mall. I wonder if it’s still there??
@@yankees29 no it’s not
@@SabrinaHendrix. damn ok. I used to live in Massapequa but I moved a few years ago. Didn’t realize that one closed down.
sad i shopped and worked here years ago...
Very sad.
In the 90's this mall was thriving, and a great place to shop or eat.
However, between 2013-2015 crimes started rising, GANG related crimes put a lot of fear. It was a known thing, if you go to that mall, go during the day and make sure your gone before 6pm.
The Pandemic made things worse. More malls will close if there isn't more Police presence inside and Outside Malls. More People are being targeted & watched to be robbed or killed.
Hopefully the Town Hall can vote to make it Residential and have a Supermarket.
Now its either Roosevelt or SmithHaven mall, or paying expensive tolls to NJ.
Sunrise mall has been dead since 2004.
This is what happens when you don't have to pay for your purchases. Many people just walk right past the register. No arrest. No prosecution. Everything free..
Thats california not NY. You still get arrested for stealing in ny.
I see a shiny new Amazon warehouse in the future.
Why is it illegal to enter this mall if nobody owns it anymore?
I could see all my dogs and cats living a good life in the projects!! The Housing Authority development is on its way to take over the property.
I don’t think that will happen. High end residential real estate may be coming. Homes are high and folks are offering more than the asking price.
Thank goodness
Affordable housing
NY is going down the toilet, crazy high taxes spent on giveaways rather than infrastructure, & Kathy sucks.
Why not just tare it down and create a new more up to date mall?
Wait, what are they doing with Dave & busters?
Is this Green acres Mall no?
No.
No, Sunrise Mall in Massapequa
Sad to see it go 😞
@1:05 . That is the EXACT problem with malls . Destruction , shoplifting , fIights , robberies , carjackings . C
I bought a measuring tape years ago and I haven’t bought clothes in a mall since. Online just has more options and cheaper.
Malls to me had a very impersonal feel to them, poor customer service in general, people who work there in general didn't know the products and didn't seem to take an interest either. So the internet, more savvy buyers and online shopping, influx of chinese made goods, etc. created options. The pandemic didn't help matters and I'm sure rents for tenants were ridiculous so prices had to be higher. Things certainly change
They will probably re-zone the property and build expensive apartments.
Bwahhhh!!! I use to go to that mall to pick up those cute L.I girls.
Use to talk my mother in driving down there from Queens.
Fun times would love to go back to 97-98.
Does anyone remember John's Bargain Store?
Across from the lumberyard"what's a lumberyard? "people say. South Ozone Park Queens NY. 1958. I was 7 years old and I remember. Loved John's bargain store. They were happy days. Simple and safe.
@@9089-i8i The John's bargain store I went to was in Corona Queens, there is also a lumber yard in Corona that is still in business. Corona sure has changed... one good thing is you can still go to the Lemon Ice King.
John, I remember those days like it was yesterday. John's bargain store was a treat for me after my father left the lumberyard. I remember so much about those days. Happy and whoesome. Thanks for the memories.
Sorry for the spelling. An English major, not that it's doing me any good now!
Yes online shopping has something to do with malls dying all over the U S, but it's not the main reason! The main reason is that the general American public just has less & less money to freely spent
I wonder what they did with the cube and the fish at Sunrise.
Respect,that means we drive over to woodberry commons/garden state/willowbrook/jersey gardens
It's ashame but many stores are gone. I guess they can turn it into a Homeless shelter and treatment center or affordable housing.
Welp, i guess a mall cant survive on sbarro pizza and city source 🤷♂️
You can’t completely blame Amazon and online shopping for a lot of these stores going under and leaving. A lot of these retail stores were in and out of bankruptcy and were bought by creditors trying to milk the company for a little more money way before Amazon was a thing. Some filed bankruptcy because of bad decisions they’ve made and it caught up to them. Then some of these teetering in bankruptcy chains were one economic disaster away from closing store locations. Some barely recovered from the 2008 financial crisis and when the pandemic hit a decade later, it tanked them and they closed locations. When malls were losing these businesses, they failed.
I get a kick out of this building affordable housing. If you don't have commercial businesses. you will drive residents out with outrageous taxes. They are already insane on the Island.
Like the little girl said -
"to touch it, and look at things..."
There are still many people who would rather shop in an actual store, rather than buying online.
Yep. This is a big part of the shopping experience. But most people don't have the time to shop or really just are lazy to go.
I really hope they revamp it and make it much bigger they is so much parking space for no reason not even 2/8 of the parking space is full and I’ve been there and it’s always been dead for years especially now. Nothing is ever sold out in any store in there but the memories there will always be apart of me. I hope they save it and make it into a new mall because it’s always fun shopping. Anyways for the ppl saying the pandemic killed this mall it’s already been dead for years, Personally I couldn’t experience this mall way back then but from my perspective I never have not seen atleast 5 stores not open and barricaded.
They should turn that into a football stadium for the Jets or Giants
I liked going to get Cina Buns and Mrs Fields cookies.
You know what killed that mall people come to hang out and don't buy nothing and run up down like mooks.
sad to say but literally that’s what happened everytime I go there with my friends that’s all we do with no notice of it really only fun thing that went on
I remember the Korvettes and then A & S that was in Sunrise Mall across from JC Penney years ago...The 70's.
I still remember when I saw Busta Rhymes with his son at Sunrise Mall in like 2002 or so. He was like, “yeah! Busta Rhymes at the mall!”
Politicians close down the mall to put more money in their pockets. 🇱🇷
Just turn the land to good use by rezoning it to be both commercial and residential in one area, like every city in the world instead of it being ugly parking lots.
Thank Amazon 😡
It is Amazon I agree