Developer Taubman Centers Owner Macerich | Management Macerich | |
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Location Elmhurst, Queens, New York City Address 90-15 Queens Boulevard
Elmhurst, NY 11373 Opening date September 12, 1973; 43 years ago (1973-09-12) | ||
Queens Center is an urban shopping mall in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York City, United States. It is located at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard, adjacent to the Woodhaven Boulevard station (M R trains) on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. It is across the street from the former St. Johns Hospital and the Rock Church. It is also off Exit 19 on Interstate 495 (the Long Island Expressway). Queens Center Mall is the largest mall in Queens. It is currently owned and managed by The Macerich Company, who purchased the mall in the 1990s. The mall has a gross leasable area of 966,499 square feet (89,790.7 m2) and 150 stores. It has one of the highest sales per square foot in the United States, with 2002 sales of $953 per square foot, almost triple the national average.
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History
Queens Center opened on September 12, 1973, on land previously occupied by a children's amusement park named Fairyland, a supermarket, and automobile parking; the original anchor tenants were Abraham & Straus and Ohrbach's. The mall underwent a major expansion from 2002 to 2004, nearly doubling in size as the original mall was renovated and another wing was added across 92nd Street.
The mall's current anchor tenants are Macy's and JCPenney. In addition, it has a large food court in the basement.
For a limited time during the 2006 Christmas shopping season, the Macy's location in Queens Center was open 24 hours a day, becoming the first to do so. Since then, it has had all-day operating hours during every Christmas shopping season.