The Route 1 Flea Market was an indoor flea market in New Brunswick, New Jersey from the 1970s to 1996.
History
The site started as the home of Mary Ellis. The site was a Great Eastern Department Store in 1955. In the 1970s it became the Route 1 Flea Market. One exterior shot of the site was used in the movie Mallrats. The site was converted into a Loews Theater on November 22, 1996 and the Mary Ellis grave is extant at the site.
The flea market was the birthplace of Megaforce Records when the owners of the Rock and Roll Heaven booth created the label to get the unsigned bands their production company was promoting a record deal. The first band they signed to their newly created record label was Anthrax.
References
Route 1 Flea Market Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA