Last time I was in the Queens Center Mall was 1978. Wow! It has really changed! Glad to see it is doing well and hosts so many good stores. Nowadays many malls are filled with vacant stores. Thanks for the tour.
I'm 49 years old. When I was a kid my Mom would say we're going to Rego Park or Rego Park Mall. Even though we lived 5 - 10 minutes away from Green Acres Mall, we came here alot. I loved it as a kid from about age 5 to 12. And even in my twenties, on my own. My Mom would have us walk over to Alexander's and get White Castles in later years as we pass it. I'm so proud to have been a born and raised Queens resident. 😉
The last time I was in the QC mall was 21years ago. The food court was originally on the ground level. I'm old enough to remember going to Fairyland as a little kid on many occasions since I lived within walking distance. I've lost count of how many times I was in that mall. Thanks for the memories and for allowing me a current peak at my old stomping ground!👍👍👍👍👍😁
Been here before covid. Sept to Oct. 2019. good memories. It was a reunion of siblings and we decided New York is the place to gather. Wonderful memories.
& id do anything to revive lost store chians & malls & even repurpose them to new aprtments, libraries, mega indoor arcades well anyhtng to get thise mall numbers back even with mix of both online, physucal commerce, even to many on-the-go away form activities like food court, minigarden, playgrounds & stuff if i have to even to mals ive kneon sicne childhood in NYC, BTW i was born & raised in NY!!
FYI, The Food Court was on the 1st Floor of the Mall. I used to go there in the 1970's and 1980's. I miss this place, all now all the changes that have happened here. :-(
This was a throw back for me. I actually worked at that mall when I lived in NY. I hated taking the train and going on the elevator as I was always fearful of getting mugged. Needless to say I didn't work there too long, but it was fun watching this video.
Thank you AK for this awesome tour.Brings my memories back..because we lived across this mall for 4 years - 2004 until 2008..and this Queens Mall still same except there's no more Time Warner Cable.
If u luv new York your vedios r so educational, so great u take us all over the city, updating an entertaining always. That mall has been a staple in Queens 4 years. A lovely visit thanks.
Thank you for this tour of Queens Center Mall. It has been a few years since I have been in that Mall. It's amazing how it has expanded and is progressing so well. I must take a trip back there soon.
17:35 It's cool that the mall displayed the Then and Now pictures. It's fun to see how places looked like in the past compared to now. 😎 Thanks for sharing, AK. 🙂
I did enjoy the vid cause You, AK, are a very good tour guide, giving history and interests to Your viewers no matter where You go!!! Thank You, Kenneth!!🙂
This was my home mall, I lived not too far up in Flushing in Pomonok Houses. My mom used to work at the Macy’s in the jewelry department from 1995-1998. I was always going there with her , she’d take me to the KB and Funcoland just around the corner to get games and toys. It’s changed a lot since the renovation back in 2006. It’s always a pleasure taking a trip in QCM. Models is gone of course , and the Macy’s is still pretty much designed the same.
I grew up with this mall throughout my life and glad to know that this mall is still thriving amongst natives and immigrants alike. I visit here every once in a while for relatives and convenience nearby. I miss Sears a lot.
Used to go here all the time when I was younger, meeting up with my sister to shop/eat (took the Q59 bus from Williamsburg). The last time I was there was 2014 to shop for my niece's wedding and I vowed to never go back again...and I haven't. It looks nice now so maybe I'll revisit it one of these days. Thanks for the tour!
I lived on 92st. in the 1950s not far from the Newtown High School Athletic field. Fairyland was not very big, I did go there in the 50's. There was a White Castle hamburger place there, they sold tiny square hamburgers, at 10 cents each, what a bargain!! They were delicious, 10 for a dollar.
Jurgen: White Castle is still there, next to the old circular Macys. Used to hang out there in the mid 60's. Sack of burgers and a hot chocolate. Brings bck good memories.
They did not look like there was a vax card check at food stand upstairs. Great shopping for the chains. That is what I want sometimes. Not the fancy WTC Westfield boutiques. Miss long-gone J&R, and then Century 21 and Modell's. Well Tribeca has a Target, Whole Foods, Bed Bath, and Barnes and Noble. That is a ride fro me; I live Chinatown/LES.
I think the other 2 malls in New York when Queens Center opened were the Staten Island Mall and Kings Center in Brooklyn. Queens Center had a pretty big food court in its early days. I think it was on the 3rd or 4th level.
Have lived here my whole life and I always go to QCM I did not know that it was the most profitable shopping mall good to know its basically in my backyard :)
Great video Kenneth! I liked seeing the history of the mall and the fact that the mall appears to be doing well. Interesting and relaxing. Thanks so much as always!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are close to 300K subscribers....congrats! You very much deserve it.
I’m sad to see the Disney Store was closed down there I remember when the mall had a lego store and the Disney store was right next to the lego store then they moved the Disney store to make it bigger which was right across GameStop but now it’s just sad to see it closed down that broke my heart that store was my child hood I still have products from that store.
There is even less seating since Covid in public spaces. Great mall. Reminds me of west side Pavillion in West LA which was gone last time I was there. Google rented the whole building.
@@mariellelita True, but to curse at people who may have been genuinely concerned, No, not nice. (would have been better to just ignore them. Idk, I may not have handled that kind of situation any better, but if I was looking it would have been out of concern, my momma was a nurse.)🙂
When the mall opened in the mid 70s there was a restaurant on the 3rd (top) floor. I believe it was Cookies Steak House & was a full service restaurant. There were no stores up there. & when that 1 went out of business another steak house took over. Finally mall operators thought having stores up there instead of a restaurant would be more profitable for them so no more restaurant. I was there just recently in late spring/ early summer & the food court wasn't blocked off like that. The sushi place in between the escalators has been there at least 4 years as well as shake shack
Aventura Mall is so upscale! Gucci,Prada,they just added Hermes! Queens Center Mall is not. Very dated looking&no luxury stores. I'm back&forth NY&Miami,so shop both for decades. I loved Queens Center in the 80s&90s with A&S and Alexanders!
I still go from time to time. I used to trick or treat there back in the 90's. Home to the only Chick-Fil-A and Cheesecake Factory in Queens. The only Apple store in Queens too.
It was 1976 when I lived in fresh meadows and went to cohens optical for my first pair and of soft contacts Cohens was in queens center then and still there now Also took my young son to fairyland before they built Q c Thks for the current tour
Sbarro's' has been in this mall's food court since the 80's, it's not new at all.. I grew up 2 blocks down from this mall and lived in the area for almost half of my adult life. Also, there's no gourmet place in the mall but if you are familiar with the area, people cook their food and there are so many restaurants, and diverse ethnic communities in and around the area historically. - food has to be really special/good to be gourmet and have people pay for it consistently. Also, you can't just put up any kind of food establishment and expect it to do well in the area... Joe's Crab shack went up and closed down right across from the mall within the same year. Local folks not gonna buy or eat just anything with so much competition, local food and folks making their own food. The mall has gone through so many changes - I remember when there was a parking lot across from it on the side of the subway and the entire JC penny and the school next to it was a parking lot. Like many locals I used that parking lot as a thoroughfare to/from my house and the Wooodhaven subway.station. i'm old enough to remember when there was and A&S in the mall and also a bookstore across the street from the mall behind the subway station. The mall used to have a VIM, Wild Pair, and Hello Kitty Store.. It has certainly improved and is always busy. It's so interesting that this popped up on my home page but it was nostalgia.
Very dated looking mall, reflecting a renovation that is over 15 years old. However, location, location, location rules. Millions of people within a short subway ride in an area where there really is no mall competition (unless you can drive to Long Island).
I guess that explains the Dry Cleaner there. We have small one building dry cleaners stores in our area of NC and in the town I grew up in. They must do well to afford mall space!!
on the plus side, the lack of change would bring me nostalgia of my mall-going days, mainly the 90s and 00s. "most profitable in America," he says. surprised Herald's Square in the heart of midtown Manhattan can't do better. maybe because Queens is closer to where some mall-shoppers actually live (in Queens, in this instance), nearby. location location location, indeed; people want to chill nearby their homes or where they go to school, it seems
Queens Center may or may not be the most profitable per square foot. It depends on whether outdoor malls are included in the computation and probably some bookkeeping variations. What's significant here is that it's a big, old, very successful mall in a nation where malls aren't doing so well. It's size and that it's 4 p.m. on a weekday account for patron density appearing light to some commenters.
Wow. Cool piece of trivia. Never would have guessed a mall in Queens to be the mall that generates the most revenue. The old pictures are great. It's a nice mall. Another must stop when I pass through New York. (Or maybe not, since I'm a recovering shopaholic! If I don't spend it all in midtown...😅😂 Thanks again for the great content.🙂✌️
I have been there to queens center mall in 2019. where NC penny is. you know? where John f Kennedy jr school is somewhere too. and I also have been to that olive garden in 2019, and 2020. there's a olive garden. thanks for a tour my friend! stay tune!
I remember back in the early to mid 90's there was a renovation done before the expansion. I still remember the scaffolding and the new paint job afterwards. As a kid the food court bomb with Sbarro's being the most popular. I can also remember the tobacco shop that existed on the main level...loved that place.
I haven't been to that mall since around 1980ish. I actually like the mall in Green Acrers better, too each his own. 🤷🏾♀️ In regards to not enough seating, there was probably more before covid.
AK , I noticed something about your channel as opposed to lets say the channels of Walk . Ride , Fly or TomD . You seem to have apparently more viewers who were NYC natives who moved elsewhere . Have you reached to find out how many of your viewers are former NYC residents ? These others seem to get people who are prospective tourists/visitors .
And here I thought New York City didn't have any shopping malls-what a surprise to see that they have them in Queens. 15:16-Sbarro set up shop here in Toronto in the Eaton Center at the (then) only food court that was in the Eaton Centre's south wing sometime back in the '80's; as far as I know, it's the _only_ Sbarro location here in Canada. It's now in the north wing in the new food court that opened up after the mall's owner redid the lower north wing to include a second food court (the original south food court underwent a renovation and remake, with all of the stalls being run by the Swiss chain Movenpik [under different titles, as different restaurants] but when Movenpik decided to leave Canada [or it went out of business], this south food court closed down, and the north one's the only one left.) All in all, this mall looks like many of the malls here in Toronto (The Toronto Eaton Center, Fairview Mall, Yorkdale Mall, Scarborough Town Center, Sherway Gardens, The Shops At Don Mills, The Atrium On Bay, and The Tenor), and it even has a subway station nearby, which only a few Toronto ones have. Good video as usual, AK.
NYC has a ton of malls, QCM alone is in between 2 of them; Queens Place and Rego Center. The former I know best for having Target and Best Buy, and the latter lost a bunch of their long-standing stores, so there's only some smaller stores that are left. Shame, I've gotten many an outfit from that Sears.
Honestly, you need a small sign that say's "Im not recording you" or "ONLY recording the environment, not YOU" or "documenting travels, NOT YOU" because all the looks people are giving you in this vid makes me yell at my computer "HE'S NOT RECORDING YOU!! KEEP IT MOVING!!" lol
Last time I was in the Queens Center Mall was 1978. Wow! It has really changed! Glad to see it is doing well and hosts so many good stores. Nowadays many malls are filled with vacant stores. Thanks for the tour.
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the walk through Queens Center Mall!
Malls on Long Island are a ghost town
@@user-nj1zu2nf1x yea everyone so lazy to walk now. Its like Wall-E
I'm 49 years old. When I was a kid my Mom would say we're going to Rego Park or Rego Park Mall. Even though we lived 5 - 10 minutes away from Green Acres Mall, we came here alot. I loved it as a kid from about age 5 to 12. And even in my twenties, on my own. My Mom would have us walk over to Alexander's and get White Castles in later years as we pass it. I'm so proud to have been a born and raised Queens resident. 😉
@@bidhrohi12 🙂
The last time I was in the QC mall was 21years ago. The food court was originally on the ground level. I'm old enough to remember going to Fairyland as a little kid on many occasions since I lived within walking distance. I've lost count of how many times I was in that mall. Thanks for the memories and for allowing me a current peak at my old stomping ground!👍👍👍👍👍😁
Been here before covid. Sept to Oct. 2019. good memories. It was a reunion of siblings and we decided New York is the place to gather. Wonderful memories.
A lot of indoor malls are dying off in the US. So it is nice to see there are a handful that are thriving!
& id do anything to revive lost store chians & malls & even repurpose them to new aprtments, libraries, mega indoor arcades well anyhtng to get thise mall numbers back even with mix of both online, physucal commerce, even to many on-the-go away form activities like food court, minigarden, playgrounds & stuff if i have to even to mals ive kneon sicne childhood in NYC, BTW i was born & raised in NY!!
FYI, The Food Court was on the 1st Floor of the Mall. I used to go there in the 1970's and 1980's.
I miss this place, all now all the changes that have happened here. :-(
This was a throw back for me. I actually worked at that mall when I lived in NY. I hated taking the train and going on the elevator as I was always fearful of getting mugged. Needless to say I didn't work there too long, but it was fun watching this video.
Thanks! Glad I am able to show you what the mall looks like today.
@@ActionKid Absolutely! I Love your Videos you always have awesome content! 🥰
It's actually pretty safe around the mall. Lived here for over 30 yrs , no problems but parking.
when i moved back and forth form ny to melbourne, aus, when i was teen worked in a radioshack alike store in highschool & in supermarket
Grew up in Richmond Hill in the 80s so I practically grew up at this place. I love it so. I'm so so happy to see it going strong.
SPENCERS GIFT SHOP HAS RETURNED !!!! EXCELLENT !!!!
It's so refreshing to see store fronts saying 'Coming Soon'.
Thank you my dear for taking me with you to this Queens Mall! I had some shopping to do! 🙋🏻♀️💕
Thank you AK for this awesome tour.Brings my memories back..because we lived across this mall for 4 years - 2004 until 2008..and this Queens Mall still same except there's no more Time Warner Cable.
My pleasure
this brings me back so many memories , i used to visit here all the time, shop at urban outfitters, eat at noodle house and walk home
You should hit 300,000 subscribers in the next few days; congratulations!
🎉WOW, way to go ActionKid!!!!🎉
Wow I used to call this place Hollywood when I was a kid lol. My grandmother used to take me here often, very surprised J C Penney is still there too.
Haha Hollowood
If u luv new York your vedios r so educational, so great u take us all over the city, updating an entertaining always. That mall has been a staple in Queens 4 years. A lovely visit thanks.
It has been so long. I use to shop there and at Alexander's down the blvd when it was in business.
Wow! My go to mall is the most profitable mall in the USA? Nice
Thanks for posting this. I feel like I’m walking around Queens Mall again. One of my fave shopping centers to hang out.
It's a nice mall!
Thank you for this tour of Queens Center Mall. It has been a few years since I have been in that Mall. It's amazing how it has expanded and is progressing so well. I must take a trip back there soon.
17:35 It's cool that the mall displayed the Then and Now pictures. It's fun to see how places looked like in the past compared to now. 😎 Thanks for sharing, AK. 🙂
That was a real treat to see!
I did enjoy the vid cause You, AK, are a very good tour guide, giving history and interests to Your viewers no matter where You go!!! Thank You, Kenneth!!🙂
You're welcome!
Thank you for video showing! Wow Queens Center Mall and nice shopping so much for video and have a great enjoy! 👍 🙋
Almost 300k! Way to go, AK!
I went to queens mall about twelve years ago can't imagine what it looks like now Thanks AK for the tour.
You're welcome
Across the street from the mall is the former St John’s Queens hospital, which closed in 2009 and was converted into housing around 2014
Something within has always admired this mall in particular...
You saying 'the most Profitable' tells me; my goals are solid goals.
The old food court is where Applebee’s is located. It was really small.
This was my home mall, I lived not too far up in Flushing in Pomonok Houses. My mom used to work at the Macy’s in the jewelry department from 1995-1998. I was always going there with her , she’d take me to the KB and Funcoland just around the corner to get games and toys. It’s changed a lot since the renovation back in 2006. It’s always a pleasure taking a trip in QCM. Models is gone of course , and the Macy’s is still pretty much designed the same.
I grew up with this mall throughout my life and glad to know that this mall is still thriving amongst natives and immigrants alike. I visit here every once in a while for relatives and convenience nearby. I miss Sears a lot.
Enjoy seeing this mall Huge thanks for sharing the video 👍
Used to go here as kid with my mother in 70's tru mid 80's remember well taking the Q11 bus from Pitkin Avenue and Cross Bay in Ozone Park.
Great video! Thanks for taking us along
I was so sad seeing the food court, I remember eating there with my kids on so many occasions when times were normal 😔😢💔
Used to go here all the time when I was younger, meeting up with my sister to shop/eat (took the Q59 bus from Williamsburg). The last time I was there was 2014 to shop for my niece's wedding and I vowed to never go back again...and I haven't. It looks nice now so maybe I'll revisit it one of these days. Thanks for the tour!
I MISS SEARS AND A&S SO MUCH,SO MUCH.
Me too.
I lived on 92st. in the 1950s not far from the Newtown High School Athletic field. Fairyland was not very big, I did go there in the 50's. There was a White Castle hamburger place there, they sold tiny square hamburgers, at 10 cents each, what a bargain!! They were delicious, 10 for a dollar.
Jurgen: White Castle is still there, next to the old circular Macys. Used to hang out there in the mid 60's. Sack of burgers and a hot chocolate. Brings bck good memories.
White Castle is still there and it's one of the best White Castle in NY if you ask me. .
They did not look like there was a vax card check at food stand upstairs. Great shopping for the chains. That is what I want sometimes. Not the fancy WTC Westfield boutiques. Miss long-gone J&R, and then Century 21 and Modell's. Well Tribeca has a Target, Whole Foods, Bed Bath, and Barnes and Noble. That is a ride fro me; I live Chinatown/LES.
grew up going to this mall for around a decade, looks the same but different, havent been there in years
I think the other 2 malls in New York when Queens Center opened were the Staten Island Mall and Kings Center in Brooklyn. Queens Center had a pretty big food court in its early days. I think it was on the 3rd or 4th level.
Another great video! Thanks AK! I really hope malls don't become extinct.
I used to go here quite a lot as a kid. Didn't know it was that profitable!
I used to go there a lot more but not much now. I was surprised to learn it was that profitable too!
Have lived here my whole life and I always go to QCM I did not know that it was the most profitable shopping mall good to know its basically in my backyard :)
Great video Kenneth! I liked seeing the history of the mall and the fact that the mall appears to be doing well. Interesting and relaxing. Thanks so much as always!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are close to 300K subscribers....congrats! You very much deserve it.
Thank you so much!
I haven’t been in a shopping mall in a long time , thank you for the walk xoxo
Action kid's walks are so informative. Makes you wonder if he's reading a cue card or he remembers everything from his research of the areas. 😊
Missing New York, all the memories came out: good job 👍🏻 🌹
It's been a while since I visited this Mall (2013 I think). You should do more NYC Mall Tours.
I hadn’t been to the qcm since June 2019 before the pandemic
Miss vacationing in the New York and going to the malls.
I’m sad to see the Disney Store was closed down there I remember when the mall had a lego store and the Disney store was right next to the lego store then they moved the Disney store to make it bigger which was right across GameStop but now it’s just sad to see it closed down that broke my heart that store was my child hood I still have products from that store.
There is even less seating since Covid in public spaces. Great mall. Reminds me of west side Pavillion in West LA which was gone last time I was there. Google rented the whole building.
Great video bro, thank you for shared.👌
There was a news story not too long ago stating that this mall was the most requested destination for Uber riders in NYC.
17:48 I think that's Shea Stadium, actually. That was the main baseball stadium in Queens before it was torn down and Citifield took its place.
I love all the walkthrough I used I used to go when I was in New York I used to go there a lot Thomas from Winter Haven Florida
the fact that i’ve been here and you made this on my bday
23:06 that black girl was bugging out screaming at people for know reason 😂 😂
"...I hate when people are so nosey..." It's our natural inclination to be curious (nosey.) 🙂
Have a heart, she may have just received bad news. We can't be sure if she was going through something or just crazy.
@@mariellelita True, but to curse at people who may have been genuinely concerned, No, not nice. (would have been better to just ignore them. Idk, I may not have handled that kind of situation any better, but if I was looking it would have been out of concern, my momma was a nurse.)🙂
I haven’t been there since I was a kid. Roosevelt field is where I mainly shop.
When the mall opened in the mid 70s there was a restaurant on the 3rd (top) floor. I believe it was Cookies Steak House & was a full service restaurant. There were no stores up there. & when that 1 went out of business another steak house took over. Finally mall operators thought having stores up there instead of a restaurant would be more profitable for them so no more restaurant. I was there just recently in late spring/ early summer & the food court wasn't blocked off like that. The sushi place in between the escalators has been there at least 4 years as well as shake shack
Yep and some time later there was a Mexican themed restaurant up there that closed and they never opened one up on that level afterward.
I worked there in the 80s at the store A&S. I remember there used to be a Cookies Steak Pub at the very top.
Has North Miami Beach Aventura vibes!!!! P.s. Happy to see ya!!!
Aventura Mall is so upscale! Gucci,Prada,they just added Hermes! Queens Center Mall is not. Very dated looking&no luxury stores. I'm back&forth NY&Miami,so shop both for decades. I loved Queens Center in the 80s&90s with A&S and Alexanders!
Imagine ActionKid collaborating with Flossy Carter, New York's biggest tech TH-camr from Queens.
shopping malls don't want you sitting down ... they want you on your feet shopping :D
I still go from time to time. I used to trick or treat there back in the 90's. Home to the only Chick-Fil-A and Cheesecake Factory in Queens. The only Apple store in Queens too.
Actually there’s now a Chick-Fil-A located in Jackson heights
@@maritzacampoverde8674 You’re right. Queens Center was formerly the only Chick-Fil-A location in Queens.
Proof that shopping malls in America are far from dead.
Oh gosh! That’s a lot of shop’s to spend money😂nothing for me but very fun to look at with your ”company”! Thank’s! TC! 🖐
Wow Queens center put me in mind of four seasons Town center in Greensboro NC
that mall is actually very healthy in 2022
It was 1976 when I lived in fresh meadows and went to cohens optical for my first pair and of soft contacts
Cohens was in queens center then and still there now
Also took my young son to fairyland before they built Q c
Thks for the current tour
Sbarro's' has been in this mall's food court since the 80's, it's not new at all.. I grew up 2 blocks down from this mall and lived in the area for almost half of my adult life. Also, there's no gourmet place in the mall but if you are familiar with the area, people cook their food and there are so many restaurants, and diverse ethnic communities in and around the area historically. - food has to be really special/good to be gourmet and have people pay for it consistently. Also, you can't just put up any kind of food establishment and expect it to do well in the area... Joe's Crab shack went up and closed down right across from the mall within the same year. Local folks not gonna buy or eat just anything with so much competition, local food and folks making their own food. The mall has gone through so many changes - I remember when there was a parking lot across from it on the side of the subway and the entire JC penny and the school next to it was a parking lot. Like many locals I used that parking lot as a thoroughfare to/from my house and the Wooodhaven subway.station.
i'm old enough to remember when there was and A&S in the mall and also a bookstore across the street from the mall behind the subway station. The mall used to have a VIM, Wild Pair, and Hello Kitty Store.. It has certainly improved and is always busy. It's so interesting that this popped up on my home page but it was nostalgia.
This mall is very nice has many stores,!
Very good enjoyed it!
I remember when it was A&S and Orbach anchors.
The old food court at Queens Center Mall was located at which is currently now Applebee's.
God I miss the Funcoland around there way back in my day, good times good times ❤
I'm from atlanta but new york is my second favorite city, I've been there twice
In Canada our malls have Tim Hortons and in the USA you have Dunkin donuts!
17:48 That’s Shea Stadium.
Cool, Broadway Joe's turf!!
Let's go Mets!
wow so cool mall i also saw charlotte russe store i thought was no more her went out used to in tulsa,oklahoma branson,mo ty for showing this video
Very dated looking mall, reflecting a renovation that is over 15 years old. However, location, location, location rules. Millions of people within a short subway ride in an area where there really is no mall competition (unless you can drive to Long Island).
I guess that explains the Dry Cleaner there. We have small one building dry cleaners stores in our area of NC and in the town I grew up in. They must do well to afford mall space!!
on the plus side, the lack of change would bring me nostalgia of my mall-going days, mainly the 90s and 00s. "most profitable in America," he says. surprised Herald's Square in the heart of midtown Manhattan can't do better. maybe because Queens is closer to where some mall-shoppers actually live (in Queens, in this instance), nearby. location location location, indeed; people want to chill nearby their homes or where they go to school, it seems
I mean Rego Center but that is smaller and more outdoor of a mall enjoyed by locals
@@Bence-ht8kc Daiso is now at the Rego Center, and of course I go there because of Costco.
Looks awesome mall , nice stores etc …. My kind of place that i would like to explore 👍!!! Thank you for sharing this A K !!!
Wow! Looks cool!
Queens Center may or may not be the most profitable per square foot. It depends on whether outdoor malls are included in the computation and probably some bookkeeping variations. What's significant here is that it's a big, old, very successful mall in a nation where malls aren't doing so well. It's size and that it's 4 p.m. on a weekday account for patron density appearing light to some commenters.
Wow. Cool piece of trivia. Never would have guessed a mall in Queens to be the mall that generates the most revenue. The old pictures are great. It's a nice mall. Another must stop when I pass through New York. (Or maybe not, since I'm a recovering shopaholic! If I don't spend it all in midtown...😅😂 Thanks again for the great content.🙂✌️
I believe it. Queens has a large Asian population. Many Asians that come to live in NYC are very wealthy.
Keep up the great work AK
I been to the Queens center mall before its very nice there.
I have been there to queens center mall in 2019. where NC penny is. you know? where John f Kennedy jr school is somewhere too. and I also have been to that olive garden in 2019, and 2020. there's a olive garden. thanks for a tour my friend!
stay tune!
I remember back in the early to mid 90's there was a renovation done before the expansion. I still remember the scaffolding and the new paint job afterwards. As a kid the food court bomb with Sbarro's being the most popular. I can also remember the tobacco shop that existed on the main level...loved that place.
Oh I remember this mall when I lived in ny Jamaica lol going there after school to hang out
I haven't been to that mall since around 1980ish. I actually like the mall in Green Acrers better, too each his own. 🤷🏾♀️
In regards to not enough seating, there was probably more before covid.
AK , I noticed something about your channel as opposed to lets say the channels of Walk . Ride , Fly or TomD . You seem to have apparently more viewers who were NYC natives who moved elsewhere . Have you reached to find out how many of your viewers are former NYC residents ? These others seem to get people who are prospective tourists/visitors .
Litter everywhere outside. Shocking!
Enjoy your suburban hell
It's s densely populated Asian area
They opened a Spectrum in Forest Hills..Austin St around 72 Ave
Lov d it and enjoy it . Make more mall videos of NY
I believe The Bal Harbour Shops in Bal Harbour, Florida is the most profitable shopping mall in the U.S.
I lived in Queens until 1976. I vaguely remember visiting this mall. Is this the mall at the end of Northern Blvd? Nice to reminisce though.
Jakarta says hello there ! Really Nice shopping vlog wow
And here I thought New York City didn't have any shopping malls-what a surprise to see that they have them in Queens.
15:16-Sbarro set up shop here in Toronto in the Eaton Center at the (then) only food court that was in the Eaton Centre's south wing sometime back in the '80's; as far as I know, it's the _only_ Sbarro location here in Canada. It's now in the north wing in the new food court that opened up after the mall's owner redid the lower north wing to include a second food court (the original south food court underwent a renovation and remake, with all of the stalls being run by the Swiss chain Movenpik [under different titles, as different restaurants] but when Movenpik decided to leave Canada [or it went out of business], this south food court closed down, and the north one's the only one left.)
All in all, this mall looks like many of the malls here in Toronto (The Toronto Eaton Center, Fairview Mall, Yorkdale Mall, Scarborough Town Center, Sherway Gardens, The Shops At Don Mills, The Atrium On Bay, and The Tenor), and it even has a subway station nearby, which only a few Toronto ones have. Good video as usual, AK.
NYC has a ton of malls, QCM alone is in between 2 of them; Queens Place and Rego Center. The former I know best for having Target and Best Buy, and the latter lost a bunch of their long-standing stores, so there's only some smaller stores that are left. Shame, I've gotten many an outfit from that Sears.
0:21-0:33 specifically in the Elmhurst neighborhood.
Honestly, you need a small sign that say's "Im not recording you" or "ONLY recording the environment, not YOU" or "documenting travels, NOT YOU" because all the looks people are giving you in this vid makes me yell at my computer "HE'S NOT RECORDING YOU!! KEEP IT MOVING!!" lol
Or a hidden GoPro-like camera under your jacket...