Exploring the MOST Profitable Shopping Mall in the USA : Queens Center
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- Queens Center Mall is the most profitable shopping mall per square foot in the United States. It is located in NYC in the neighborhood of Elmhurst, Queens. It was built in September 1973 and previously home to an amusement park called Fairyland, a supermarket, and automobile parking. The anchor stores are JCPenney and Macy's.
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Recorded October 6, 2021
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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
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. :-(
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!👍👍👍👍👍😁
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
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
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.
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
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. .
It has been so long. I use to shop there and at Alexander's down the blvd when it was in business.
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
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.
I was so sad seeing the food court, I remember eating there with my kids on so many occasions when times were normal 😔😢💔
I MISS SEARS AND A&S SO MUCH,SO MUCH.
Me too.
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.
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!
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!
Great video! Thanks for taking us along
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 my dear for taking me with you to this Queens Mall! I had some shopping to do! 🙋🏻♀️💕
Thank you for video showing! Wow Queens Center Mall and nice shopping so much for video and have a great enjoy! 👍 🙋
The old food court is where Applebee’s is located. It was really small.
Almost 300k! Way to go, AK!
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 went to queens mall about twelve years ago can't imagine what it looks like now Thanks AK for the tour.
You're welcome
I haven’t been in a shopping mall in a long time , thank you for the walk xoxo
Enjoy seeing this mall Huge thanks for sharing the video 👍
You should hit 300,000 subscribers in the next few days; congratulations!
🎉WOW, way to go ActionKid!!!!🎉
Four floors, that's insane! Glad to see it isn't a dead mall like so many across the nation.
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. 😊
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
It's so refreshing to see store fronts saying 'Coming Soon'.
Another great video! Thanks AK! I really hope malls don't become extinct.
Great video bro, thank you for shared.👌
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.
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.
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
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.
Lov d it and enjoy it . Make more mall videos of NY
Missing New York, all the memories came out: good job 👍🏻 🌹
There was a news story not too long ago stating that this mall was the most requested destination for Uber riders in NYC.
Something within has always admired this mall in particular...
You saying 'the most Profitable' tells me; my goals are solid goals.
Wow! My go to mall is the most profitable mall in the USA? Nice
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.
Very good enjoyed it!
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
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.
Haha the mall of my childhood
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! 🖐
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 :)
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!
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 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.
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.
Miss vacationing in the New York and going to the malls.
SPENCERS GIFT SHOP HAS RETURNED !!!! EXCELLENT !!!!
shopping malls don't want you sitting down ... they want you on your feet shopping :D
Wow! Looks cool!
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.
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.
Keep up the great work AK
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!
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.
Thanks for the walk through of the mall. Like you said it sounds like spectrum is just remodeling there stor
Oh I remember this mall when I lived in ny Jamaica lol going there after school to hang out
Jakarta says hello there ! Really Nice shopping vlog wow
Litter everywhere outside. Shocking!
Enjoy your suburban hell
It's s densely populated Asian area
Thanks AK. It's been a few years since I've been there. I will have to go back there.
Wow Queens center put me in mind of four seasons Town center in Greensboro NC
Looks awesome mall , nice stores etc …. My kind of place that i would like to explore 👍!!! Thank you for sharing this A K !!!
17:48 That’s Shea Stadium.
Cool, Broadway Joe's turf!!
Let's go Mets!
ActionKid I saw you as I walked by CityMD for the subway. I wonder if I am famous now ? Great walk as always !
I would figure, if You are in an ActionKid video, You are Definitely Famous!!!🙂
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.
Imagine ActionKid collaborating with Flossy Carter, New York's biggest tech CZcamsr from Queens.
Loved the video. Nice mall. Beautiful design with the glass roof.
Hi Emmy did u kno I love u
I haven’t been there since I was a kid. Roosevelt field is where I mainly shop.
In Canada our malls have Tim Hortons and in the USA you have Dunkin donuts!
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...
I been to the Queens center mall before its very nice there.
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
Thanks AK 🐼..We are taking a trip over there next week🤩.. we are already getting 🎄Christmas stuff 😀 going to check out the sakes and get a bite to eat 🍦☕🍪💯👻
the fact that i’ve been here and you made this on my bday
Nice
Nice long vid
We need to do a video I love qcm!
This mall is very nice has many stores,!
grew up going to this mall for around a decade, looks the same but different, havent been there in years
Edmonton, Alberta, used to have the world's largest shopping mall, West Edmonton Mall. It was built 40 years ago. The Mall Of America, in Minneapolis/St. Paul, in Minnesota, was a twin mall to West Edmonton Mall. I believe they had the same owners. I've also heard that Edmonton, Alberta has the most shopping malls per capita than any other city in North America. This is a pretty big shopping mall. I see stores that we have in Edmonton, like Sketchers. Auntie Annie's pretzels are good. I had those in the O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago, in 2013. I also see similar food outlets in the food courts in this mall. I also wonder what happened to K-Mart. Do they still exist in America? We used to have them in Edmonton too, but that was long ago. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers! I♥️ NY
I live in a border city in Ontario across the river from Michigan and Michigan has Kmart stores.
Great stream
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 .
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.
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
Action Kid I bet u had a good time at that Italian festival just like I like Asian culture I also like Italian culture
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.
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.