Green Acres Mall

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Green Acres Mall is an indoor shopping mall located in Valley Stream, New York, off Sunrise Highway in Nassau County right off the border of New York City. The mall has a gross leasable area (GLA) of ., International Council of Shopping Centers. Accessed August 27, 2007. The mall is the 26th largest in the United States. The mall is extremely popular in Nassau County and in the neighboring New York City borough of Queens. The mall is accessible by many MTA Long Island Bus routes as well as two New York City Transit routes that cross the border. The mall has many anchors such as Macy's, Macy's Men's and Furniture Gallery, J.C. Penney, Kohl's, and Sears.

History

Green Acres Mall was built in 1956, replacing Curtiss Airfield as one of Long Island's first open air malls. It was partially built on the former site of the Columbia Aircraft Corporation.

In the early days of the mall, WMCA `Good Guys' would broadcast from the mall as would WABC., Newsday

The Mall's "Re..." Era

The ceilings, floors, and food court have been going under multi-million dollar...
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