The Staten Island Shopping Mall

Saturday, November 28, 2009 16:46
Posted in category Culture, Entertainment, Travel

Shopping is the part and parcel of every tourist place and the way people expect it is really huge. So, Have you been roaming around the Staten Island to do a great shopping up to your heart and cannot find a better place to suit your needs? If so, here is the guide to assist and assure you to have a great shopping experience throughout your journey.  Malls are the modern architectures of shopping and the Staten Island does not lack in this aspect too. It has a great mall called Staten Island Mall which is located in 2655 Richmond Avenue in the Staten Island, which is a Borough of New York City.  It is placed in the Heartland Village and is at a reachable distance from any place in the island.

The notable thing about the Staten Island Mall is that this is the only indoor mall in the entire Borough of Staten Island. It is a huge retail shopping center filled with people all the time. After the St. George Ferry Terminal, this mall is the highly populated and also the second largest hub for the public transit system in the island. The construction site of the mall was actually preserved by the Staten Island airport which was opened in 1941. Then in 1955, this site was sold to a shopping and amusement center called Staten Island center. The construction of this shopping center was planned in 1960, but this did not happen till 1980 when Feist and Feist Realty Corp acquired the mall and started developing it. The latest renovation was made in 1993. The General Growth Properties group of Chicago now owns this Staten Island Shopping mall and it’s well maintained by them. This mall consists of about 200 stores and employs nearly 3000 people. Have you understood how big the mall would be?

The Staten Island mall is well connected in land by many bus routes and in water by the ferries. The important thing for consideration of the people should be the security as there are numerous theft incidents occurring due to the teen age people there. The people here would have a great amusement by buying their favorite dresses, food, cosmetics and so on.

The Staten Island mall has lots of facilities and features for its people to have an entertaining experience there. The services there includes ATM, Stroller Rental, Transportation Schedules, UPS Drop-Off Location, Dry Cleaning Services, Family Restroom, Mall Gift Cards ,Lottery Tickets, Wheelchair Rental, Fed Ex Drop Off Location as well as the fast food shops and restaurants.

So guys, have a great time in the Staten Island Mall when you go next time there.

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