Atlantic Terminal (shopping mall)
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Atlantic Terminal
Atlantic Center
| image = Target T-1849.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| caption = Exterior of Atlantic Terminal, showing the mall entrance at Atlantic Avenue and the Target guest purchase unloading area
| address = 139 Flatbush Avenue and 625 Atlantic Avenue,
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| coordinates = {{coord|40.684533|-73.976781|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = {{start date and age|2004|09|07}}
| closing_date =
| developer = Madison International Realty
| manager = Madison International Realty
| owner = Madison International Realty
| architect =
| number_of_stores = 35
| number_of_anchors = 4
| floor_area = {{convert|370000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} in Atlantic Terminal
{{convert|393713|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} in Atlantic Center
| floors = 5 in Atlantic Terminal
| parking =
| publictransit = Long Island Rail Road: Atlantic Terminal (Atlantic Branch)
New York City Subway: Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center ({{NYCS Atlantic-Barclays|time=bullets}})
| website = {{url|https://www.shopatlanticterminal.com/|Atlantic Terminal Webpage}}
| footnotes =
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Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center are two shopping malls located on Atlantic Avenue surrounded by Hanson Place, Fort Greene Place and Flatbush Avenue in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, New York City, near Downtown Brooklyn.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/16/nyregion/sampling-suburbia-inside-a-brooklyn-mall.html |title=Sampling Suburbia Inside a Brooklyn Mall |last=Hope |first=Reves |work=The New York Times |date=August 16, 2004}} Atlantic Terminal is located across the street from the Atlantic Center Mall,{{Cite news |last=Cardwell |first=Diane |date=May 26, 2004 |title=Different by Design, Soon to Be Less So; Rethinking Atlantic Center With the Customer in Mind |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/nyregion/different-design-soon-be-less-so-rethinking-atlantic-center-with-customer-mind.html?exprod=permalink&partner=permalink}} connected via a small enclosed bridge from Target, and both are under the same management of Madison International Realty. On December 22, 2017, Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center was acquired by Madison International Realty from Forest City Realty Trust. The real estate private equity firm had previously acquired a 49% stake in the Forest City portfolio in 2011 and purchased the remaining 51% in 2017 to make Madison International Realty one of the largest retail landlords in New York. Atlantic Terminal is also an office building and part of the ticket office of the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Terminal. Parts of Atlantic Center Mall were also renovated to complement the new mall. The malls are both located directly across Atlantic Avenue from Barclays Center arena, in the neighborhood of Pacific Park, which is being developed by Forest City Ratner.
In the 1950s, the land was to be the site of a domed baseball stadium proposed by then Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley. However, the plan fell through, and the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958.
Floors
Atlantic Terminal has five floors. The lower levels consist of the LIRR and New York City Subway stations (technically in the basement). Upper floors feature anchor stores like Bath & Body Works, Chuck E Cheese, DSW, Sephora, Uniqlo, and most notably Target. The store uses the urban Target layout and has two floors within the mall. It utilizes escalators, elevators and a shopping cart conveyor, design elements that are replicated at other urban locations in New York City and elsewhere. Target, along with the Chuck E Cheese and Buffalo Wild Wings in the mall are described as being the busiest locations for each company in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Max |date=March 27, 2008 |title=ATLANTIC CURRENT |url=https://nypost.com/2008/03/27/atlantic-current/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=New York Post |language=en-US |quote=Boerum Heights, a building on Atlantic between Third and Fourth avenues, near the Atlantic Center that’s home of the country’s busiest Target store, sold out before the building was even finished.}}{{Cite web |last=Albrecht |first=Leslie |date=January 30, 2014 |title=Crime Drops at Atlantic Center Mall, Police Say |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140130/park-slope/crime-drops-at-atlantic-center-mall-police-say |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=DNAinfo New York |quote=The precinct keeps four officers permanently assigned to the sprawling retail complex, which is home to the busiest Target, Buffalo Wild Wings and Chuck E. Cheese in the country, Ameri said. |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014233542/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140130/park-slope/crime-drops-at-atlantic-center-mall-police-say/ |url-status=dead }} Two Starbucks locations are sited on the property, one located inside Target while the other is in the ticket office area of the LIRR Atlantic Terminal.
Atlantic Center has 3 retail levels and 2 underground parking levels, with Stop and Shop and Old Navy on the first floor, Best Buy, Marshalls, and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles on the second floor in addition to a few smaller retail outlets, and a Burlington Coat Factory and Dave & Busters on the third floor, in addition a music store owned by Afro-Uruguayan vocalist Jimmy Santos is also located in Atlantic Center.
Retail tenants
Notable stores include:
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- Applebee's
- Bath & Body Works
- Best Buy
- Buffalo Wild Wings
- Burlington Coat Factory
- Chuck E. Cheese
- Dave & Busters
- Guitar Center
- MAC Cosmetics
- Marshalls
- McDonald's
- Men's Wearhouse
- Old Navy
- Pandora
- Stop & Shop
- Starbucks
- Target
- Uniqlo
- Verizon Wireless
- Victoria's Secret
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See also
References
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== External links ==
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130013408/http://www.dbpartnership.org/ Downtown Brooklyn Partnership]
{{New York City Malls}}
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Category:Shopping malls in New York City
Category:Shopping malls established in 2004
Category:Forest City Realty Trust
Category:Tourist attractions in Brooklyn
Category:Commercial buildings in Brooklyn