Kings Plaza
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Kings Plaza is a shopping center located within Central Brooklyn, which opened in 1970. Originally consisting of the now defunct Alexander's, as well as Macy's, department store chains, it began to operate a branch of Sears in 1997, and underwent extensive renovations in 2001.
With approximately 4,200 jobs in retail services and over 120 individual stores, Kings Plaza is the largest such shopping center within the borough of Brooklyn.
Although crime has been reduced significantly within New York City, the neighborhood surrounding Kings Plaza has been a frequent source of concern, with many robberies occurring within and around the shopping center's location in years past.
This perception was noted on an episode of The Sopranos where an aborted hit Tony Soprano had ordered on a rival boss was scheduled to occur in the parking lot of Kings Plaza.
[edit] Anchors & Majors
Anchors and major stores at Kings Plaza (in descending order by square footage) are:
- Macy's (325,303 sq. ft.)
- Sears (289,215 sq. ft.)
- Loews Cineplex Odeon (32,382 sq. ft.)
- Old Navy (28,147 sq. ft.)
- H&M (24,146 sq. ft.)
- Gap/Gap Kids/Baby Gap (22,175 sq. ft.)
- Modell's (16,894 sq. ft.)
- Express (16,626 sq. ft. total, Express - 10,365 sq. ft., Express Men - 6,261 sq. ft.)
- New York & Company (11,118 sq. ft.)
- Banana Republic (10,000 sq. ft.)
