The Mall at Bay Plaza

200 Baychester Avenue | Co-op City | built 2015

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1960
Freedomland U.S.A. amusement park opens on the land later used for Bay Plaza
Before any shopping center stood here, the open ground south of Co-op City held Freedomland U.S.A., an amusement park that operated from 1960 to 1964. The Bay Plaza Shopping Center was later built on the former park lot between Bartow and Baychester Avenues by Prestige Properties in 1987 and 1988.
“…on an open lot that was the site of the Freedomland U.S.A. amusement park between 1960 and 1964.”
Source: Wikipedia
2014
August 14
The Mall at Bay Plaza opens as the area's first new enclosed fashion mall in decades
The Mall at Bay Plaza, an enclosed expansion of the Bay Plaza Shopping Center, opened on August 14, 2014. It was the first anchored fashion mall with a roof to open in the New York City area since Queens Center in 1973. Its 780,000 square feet held a new three-level Macy's, more than 100 specialty shops, a food court and the Bronx's first H&M. Designed by the Los Angeles firm Altoon & Porter Architects, the $65 million project also added an 1,800-car parking garage.
Source: Wikipedia

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