Sunrise Mall (New York)
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| Location | Massapequa Park, New York, USA |
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| Opening date | August 30, 1973 [1] |
| Management | The Westfield Group |
| Owner | The Westfield Group |
| No. of stores and services | 130+ [2] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,200,000 ft² |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 7,000 |
| Website | http://westfield.com/sunrise |
- For other shopping malls bearing the name Sunrise, please see Sunrise (disambiguation)
Westfield Sunrise was formerly known as Sunrise Mall, and is located in Massapequa Park, New York. The mall originally opened on August 30, 1973 as the first 2-level shopping center on Long Island. It later underwent a major remodel in 1991 and it was acquired by The Westfield Group in 2005.[3] The main anchor tenants include Macy's, Sears, JCPenney, and Wal-Mart.
Trivia
- For many years, the Sunrise Mall featured indoor water fountains and also duck ponds. Both have since been replaced by children's play areas and Koi fish ponds, respectively.
- Some stores that have been in the Sunrise Mall (but are not longer there) include Orange Julius, Abraham & Straus, Stern's, Korvette's [4], Record World, Home Decor (a store which sold mostly rock t-shirts), Playworld, and a movie theater, named the Sunrise Mall Cinemas.
- According to a New York Times article, on Saturday, August 4, 1984, more than 6,000 people were forced to leave the Sunrise Mall after a power failure cut off lights and air-conditioning to its shops and walkways. The blackout occurred at 2:30 P.M.
- In the 1980's, there was a pet store at the Sunrise Mall that featured a foul-mouthed parrot by the store's entrance.
- If you enter the mall from the west side parking lot, you are on the second floor of the mall. Interestingly, if you enter on the east side, you are on the first floor.
- Several WWF wrestlers have signed autographs at the Sunrise Mall, including Stone Cold Steve Austin and Paul Wight (aka 'The Big Show'), among others.
- There was a magic store in the mall circa the '80s, that sold fake feces, a Conehead Halloween mask, pet rock, garlic gum, and snap snot, among other goodies.
- In the summer of 1984, one of the arcade video games featured in the Sunrise Cinemas was Dragon's Lair.
- On February 18, 2001, a benefit for 2ge+her's Michael Cuccione was held at the Sunrise Mall [5]
- On Monday, December 18, 2006, the Massapequa Schools Talent Showcase was held. According to this article, it was a 'big flop.'