Feb. 9, 2015 By Christian Murray
The Radio Shack stores located in western Queens are not closing—at least in the short term;
As part of Radio Shack’s filing for bankruptcy, it announced that it would close about 1,800 of its 4000 stores by March 31.
The three stores in Astoria, one in Woodside and another in Sunnyside were not among the 1,800 closures.
Most of the surviving stores, as part of the bankruptcy agreement with Sprint, will become “stores within a store.” The Sprint name would be the primary brand on each storefront.
Sprint said it would keep about 1,750 locations going forward.
Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy on Feb. 5 and provided a list of the stores it is closing.
The following five stores were NOT on that list.
28-54 Steinway Street
22-32 31st Street.
21-07 Broadway
62-17 Roosevelt Ave.
45-02 Queens Blvd, Sunnyside
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For the full list of closures, see below.
9 Comments
I bought batteries and they wanted my phone number.
I remember that from 20 years ago but they no longer do that.
There is still a Radio Shack in Sunnyside? It actually sounds about right. Maybe a Hollywood Video will move into the space when they leave.
This will be no loss. Whenever I tried shopping there, they either didn’t have the item or were out of stock.
shes already got a legacy, i saw a guy scrape this thing a few years ago and paint it with a brush…. Ive seen cost estimates from 500,000 to over 1 million.
We dont need any more of her legacy building. As NY1 said, Id like to be the one who got that contract.
http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2009/04/sunnyside-arch-restoration-cost-us-12m.html
This is the one store that i wish would close. This neighborhood is in terrible shape. And by the way i was under the arch on 46th street and Luke Adams Plaza. Why doesn’t Sunnyside light up. Maybe Cathy Nolan could secure funding for that. It would be her legacy.
so your answer for fixing a neighborhood in terrible shape is tear down another business ? you probably want a brookstone instead
Brooks tone would be an improvement.
I’ve gone in there a few times and have had satisfaction. My impression is that there’s an effort going on to provide service with a smile. No complaints and I’m glad they’re not closing.