Payless Shoes on 71st Avenue in Forest Hills (Google)
Feb. 16, 2019 By Christian Murray
Payless Shoes, which has more than 15 stores in Queens, is closing all its United States locations.
The company, known for its inexpensive footwear, announced Saturday that it would be liquidating all 2,100 of its American stores and winding down its online business.
Payless Shoes has an enormous presence in Queens, with stores in Astoria, Jackson Heights, Corona, Rego Park, Forest Hills, Jamaica and Ridgewood among its many locations.
The company told the New York Times that liquidation sales would start tomorrow, Feb. 17, and that many stores would be closed by the end of March, although some will remain open until May.
The Topeka, Kan.-based company joins a long list of retailers that have gone bust in recent times and in doing so changed the shopping districts in Queens.
Toys “R” Us, Radio Shack, Sports Authority, Aerosoles, Gymboree, National Wholesale Liquidators and Charlotte Russe are among the many retailers to have perished.
Petland Discounts announced in January that it was liquidating its stores, two weeks after the founder died.
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now all we have to do is get rid of the pharamcies and 99 cent stores on every block
You’re suggesting bikes should pay for *emissions* inspection? That cyclists should pay tax on *gas* they don’t buy? Do you understand how bikes work?
Is there anywhere you can ride a bike that even has tolls?
Do bicycle parking meters exist anywhere? I’d love it if they did!
Pretty sure cyclists still have to pay taxes, which pay for the roads you drive on. Unlike your car, they don’t cause wear and tear and the damages that require.
Drove to Tower Diner on Sunday, dropped friends off and went to park. Drove around for 25 minutes and would up parking near home – about 6 blocks away. Between the hydrants, oversized cars and the bike lanes, parking is non-existent. While driving around, I didn’t see even 1 person in the bike Lanes on either side of the Blvd. Bicyclists don’t pay NY for insurance, inspection, registration, gas tax, tolls or meters. These lanes have got to go.
You’re suggesting bikes should pay for *emissions* inspection? That cyclists should pay tax on *gas* they don’t buy? Do you understand how bikes work?
Is there anywhere you can ride a bike that even has tolls?
Do bicycle parking meters exist anywhere? I’d love it if they did!
Pretty sure cyclists still have to pay taxes, which pay for the roads you drive on. Unlike your car, they don’t cause wear and tear and the damages that require.
Why in the world would you DRIVE to a diner that’s only about 6 blocks away from your home??
Because my mother can’t walk up the hill and down to the diner
Time to celebrate, another corporation with jobs leaving Queens!
It’s a nationwide bankruptcy, they’re not “leaving Queens.”