Atlantic Terminal (shopping mall) facts for kids

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Atlantic Terminal
Atlantic Center

Exterior of Atlantic Terminal, showing the mall entrance at Atlantic Avenue and the Target guest purchase unloading area
Location	Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°41′04″N 73°58′36″W / 40.684533°N 73.976781°W / 40.684533; -73.976781
Address	139 Flatbush Avenue and 625 Atlantic Avenue,
Opening date	September 7, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-09-07)
Developer	Madison International Realty
Management	Madison International Realty
Owner	Madison International Realty
No. of stores and services	35
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	370,000 sq ft (34,000 m2) in Atlantic Terminal 393,713 sq ft (36,577.1 m2) in Atlantic Center
No. of floors	5 in Atlantic Terminal
Public transit access	Long Island Rail Road: Atlantic Terminal (Atlantic Branch) New York City Subway: Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (​​​​​​​​​​)
Website	"Atlantic Center Webpage"

Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center are two shopping malls located on Atlantic Avenue surrounded by Hanson Place, Fort Greene Place and Flatbush Avenue in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, New York City, near Downtown Brooklyn. Atlantic Terminal is located across the street from the Atlantic Center Mall (via a small enclosed bridge from Target), and both are under the same management of Madison International Realty. On December 22, 2017 Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center was acquired by Madison International Realty from Forest City Realty Trust. The real estate private equity firm had previously acquired a 49% stake in the Forest City portfolio in 2011 and purchased the remaining 51% in 2017 to make Madison International Realty one of the largest retail landlords in New York. Atlantic Terminal is also an office building and part of the ticket office of the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Terminal. Parts of Atlantic Center Mall were also renovated to complement the new mall. The malls are both located directly across Atlantic Avenue from Barclays Center arena, in the neighborhood of Pacific Park, which is being developed by Forest City Ratner.

In the 1950s, the land was to be the site of a domed baseball stadium proposed by then Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley. However, the plan fell through, and the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958.

Floors

Atlantic Terminal has five floors. The lower levels consist of the LIRR and New York City Subway stations (technically in the basement). Upper floors feature anchor stores like Bath & Body Works, Chuck E Cheese, DSW, Sephora, Uniqlo, and most notably Target. Two Starbucks locations are sited on the property, one located inside Target while the other is in the ticket office area of the LIRR Atlantic Terminal. This is one of the few multi-level "Urban" Target department stores. To accommodate the multi-level design it utilizes escalators, elevators and a shopping cart conveyor.

Atlantic Center has 3 retail levels and 2 underground parking levels, and is home to stores such as Best Buy, Stop and Shop, Marshall's, Burlington Coat Factory, and a music store owned by Afro-Uruguayan vocalist Jimmy Santos.

Stores

Notable stores include:

See also

In Spanish: Atlantic Terminal (centro comercial) para niños