Walt Whitman Shops facts for kids
The Walt Whitman statue in front of Walt Whitman Shops
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| Location | Huntington Station, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′20″N 73°24′35″W / 40.8223°N 73.4097°W |
| Opening date | November 23, 1962 |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Architect | Welton Becket |
| No. of stores and services | 105 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,089,350 sq ft (101,204 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in Saks Fifth Avenue and former Lord & Taylor, 3 in Bloomingdale's, 4 in Macy's) |
| Parking | 5,043 spaces |
| Public transit access |  Suffolk County Transit: S1, S23, S29, S54 Huntington Area Rapid Transit: H30, H40 Nassau Inter-County Express: n79 |
Walt Whitman Shops (once called Walt Whitman Mall) is a large shopping mall located in South Huntington, New York. It's a popular place where people go to shop, eat, and spend time. The mall is named after the famous poet Walt Whitman. His birthplace, which is a US National Historic Site, is very close to the mall.
The mall has several big stores called "anchor stores." These are usually the largest stores that help attract shoppers. The main anchor stores at Walt Whitman Shops include Bloomingdale's, Macy's, and Saks Fifth Avenue. There is also one space that used to be an anchor store, Lord & Taylor, but it is now empty. The mall is owned and managed by Simon Property Group, a company that runs many shopping malls across the United States.
In 2020, the Lord & Taylor store at the mall closed its doors. This was part of a plan for Lord & Taylor to close all its stores across the country. The store officially closed on December 29, 2020. Before this, the mall had not had an empty anchor store for 22 years.
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Anchor Stores at Walt Whitman Shops
Anchor stores are the biggest shops in a mall. They often have multiple floors and are well-known brands. They help bring many shoppers to the mall.
Bloomingdale's
- Bloomingdale's is a large department store with two floors above ground and one floor below.
- It opened in 1962 as a Macy's store.
- In 1998, it closed for a short time to be updated and then reopened as Bloomingdale's.
Lord & Taylor
- Lord & Taylor was a department store with two floors above ground.
- It opened in 1998 as part of an expansion of the mall.
- This store closed on December 29, 2020.
Macy's
- Macy's is a very big store with three floors above ground and one floor below.
- It first opened in 1962 as a store called Abraham & Straus.
- In 1995, Abraham & Straus closed, and the store became Macy's.
Saks Fifth Avenue
- Saks Fifth Avenue is a luxury department store with two floors above ground.
- It opened in 1999 during a mall expansion.
- Before Saks, the space was home to McCrory Stores, which closed in 1991 after a fire.
- This location is now the only Saks Fifth Avenue store in New York State, besides the main store in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Past Anchor Stores
Over the years, some other well-known stores have been anchor stores at Walt Whitman Shops:
- Abraham & Straus
- The original Macy's store
- McCrory Stores
