Long Island's second mall-type shopping center was built in Nassau County's Town of Hempstead, on a site adjacent to the Village of Valley Stream. The first operational stores in the retail facility were dedicated in October 1956.
Graphic from the Chanin Organization
As stated, the mall opened in 1956. However, during its first 4 years, it operated with a single
anchor, Gimbels Valley Stream. A second department store -Lanes- was dedicated in May 1960 (in medium gray). At the time of this 1964 plan, the GREEN ACRES complex covers approximately 980,300 leasable square feet and contains eighty stores and services.
GREEN ACRES CENTER TENANTS 1964:
GIMBELS (with The Roost restaurant, soda fountain and pharmacy) / J.C. PENNEY / LANES / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / J.J. NEWBERRY 5 & 10 (with The Eating Place luncheonette) / FINAST supermarket (outparcel) / GRAND UNION supermarket (outparcel) / A.S. Beck Shoes / Allstate Insurance Agency (outparcel) / Aunt Jemima's Kitchen / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Barricini Candy / Bond Clothes / Burt's Shoes / Cardinal Shops / Century's Green Acres Theatre (single-scren outparcel) / Chandler's Shoes / Cooky's Restaurant / Corsetorium / Country Girl Cosmetics / Curtain Shop / Cut & Curl Beauty Salon / Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn / Duane's Florsheim Shoes / Ebinger Baking Company / Elner & Pike Meats / Famous Fashion Shops / Fifth Avenue Card Shop / Flagg Brothers Shoes / Flower Lane Florist / Foamland U.S.A. / Franklin Simon / Friendly Frost / G. Fried Carpets / Gallery International / Gilson Uniform Center / Gleicher's for Interiors / Glick Brothers Kosher Meats / Golden Krust Pizzaria / Green Acres Bowl / Green Acres Camera Exchange / Green Acres Kiddie Shop / Green Acres Opticians / Green Acres Photographers / Green Acres Travel Agency / Green Acres Wash 'n Dry Clean coin laundry / Greenhouse Decorators / Hollywood Barber Shop / Horn & Hardart Retail Store / House of Chang / Jewel of the East / Kaufman Carpet Company / Kay Jewelers / Len's Sandwich Shop / Lerner Shops / Loft's Candies / Lory Jewelers / Macy's Tire Center (outparcel) / Maternally Yours / Miles Shoes / National Shirt Shops / National Shoes / Nichol's Foot Form Shoes / Pagoda Gifts / Parklane Hosiery / Party Bazaar / Pergament Paint & Wallpaper / Peter Pan Cleaners / Red Cross Shoes / Red Top Coffee Shop / Regent men's & boy's wear / Roger Kent / Sam Goody records / Scot Ties / Sid's Pants / Singer Sewing Center / Smilen Brothers / South Shore Opticians / Susan Ives Sportswear / Suzy Hats / Tami Reid, Incorporated / The Nut Shop / Tress men's & boy's wear / Valley National Bank / Walgreen Drug
GIMBELS (with The Roost restaurant, soda fountain and pharmacy) / J.C. PENNEY / LANES / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / J.J. NEWBERRY 5 & 10 (with The Eating Place luncheonette) / FINAST supermarket (outparcel) / GRAND UNION supermarket (outparcel) / A.S. Beck Shoes / Allstate Insurance Agency (outparcel) / Aunt Jemima's Kitchen / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Barricini Candy / Bond Clothes / Burt's Shoes / Cardinal Shops / Century's Green Acres Theatre (single-scren outparcel) / Chandler's Shoes / Cooky's Restaurant / Corsetorium / Country Girl Cosmetics / Curtain Shop / Cut & Curl Beauty Salon / Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn / Duane's Florsheim Shoes / Ebinger Baking Company / Elner & Pike Meats / Famous Fashion Shops / Fifth Avenue Card Shop / Flagg Brothers Shoes / Flower Lane Florist / Foamland U.S.A. / Franklin Simon / Friendly Frost / G. Fried Carpets / Gallery International / Gilson Uniform Center / Gleicher's for Interiors / Glick Brothers Kosher Meats / Golden Krust Pizzaria / Green Acres Bowl / Green Acres Camera Exchange / Green Acres Kiddie Shop / Green Acres Opticians / Green Acres Photographers / Green Acres Travel Agency / Green Acres Wash 'n Dry Clean coin laundry / Greenhouse Decorators / Hollywood Barber Shop / Horn & Hardart Retail Store / House of Chang / Jewel of the East / Kaufman Carpet Company / Kay Jewelers / Len's Sandwich Shop / Lerner Shops / Loft's Candies / Lory Jewelers / Macy's Tire Center (outparcel) / Maternally Yours / Miles Shoes / National Shirt Shops / National Shoes / Nichol's Foot Form Shoes / Pagoda Gifts / Parklane Hosiery / Party Bazaar / Pergament Paint & Wallpaper / Peter Pan Cleaners / Red Cross Shoes / Red Top Coffee Shop / Regent men's & boy's wear / Roger Kent / Sam Goody records / Scot Ties / Sid's Pants / Singer Sewing Center / Smilen Brothers / South Shore Opticians / Susan Ives Sportswear / Suzy Hats / Tami Reid, Incorporated / The Nut Shop / Tress men's & boy's wear / Valley National Bank / Walgreen Drug
The New York City-based arm of Gimbels built their second branch store at GREEN ACRES CENTER. Gimbels Valley Stream encompassed 218,700 square feet and contained 124 selling departments.
Drawing from Gimbels Brothers, Incorporated
