Gertz (department store)

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Gertz
Type Department store
Founded1918;103 years ago (1918)
FounderBenjamin Gertz
Defunct1982;39 years ago (1982)
FateFolded into Stern's
SuccessorStern's (1982–2001)
Macy's (2001–present)
Area served
New York metropolitan area
Parent Allied Stores
Gertz department store in Mid-Island Plaza in Hicksville, Long Island in 1957 Mid-Island Plaza, Hicksville, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a25274.tif
Gertz department store in Mid-Island Plaza in Hicksville, Long Island in 1957

Gertz was a New York-based department store, headquartered in Jamaica, Queens. Founded in 1918 by Benjamin Gertz, along with his five sons, the company was acquired by Allied Stores in 1941. [1] [2] [3]

Gertz had branch stores in Bay Shore, East Hampton, Flushing, Douglaston, Great Neck, Hicksville, Massapequa, and Lake Grove. [4] The 300,000 square foot Hicksville location was opened in 1956 in the Mid-Island Plaza, known today as Broadway Commons; that store would eventually become Sterns in 1983, followed by Macy's in 2001. Currently the building is vacant as of Macy's closing in the Spring of 2020. [5] In 1981, Gertz opened at two former Korvettes locations in Douglaston and Lake Grove, but that year, changing demographics caused the company's first store closure, its flagship Jamaica location. Later, the Bay Shore location was converted to a Stern's and then a Macy's. After Macy's closed the location, the building was demolished and a Lowe's was built on the site. [6]

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References

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