NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – Rite Aid plans to shutter more than 150 stores nationwide, including over two dozen in the New York City area, after the drugstore chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last weekend.
The largest share of upcoming closures in the Tri-State will be on Long Island, where more than a dozen locations are impacted, according to a recent bankruptcy filing.
It's not yet clear how many stores will ultimately close but the Wall Street Journal reported last month that the company has proposed closing 400 to 500 of its 2,000 stores nationwide.
The company said last Sunday that its voluntary Chapter 11 process will allow it to speed up its plan to close underperforming stores.
Here are the stores closing in New York City, Long Island, North Jersey and Connecticut:
NEW YORK CITY
• 2002 Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
• 2981 Ocean Ave. in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
• 71-18 Kissena Blvd. in Flushing, Queens
LONG ISLAND
• 2 Whitney Ave. in Floral Park
• 3131 Hempstead Tpk. in Levittown
• 3199 Long Beach Rd. in Oceanside
• 836 Sunrise Hwy. in Bay Shore
• 901 Merrick Rd. in Copiague
• 577 Larkfield Rd. in East Northport
• 700-43 Patchogue-Yaphank Rd. in Medford
• 273 Pine Hollow Rd. in Oyster Bay
• 397 Sunrise Hwy. in West Patchogue
• 593 Old Town Rd. in Port Jefferson Station
• 65 Route 111 in Smithtown
• 198 West Merrick Rd. in Valley Stream
• 695 East Jericho Tpk. in Huntington Station
• 2784 Sunrise Hwy. in Bellmore
NEW JERSEY
• 4057 Asbury Ave., Suite 8 in Tinton Falls
• 431 Haledon Ave. in Haledon
• 1726 Route 37 East in Toms River
• 35 Mill Rd. in Irvington
• 773 Hamilton St. in Somerset
• 3 Marshall Hill Rd. in West Milford
• 86 B Lacey Rd. in Whiting
CONNECTICUT
• 289 Greenwood Ave. in Bethel