Newport Centre Mall: It's Not Dead Yet! Jersey City, New Jersey. Spring 2023.

Join me as I take a look at Newport Centre, aka Newport Mall, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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This video was filmed in May 2023 on a Tuesday around 1:30pm.
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[@absolutfushia]

Wow, what a find! I have great memories of Newport Mall from the late 80s & 90s! I started working there the year after the mall opened and through most of the 90s. Saw sooo many changes in this vid but both Sears and JC Penney seem stuck in time. They, along with Sterns were the original anchor stores…. Filenes Basement came a few years later and it was actually located where you entered and exited the Mall! That entrance was not there from the beginnings of the mall…. of course the tower(s) and parking garage right behind the mail we’re not there until late 90s..by then Filenes had closed and they added on another anchor store…. Which would be where Macys moved to after leaving the Sterns space. I was gone before Kohls came. They had been starting on th at back entrance and shops before I left, but I never saw it opened. But that mall back then??? Always packed…weekdays/nights and weekends…. With the Path/Holland Tunnel, plus the UEZ tax discount and no tax on clothing, people came from everywhere! This vid showed that quite a few stores I remember moved on from the mall…but I saw some familiar ones that remained though they may have moved spots during the remodel.But I see Aeropostal still holding on to their prime 2nd Fl center spot!😂 Anyway, back in it’s heyday, Newport was a pretty cool place to work and shop❤

[@metacalm6951]

The mall used to have a JC Penny with great deals on weekends in early 2000s. The Sears department store is one of only 17 stores left across United States.

[@prefeitobear9209]

There was a nice buffet at the corner of the food court in early 2000s. I used to eat there every Saturday morning.

[@davidgrace2951]

Worked in the building adjacent from 1998 to 2000. Used to go to this mall all the time fun times

[@jeank5410]

The last time I was at Newport Center Mall was January, 2020 (pre pandemic) during the week at lunchtime. Anyway, it was about as busy as it looks in your video. I took a walk through the Sears at the time and it was pretty dead in there, almost like I was the only one in the store. Surprising it’s the last one in NJ and that it’s still open.

[@FunkySunkyManiia]

I love this mall

[@diegoflores9237]

I'm watching this video as I shop online

[@Macsimus007]

The first time I ever been to this mall was back in 92-93 as a kid, and it was a regular hangout for us in middle/high school. JCPenny was there since I first saw the mall, so I imagine it is one of the anchor stores. The theater renovation was great because the old seats and screens were kinda crappy as time went on. On weekends it gets crowded and last Wednesday I watched Mission Impossible at 2:30pm and the mall was packed. It's summer time so obviously that has a lot to do with it, but the mall still seems to have life in it, which is nice to see. This mall has so many great memories for me and many stores have come and gone since the old days. I hope it doesn't get gutted.

[@kimberlycushman203]

I go to this mall quite often and it is very busy on the weekends. A lot of New Yorkers will come here because the Path Station is right there. Also, it has a great food court and AMC Movie Theater. Sears and Kohl’s at this mall do not bring in much business, but Uniqlo just opened up in May and that store is packed. Another great thing about this mall is that it is well behaved dog friendly.

[@dylanmaher2526]

Good morning 🌞 🌹may this day come with all the love your heart can hold and bring you every success you desire may each of your footsteps bring joy

[@johnsamoilis6379]

New Yorkers come because there is no sales tax on clothes in New Jersey

[@toocoolforreel]

Transportation here is still common here especially that points directly to the city just across the River. Now these days with a mixed used developments everything is rapidly growing.

[@yummytummy88]

Wow. How time flies. I have so much memories of this mall during my late 80's and early ,90's. Only food cart stall that is stilI there is....Panda Express and plus the movie theater. It would be so sad to see them tearing down this mall just because of the trend. As long as their are customer and foot traffic, why tear it down? Doesn't make (business) sense unless they plan to redeveloped as housing for the higher middle class since real estate is so expensive.

[@neilyhoops]

I live in NJ. I think the first time I was at Newport Centre was in the early 90s. The last time I was there was probably 2002. I lived in North Jersey for a while, and it was a mall that had stuff that other malls didn't have. Also, even back in the day, the taxes were lower. I remember in the early 2000s helping my friend get a TV and a stereo home that he bought in Sears.

[@williamborrelli2840]

I live in Hoboken which is about 10 minutes away from there. I go there on a regular basis about 3 to 4 times a month and it does get busy but not as much. It's usually busy when kids come out of school and people come from work. Weekends is little more cause everyone loves to go shopping or see a movie there or eat something. The original main stores was Macy's, Sears and J C Penny Kohls came in to the mall around 2017 I believe I might be wrong. Sears did close up in less than a year after you made this video. They officially closed March 12th of this year 2024 it will be turned into a Dave and Busters upstairs and Primark clothing store on first floor. This mall will be there 37yrs October of this year 2024. Most of those stores have closed though and have become new stores. The Burger King in food court and Johnny Rockets are no longer there they have since closed and is now Boom Fryer where Bk was and Shake Shack is in spot where Johnny Rockets was also taco bell is gone as well due to infestation of rodents.

[@FONVash]

I could have sworn there was a fountain area in front of where the Uniqlo was by the elevator. It was a like a multi-tier fountain and we used it as a waiting point to regroup. Guess they removed it during the renovation you mentioned. Glad to see the Panda Express is still there though. Haven't been there since the early 2000s.

[@AriesSinquade]

Wow!!!The last time I was innthis mall was in 002/2003 and a massive brawl broke out on the second floor over someone buying a coat and it was the last one and the other guy wanted it...That mall.used to be packed whenever I went there,the last two things I bout from there was a red,black and white motorcycle 🏍 jacket and I bought a martial arts movie called Ooeratiin Scorpion 🦂 from Suncoast Video...✌🏾

[@chickenlurkinyungchihuahua]

The mall gets busy with New Yorkers on the weekends

[@daniellizarraga3897]

Dude I love your channel!!! You have the best content! More dead malls across country please!

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[@HierophantParanormal]

This was our hangout in the 90s, we were there all the time. Moved away and haven't been there in 20+ years. It appears to be doing OK, but it isn't bringing the crowds it had in the 90s.

[@toocoolforreel]

1997 was a common year for me when I frequented a lot of like one of these malls and still the closest one. Let's not forget the big movie theatre all the nearest retail spaces that we're and still located around these areas of the newport when it was still and is still abundant to this day!!!

[@butwhytho4858]

Wow the size of that mall is insane. I think the issue is, the size vs the shoppers…. There’s a giant canyon between how many it was built for vs how many are there…

[@metacalm6951]

This is mall very close to lower Manhattan with three department stores, lower clothing taxes than NY and straight subway access. It gets a ton of patrons on weekends.

[@libatako]

It was very different back in the day….My mom used to take me there a lot in the 90s and it was very full (even weekdays). Really enjoyed going there, it had a KBs toy store and this really cool book shop in the lower level that was stocked with at the time the latest game guides.

[@butwhytho4858]

@@libatako I worked at Walden Books in our mall and LOVED that job. We were right next to a popular music store. My sister also worked at Gadzooks when it was still a trendy clothing and makeup store. It was great! Man I miss all that… That mall was expanded about 10 yrs before Covid shutdowns. After Covid, it hasn’t even gotten back to a fraction of its patrons. Luckily ours has a Kohl’s and TJMaxx/Homegoods and 5 below anchoring it, it inside is a Penny’s that’s likely shut down, a VS, B&B Works, and a shoe store.. other random places are around too, even a Starbucks, but the food court is vacant aside from a few Asian places that I don’t think anyone ever goes to.

[@goldieslacks]

Every time we went to Newport it was busy.

[@Macsimus007]

@@libatako Ahh yea I remember those days. I used to spend hours in Electronics Boutique, and EBX just chatting it up with the guys that worked there. That's back when the movie theater had a bunch of arcade games out in front. The good old days.

[@andysorensen1737]

Where I am in Minnesota there is no sales tax on clothing. Consequently there’s a small niche of tourism (Especially around the Mall of America) where people will come and buy clothes simply for the tax savings.

[@rickberglund2134]

It’s strange to see Kohl’s in a mall, that company has a practice of not locating in malls.

[@utuBrV1oI]

Can i assume this video was taken during school hours? - i see no kids here at all. If not, that is not a good thing! Odd about Paramus Park - Holisters was a VERY busy young people store there on saturday at least - was busier than the one at Garden State Plaza! & the whole mall was busy too. After it closed, Paramus Park became a dead mall! Very stupid thing to do to close that store. Imagine tho if they would have closed the one at GSP INSTEAD!

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes. I think it was a Thursday, mid day

[@goldieslacks]

So zinburger shut down?

[@larajones175]

Yes so sad . March of 2020 I believe.

[@retroguy1976]

yea I know it shutdown in my area

[@Jacob-nu4nd]

Them breaking up the malls, is a bad idea everything comes back in style again. I think one of the declines in malls is safety. I think guns have played a major role as people don’t want to be in confined spaces. But eventually we will get guns banned once the boomers die, and big spaces will be safe to visit once again. I think malls will make a come back.l, Also you have to address low wages, people just don’t have the disposable income is boomers had.

[@libatako]

So the criminals will all of a sudden follow gun laws because guns are banned? I heard theft has been frowned upon since forever, but yet it’s still happening in this day and age🙄

[@bushikciwa]

Guns will never be “banned” 😂 what does that even mean

[@hollyconnelly8871]

i worked in newport tower 2001-2008, traveled the mall to and from work. i entered from the parking garage by the mcdonald's, got some coffee at the coffee beanery, got videos at suncoasts, bought games at EB and gamestop. the mall was so much busier back then after 20+ years i could only recognized a few stores like popeye's, sarku-japan