Monmouth Mall - Eatontown, NJ *PERMANENTLY CLOSED*

Monmouth Mall - Eatontown, NJ PERMANENTLY CLOSED | Mall History and Tour

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@mikeb8674 Ай бұрын

This is our local mall. I was just there last week… perhaps even as this video was being posted. Took a bunch of footage. I’d be happy to share if you like, there is a bit you don’t have since I came in through the one “downstairs” entry. They still have a little of what I guess is the original wall. My son had a birthday party at what used to be a Johnny Rockets. The Boscov’s had a small third floor once upon a time, and an attached two-level parking garage (now demolished). And we were at that Bobby Flay event and he signed something for my father-in-law. (He also used to have a shop at Freehold Raceway Mall but now they’re both gone.)

@Laura-i2r9r Ай бұрын

Love these Mall Videos . But also that you show the Mall’s history from beginning to end to sad end . That it had life and usually a vibrant life . Very respectful and well done video once again . Thanks for these !! ❤😊👍🏻👍🏻🫶🏻

@GrayRedRoom Ай бұрын

I went to Monmouth University from 2001-2003 and dormed there. So, me and my friends went here all the time during those years. It was a beautiful mall and was ALWAYS packed every time we went there from 2001-2003. Sad to see it has closed. I also have family that live about 15 mins from this mall in Red Bank. I went to this mall once with them back in 2002 and they bought me the Kobe Bryant Adidas space looking sneakers for Christmas at the Foot Locker in this mall back for Christmas in 2002. I also went to the movies here multiple times with my girlfriend in this time period here at the Monmouth Mall back in 2002. Great times that I will always remember and covet. Thank you for the video.

@frankwafer6919 Ай бұрын

🥲I think it's so sad that our Mall culture is almost completely gone! thank you for the video!😮💯💜🖤💥👍🤍!

@Roger-vz7ol Ай бұрын

What a completely different and sad world we live in now. 😢😢😢

@DerekS8625 Ай бұрын

Agreed. It was the one element that brought families together, and is now gone. 😢

@EdKazO-Vision Ай бұрын

The world is what you make it. I seek happiness and it’s there in abundance.

@retroguy1976 Ай бұрын

this one hurts me bad this was the first major mall I went to while growing up in freehold since raceway mall wasn't in existence for a full decade back in the 1980's i'll miss the old days

@Thor-Orion Ай бұрын

Oh wow. I worked at the FRM for years, my girlfriend lived in Port Monmouth so she and I went to the Monmouth mall together a fair bit.

@gkirms Ай бұрын

I grew up going to Monmouth Mall, first when it was an Open Mall and then when they enclosed it and when they expanded it with the 2 Tier addition. It was such a great Mall to go to. Now, it's reverting back to an Open Mall once again. What a shame in the demise of Malls all across the country. The internet and shopping online has destroyed brick and mortar businesses and then when COVID hit that was pretty much it for so many businesses that just couldn't cope or recover from it. More than likely, the Mall will just be a memory in future days.

@m4stik14 Ай бұрын

This was hard to watch. This mall and Freehold were my go to malls since childhood. One of my favorite things to do was see how many laps of free samples of the food court we could do before they noticed. Great times, thanks for this.

@CynicalGear Ай бұрын

Same here.

@pgmurray76 Ай бұрын

FRM with Sears and Sears Auto completely shuttered now, except for whatever store is in there near the interior entrance.

@Trailblazer162 Ай бұрын

the Chinese place in the freehold raceway mall

@zeldajunkielol2 Ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video, so many great memories of going to this mall with friends. This mall was home to one of the last t a Suncoast Video stores long after they closed a majority of them and it was always fun to go into to buy dvds .

@barkeater123 Ай бұрын

One of the best stores ever. Broke my heart when they were gone

@pgmurray76 Ай бұрын

I loved the posters in that place. They really made it like a theater inside.

@dmurphie2010 Ай бұрын

Used to go their every friday night with the grandparents. Went to eat at Friendly's for dinner across from Lord and Taylor on the second floor and than to KB Toy store a few doors down for a toy.

@shannonconley2730 Ай бұрын

I remember going there since the late 90’s till about 2015, good old memories

@zafarshaik3101 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this awesome video of this giant beauty. Monmouth mall, what's fascinating is that the mall looks so pristine and looks like it was meant for success unfortunately it's shuttered. I loved the entire history lesson especially for someone like me who doesn't know anything about this mall, just hearing a brief breakdown of the malls history is refreshing and intriguing. I noticed that Monmouth, lakeside and Stratford has had big reactions on KZbin over closing which is symbolic of the love people have for these places. Two things that stand out in this video, the hustle and bustle of that flash mob video where the voices of the cheering crowd and shuffling of the dancing people was played over the video of the mall in it's dead state, and secondly the video of the Japanese and chinese restaurants fighting for customers and then that shot to the food court where we see both eating joints closed in an empty food court. Awesome video as always 🎉

@CynicalGear Ай бұрын

I didn’t do much shopping at Monmouth Mall. I preferred, freehold, but this still still saddens me.

@msc3509 Ай бұрын

Used to hang out there as a kid in the 70's. Great times.

@Broadway789 Ай бұрын

The mall is currently under massive renovations. Though much of the indoor will be demolished, the mall is being repurposed as an outdoor mall and housing. It’s not going to be completely gone.

@JimmyBlastBeatz Ай бұрын

I grew up at monmouth mall. I pass by it all the time, and I miss the good Ole days. Kb toys, getting pokemon cards at intrinsic ( store with the golden dragon statue in front of it) browsing dvds at Suncoast, band merch at hot topic,laughing at the dildos in Spencer's, and buying w.e girl I was talking too a auntie Anne's pretzel as we walked the stores. The memories are endless.

@pgmurray76 Ай бұрын

KB! That's right! I would buy GI Joe figures and their snap together vehicles when I had birthday card money in my pocket. The smaller ones.

@jessica07712 Ай бұрын

I worked at that Abercrombie & Fitch during the early 2000s. It was the best job and really miss that mall.

@heribertosarmiento1265 Ай бұрын

Man I miss Monmouth mall best place to hang out

@iluvlexiful Ай бұрын

Loved going through the whole in the wall at The Childrens Place when I was a kid and playing in their playhouse and going down the slide.

@pgmurray76 Ай бұрын

Exactly!

@billsmarysam1238 Ай бұрын

I loved going since it's near to me. I have so many memories from family and friends who wanted to shop there.. I loved Christmas time their my favorite time to shop and walk around.

@brianb7423 Ай бұрын

It’s crazy to see all these different videos on Monmouth mall now since it’s closing. This mall used to be packed back in its day. Even when I worked at lord from 2013-2017 it was still a lot of foot traffic

@jrebecca0195 Ай бұрын

The next time you're in NJ, you should come to the Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing and do a video on it. It's dying a terrible death! 😢

@gkirms Ай бұрын

Last time I was at the Hamilton Mall to return something to American Eagle (now no longer there) I walked the Mall and counted around 35 empty store fronts. Another Mall that will soon meet its Maker I would imagine because there's just no way that it can continue to sustain itself in its present condition.

@jrebecca0195 Ай бұрын

@@gkirmsagreed! It's so sad to visit now. 😥

@Butterflyprincess71 2 күн бұрын

I grew up going to this mall in the 90's all the way up until my teenage years early 2000's and mid. My mother used to work on the second level across from lord n Taylor and if anyone remembers the store Surray Luggage in the 90's my mom's name was Patricia.

@empressvogt Ай бұрын

I love seeing the little dog. They are so cute. Is the dog a chihuahua by any chance?

@avgjoeavglife Ай бұрын

No, i think it was a yorkie.

@kendraisgreat Ай бұрын

Hi! That little dog is my puppy, Penne. She’s a rescue mutt and service dog. Part chihuahua, part yorkie, and four other types too. So you’re both right!

@empressvogt Ай бұрын

@@kendraisgreat ❤️ Thank you for answering.

@njunderground82 Ай бұрын

Monmouth Mall was a good mall. Hate to say it, but that whole "Town Center" concept doesn't always work out so well. I hope its more successful than the Voorhees Town Center (nee Echelon Mall) in Camden County.

@triple-aries Ай бұрын

I think it’ll work. Look at Bell Works in Holmdel and how successful it is. Mixed-use is the future.

@elliottschwartz3460 26 күн бұрын

Anyone else remember running through Macy’s to get concert tickets at the Ticketmaster kiosk they had on the upper floor next to customer service? I also remember them printing tickets as fast as they came up for their colleagues and friends first. Pissed me off! I got stuck with nosebleed seats!

@SkillIssuedCatto_YT 20 күн бұрын

I was probably one of the last ones to see those Small Tiles and always went to those Big Stairs. Especially looking over the edge of that balcony part. The only place that hasn't been changed was that shop with those tiles by the escalators.

@pgmurray76 Ай бұрын

Cannot tell you how much Bananarama, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Cover Girls, and Expose I heard in the stores of that mall in the mid to late 80's. Occasional Phil Collins, but that was likely the Hallmark Store. Sam Goody. The Wiz. Structure. Suncoast. Orange Julius. Disney Store. All kinds of typical mall stores were in there. Only Woodbridge was more complete. Raceway Mall took its thunder.

@marilyntaylor223 Ай бұрын

I worked in Manhattan at Alexander's back in the day and went to this mall during that time to visit. Thanks for the memories.

@hjaponi Ай бұрын

Great video! I will always be sad about the mall's demise. FYI "Hahnes" is pronounced as "hanes" - the "h" is silent.

@2005dave Ай бұрын

My late brother Robert was a manager at that Record World.

@henryparks6106 Ай бұрын

I was a mall security guy there back in the late 80's. So sad to see it go. Had good memories working there. The food stores were great. Oh well, such as progress.

@arfriedman4577 Ай бұрын

Wow. I went here with a friend i visited around 2004 2005. We were in Boscov., i think thats thename. Thanks for the history.

@jeremyud Ай бұрын

I have very, very vague memories of being here circa 1992 as a six-year old and being given a California Raisins clay model.

@amym.694 Ай бұрын

You should go to the Livingston Mall . You should see what’s going on there it’s pathetic.

@user-qm7uv5oh8z Ай бұрын

East Brunswick mall is next watch

@joemazzola7387 Ай бұрын

There was old country buffet in that Mall where the Chinese restaurant is now or was

@Thor-Orion Ай бұрын

Ha, I filled in at the H&M there a few times when I was working at the one in FRM.

@barkeater123 Ай бұрын

So sad to see things get to where we are now, not just with this but everything in our society. Cant believe our nation is the way it is now. By the way i used to love playing in that circle at 1:47

@-mahermusic 29 күн бұрын

Just a heads up that today, Sunday, August 18th, 2024 was the final day Monmouth Mall was open.

@JerseyStyle7 Ай бұрын

Amazon is taking over😵‍💫👍🏽

@Butterflyprincess71 2 күн бұрын

Does anyone remember when Monmouth mall had the old country buffet?

@SS-us6mj Ай бұрын

Sorry that mall was empty always unless it was raining. Then people came. I worked there one summer in the early 2000s and not one customer until 12pm in a very busy chain. Only if it rained were there people in that mall.

@FOXYCECILIA Ай бұрын

all these malls closing across AMERICA...thanks but no thanks to Amazon and businesses alike. I remember when back in the days we would plan a trip to the mall on weekends and couldn't wait for that day, the excitement and joy one would feel sharing those moments with family or friends...now it's all gone..some malls still exits but they no longer crowded like it used to be...you can almost see that they are about to die soon from the lack of busy crowds...it's so weird to see a mall with very few people...looking straight out like a zombie movie.

@rhiannonrising Ай бұрын

Yes! You mentioned the time capsule! So stupid 😂

@Trailblazer162 Ай бұрын

Intrinsic's was the best.

@pam8962 Ай бұрын

I thought it was Cherry Hill mall 🤔

@jrebecca0195 Ай бұрын

Cherry Hill Mall is still doing very well!

@tequilamokinbrd Ай бұрын

Nah I live 10 minutes from Cherry Hill Mall and I promise you it's very much alive. It's not uncommon to see a good amount of people there even on weekdays during the day. Now Moorestown Mall right down the road on the other hand...