Barnes and Noble management confirmed this morning that they have reached a lease renewal agreement to remain at the Union Turnpike location. Our localized pressure forced a reconsideration of their exit strategy. I will monitor the site transition plan to ensure this commitment is fully honored.
January 9, 2015
Final supporters
We can't let this happen!
The Barnes & Noble of Fresh Meadows has been a beloved and easy-to-reach location of Queens readers for ten years. Closer than the company's Bayside location, and more convenient than the crowded streets of Forest Hills, the store caters to everyone from young neighborhood families, to students at St. John's University, to the poets and writers attending the wonderful local workshops.
This store is an integral and meaningful part of Fresh Meadows and Kew Gardens Hills. We, the undersigned book-lovers of Queens, strongly urge the Barnes & Noble management and property owners to work out a lease of this store, and preserve an integral element of our community.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
November 7, 2014
November 6, 2014
We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit this threshold before I deliver the formal request to the regional district manager. Please send the link to your neighborhood groups so we can present a stronger case to the property owners.
Reached 100 supporters
October 28, 2014
October 26, 2014
We are approaching one hundred signatures and I have drafted a formal request for a meeting with the property management firm. Please circulate this link to your local neighborhood groups so we can hit this threshold before I send the correspondence.
224 Comments
Please keep the Fresh Meadows Barnes and Noble open! It is a great resource to not only students but everyone in the nearby community. We don't need another TJ Maxx or Marshalls. There's already a few of those chain clothing stores in easily accessible areas!!
We have to save this bookstore, it's important to everyone in the community, even me. This store has elementary school memories for me, it's where I bought some books that I still have to this day. If only companies and corporations cared about what the community says.
It's not just a bookstore. It's an escape. It's a hangout. It's a not-too-quiet but not-too-loud study space for students. It's a coffee spot. It's a staple in the Fresh Meadows community. Keep this store alive!
We need this B&N in our neighborhood. I've been to this location 3x within the last month. With my teenage daughter to pick up a book for school, to grab a book series for my nephew's birthday and just to hang out and read with my 4 year old niece.
I am a student and resident of the area and have been making regular visits through middle and high school and now college since this branch opened! It is a neighborhood fixture that cannot close!!
Please keep B&N open in Bay terrace,Bayside,N.Y.
This B&N store is more than a bookstore, it's a place that fosters community and promotes learning. It's irreplacable!
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Barnes and Noble management confirmed this morning that they have reached a lease renewal agreement to remain at the Union Turnpike location. Our localized pressure forced a reconsideration of their exit strategy. I will monitor the site transition plan to ensure this commitment is fully honored.
January 9, 2015
Final supporters
We can't let this happen!
The Barnes & Noble of Fresh Meadows has been a beloved and easy-to-reach location of Queens readers for ten years. Closer than the company's Bayside location, and more convenient than the crowded streets of Forest Hills, the store caters to everyone from young neighborhood families, to students at St. John's University, to the poets and writers attending the wonderful local workshops.
This store is an integral and meaningful part of Fresh Meadows and Kew Gardens Hills. We, the undersigned book-lovers of Queens, strongly urge the Barnes & Noble management and property owners to work out a lease of this store, and preserve an integral element of our community.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
November 7, 2014
November 6, 2014
We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit this threshold before I deliver the formal request to the regional district manager. Please send the link to your neighborhood groups so we can present a stronger case to the property owners.
Reached 100 supporters
October 28, 2014
October 26, 2014
We are approaching one hundred signatures and I have drafted a formal request for a meeting with the property management firm. Please circulate this link to your local neighborhood groups so we can hit this threshold before I send the correspondence.
224 Comments
Just wanted to finish my comment that this is a very well run store, easy to get to, and has a great music secrion as well. Its a shame that landlord greed dooms another local neighborhood asset.
Please keep the Fresh Meadows Barnes and Noble open! It is a great resource to not only students but everyone in the nearby community. We don't need another TJ Maxx or Marshalls. There's already a few of those chain clothing stores in easily accessible areas!!
We have to save this bookstore, it's important to everyone in the community, even me. This store has elementary school memories for me, it's where I bought some books that I still have to this day. If only companies and corporations cared about what the community says.
It's not just a bookstore. It's an escape. It's a hangout. It's a not-too-quiet but not-too-loud study space for students. It's a coffee spot. It's a staple in the Fresh Meadows community. Keep this store alive!
We need this B&N in our neighborhood. I've been to this location 3x within the last month. With my teenage daughter to pick up a book for school, to grab a book series for my nephew's birthday and just to hang out and read with my 4 year old niece.
I am a student and resident of the area and have been making regular visits through middle and high school and now college since this branch opened! It is a neighborhood fixture that cannot close!!
Please keep B&N open in Bay terrace,Bayside,N.Y.
This B&N store is more than a bookstore, it's a place that fosters community and promotes learning. It's irreplacable!
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Just wanted to finish my comment that this is a very well run store, easy to get to, and has a great music secrion as well. Its a shame that landlord greed dooms another local neighborhood asset.