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Sunrise Mall (East Massapequa)

Imported, unreviewedStatus not verifiedEast Massapequa, NY

Sunrise Mall opened 1973 as Island's first two-level mall; interior closed 2023, final anchor left 2026; status unknown, owner Westfield. · summary, model-written

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Sunrise Mall
Sunrise Mall. Photo: A.J.____, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Finance and pipeline
Attention fading (Wikipedia views −40% y/y)This site: 10,146 views, -42% wikimedia · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://sunrisemalldental.com/?utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=Organic&utm_campaign=Bi overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 38,562 on 27 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -10% census-cbp · all sites with this
County typical rent $2,000+This site: $3,646/mo zillow · all sites with this
High-income tract ($100k+)This site: $161,696 census-acs · all sites with this
Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)This site: 0.01 cdc-svi · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 14 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Scale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²This site: 62,974 m² overture · all sites with this

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Now

StatusStatus not verifiedWikidata

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m9: HESS #32550; JCPENNEY CORP INC 1192-4; LIRR - MASSAPEQUA STATION; MACYS MASSAPEQUA SUNRISE MALL; MASSAPEQUA UFS - BIRCH LANE ELEM SCHEPA FRS
Census tract 360595218013,797 people, 5,989 per sq mi; median household income $161,696; 2% renters; 0.0% vacant units; 9.9% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 14 of 20; 227 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 771 m; land-use mix 0.57; 243,134 jobs within 45 min by car, 46,442 by transit; 10% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)3 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 3 schools, 13 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 6 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 19 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Nassau County (NY), 2024191 units in 5+ unit buildings, 32 in 2–4, 607 single-family; 2023: 560 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.01; socioeconomic 0.05; housing and transport 0.06; 3% below 150% of poverty; 3% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby1 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: Grumman Bethpage Airport (9.0 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Sunrise Mall Dental P.C. (cosmetic_dentistry, confidence 0.94, from Microsoft, Overture, Overture-signals); building footprint 62,974 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialsunrisemalldental.com (alive)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views38,644 since 2015; 10,146 in the last 12 months (-42% vs the prior 12); peak 2025-03 with 2,258Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +10% (3,453 → 3,797); median income +57% ($103,266 → $161,696); renters 5% → 2%; median home value +41% ($422,300 → $596,600)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 23.1); expected annual loss $938,483; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20235,518 establishments (-10%); 69,589 jobs (-9%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $851,504 (+6% 1 yr, +30% 5 yr); typical rent $3,646/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025474 (2000 = 100); +9.9% 1 yr, +43% 5 yr, +78% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)38,562 vehicles a day on 27 (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 2,874 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Sunrise Mall opened on August 30, 1973, as the first two-level shopping mall on Long Island. It operated as a mall until its interior closed in 2023, with the final anchor store closing on April 4, 2026. The site's current status is listed as unknown.

Why. The record does not state any specific causes for the mall's decline or closures.

Where it stands. The mall's current status is unknown, with Westfield Group listed as the owner (per Wikidata, undated).

For a planner

  • No documented policy tools or precedents are present in the record.
  • Open questions include the reasons for closure and potential future reuse.
  • The single source and draft verification limit confidence in the timeline.

For a developer

  • Site size and precise ownership details are not provided in the record.
  • Entitlement stage, zoning, and any flood, transit, or environmental constraints are unknown.
  • Market signals are limited to a median rent of $2,195 noted in the opportunity score rationale.

What we do not know yet

  • Current ownership status beyond the undated Wikidata entry is unverified.
  • Exact site dimensions and parcel boundaries are missing.
  • Reasons for interior and anchor closures are not stated.
  • Zoning, entitlements, floodplain, transit access, and environmental constraints are unknown.
  • The record relies on a single source and is marked as draft, indicating potential data gaps.

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  • median rent $2,195

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History and original facts

Opened1973Wikidata
Organisations in Wikidata (undated)Westfield Group
CountyNassau County
Census division2 · Mid-Atlantic
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Sunrise Mall was a shopping mall located in East Massapequa, New York. The mall opened on August 30, 1973, as the first two-level shopping mall on Long Island. The interior closed in 2023 and the final anchor store closed on April 4, 2026.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1973 Opened (Wikidata)

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