Bay Plaza Shopping Center
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Bay Plaza Shopping Center is a shopping center adjacent to Co-op City
Co-op City, Bronx
Co-op City , located in the Baychester section of the Borough of the Bronx in northeast New York City, is one of the largest cooperative housing developments in the world. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Hutchinson River Parkway, the community is part of Bronx Community Board 10...

, in the Bronx, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. In addition to various department stores and shops, such as JCPenney, Staples Inc., Kmart
Kmart
Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...

 and Old Navy
Old Navy
Old Navy is an American clothing brand as well as a chain of stores owned by Gap, Inc., with corporate operations in San Francisco and San Bruno, California. It is one of the first major corporations to house headquarters in the new Mission Bay district of San Francisco.Gap, Inc. was run by...

, it has a multiplex movie theater, several restaurants, a fitness club, and some office space. The mall was constructed in the late 1980s, just outside of sections 4 and 5 of Co-op City, on an open lot that was previously used to dump old tires and garbage (before which it was the site of Freedomland USA). After Bay Plaza Shopping Center opened, the traffic into Co-op City increased dramatically; despite public efforts, there has not been any decrease in the volume of traffic.

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