Willowbrook Mall (New Jersey)

Willowbrook Mall
Location	Wayne, New Jersey, United States
Coordinates	40°53′20″N 74°15′36″W / 40.889°N 74.260°W
Address	1400 Willowbrook Mall
Opening date	September 24, 1969
Developer	The Rouse Company
Management	Brookfield Properties
Owner	Brookfield Properties
No. of stores and services	167
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	1,520,000 sq ft (141,000 m2)
No. of floors	1 with partial upper level (2 in Dave & Buster's, and JcPenny) 3 in Bloomingdale's and Macy's)
Parking	Parking lot with 8,000 spaces
Public transit access	NJ Transit Bus: 11, 28 (weekends only), 191, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 704, 705, 712, 748, 871, 874
Website	willowbrook-mall.com

Willowbrook Mall is a one-level shopping center with a partial second floor located in Wayne, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is near the intersection of New Jersey Route 23, U.S. Route 46, and Interstate 80 in the New York metropolitan area and is situated close to both Essex and Morris counties near the Passaic River. The mall features more than 165 retail establishments and a leasable area of 1,518,006 square feet (141,027.4 m²). It is the fifth-largest shopping mall in New Jersey.^{[citation needed]} The mall opened in 1969 and was expanded or renovated in 1970, 1988, 2006, and 2015.

As of February 2024, the mall's anchors are Macy's, Bloomingdale's, BJ's Wholesale Club; JCPenney, which had anchored neighboring Wayne Towne Center since it opened, relocated to Willowbrook in March 2024. Willowbrook also features a 14-screen Cinemark movie theater, which is located in the rear parking lot adjacent to BJ's auto center.

With blue laws in effect in neighboring Bergen County and even stricter restrictions in effect in Paramus, Willowbrook Mall has benefited from the spillover of shoppers on Sunday.^[3] The mall and its surrounding access roads and parking areas are prone to flooding in rainstorms. The Passaic River flows near the mall and one of its tributaries, and the Pompton River, runs behind it.^[4]

^ "Mall merchant head predicts great future". The News. Paterson, New Jersey. September 25, 1969. p. 49. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Willowbrook Mall (NJ)". Brookfield Properties.
^ Strum, Charles. "Paramus Journal; On Sundays, Bergen Shoppers Rest", The New York Times, December 7, 1992. Accessed August 31, 2018.
^ Service, US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather. "National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service". water.weather.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] "Mall merchant head predicts great future". The News. Paterson, New Jersey. September 25, 1969. p. 49. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

[mall-2] "Willowbrook Mall (NJ)". Brookfield Properties.

[3] Strum, Charles. "Paramus Journal; On Sundays, Bergen Shoppers Rest", The New York Times, December 7, 1992. Accessed August 31, 2018.

[4] Service, US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather. "National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service". water.weather.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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