Bayside Market Axes Hours After Shuttering Nearby Location

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — Bayside gourmands can no longer pick up groceries at Stop & Shop at all hours of the night.

As of Sunday, the Bay Terrace grocery store at 21315 26th Avenue will open daily at 7 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. Monday through Saturdays and 10 p.m. on Sundays, a Stop & Shop spokesperson said.

This shaves hours off the old schedule which saw the grocery store remain open until 11 p.m. on Sunday and midnight all other days.

The cutback in hours comes a couple of months after Stop & Shop permanently shuttered an "underperforming" nearby location in Little Neck, which disappointed many locals, Patch reported.

Stop & Shop's move to reduce its hours of operation in Bay Terrace, though, is unrelated to the closure in Little Neck.

In fact, a majority of Stop & Shop locations (including others in Queens) are now operating with reduced hours, after the company found that fewer customers shop late at night, a spokesperson said.

Most Stop & Shop stores, which open at 7 a.m., are now closing at 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 p.m. on Sundays, according to the spokesperson.

You can check the hours for a specific Stop & Shop here.