Empty in Lindenhurst: The Old Genovese Drug Store

A sure sign of the tough economic times is the number of For Sale and For Rent signs you see in the Village and North Lindenhurst.

If you go down Wellwood Avenue, Sunrise Highway, Hoffman Avenue, Montauk Highway or other major roads in the area, residents are sure to find a few.

During the next few months Lindenhurst Patch is going to some of those properties and ask you what you'd like to see in there.

The purpose is to foster discussion in the community on what can, should and could be done to rehab these vacant spaces.

This week Patch is looking at the space formerly occupied by the old Genovese drug store.

Many in Lindenhurst probably remember when was open there for many years. It turned into an Eckerd drug store for a little while. And its last drug store incarnation was Rite-Aid.

However, because already had a location around the corner that faces Sunrise Highway when the company took over Eckerd a few years ago, the decision was made to close this location and keep the original Rite-Aid location open.

Since then the location has remained vacant, and the "For Lease" sign by Sabre Real Estate - based in Garden City - has been hanging for a while now.

It includes Sabre's website, sabreny.com, and number: 516-364-2900.

So what do you think should go there? A restaurant, a nightclub, an indoor skate park, something else? Tell us in the comments section below.

(Click to take the related poll, and read what your neighbors had to say.)