Upper West Side Best Buy Permanently Closes

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The longtime Upper West Side Best Buy at West 62nd Street and Broadway permanently closed on Oct. 30.

A sign recently appeared on the front door saying the location is permanently shuttered.

"Thank you for shopping with us," the sign reads. "This location is permanently closed. Please visit our other locations at 531 Fifth Ave., and 1280 Lexington Ave."

A sign had previously gone up on the same door at the beginning of September saying the store's last day would be Oct. 29.

Best Buy also closed a California location on Oct. 29, but there aren't any other reports of planned shutterings.

The electronics company announced in late August that sales had dropped by nearly 13 percent in the second quarter of the 2022 fiscal year.

"We are clearly operating in an uneven sales environment," Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said in a statement at the time.

The retail giant still has more than 1,100 locations across the country.

The Target opening in recent years across the street from the West 62nd Street and Broadway Best Buy location also would not have helped business.

Most recently, the Best Buy location was in the news for a security guard getting pepper sprayed by a man trying to steal a laptop in October.

The now shuttered Best Buy commercial space is one of the larger in the area, and Patch will keep an eye out for any new business permits.