New World Mall is an Asian-themedshopping mall located at 136‑20Roosevelt Avenue inFlushing Chinatown inFlushing, Queens, New York City. The mall was the largest Asian shopping mall in theNortheastern United States upon its opening in 2011.

New World Mall

Main Street entrance in 2024
Coordinates	40°45′34″N73°49′45″W / 40.75944°N 73.82917°W /40.75944; -73.82917
Address	136-20 Roosevelt Avenue,Flushing, New York 11354 United States
Opening date	May 22, 2011
Total retail floor area	165,000 sq. ft.
No. of floors	4
Parking	350
Public transit access	Subway:​ atFlushing–Main Street LIRR:Flushing–Main Street
Website	www.newworldmallny.com

New World Mall is a four-level, 165,000-square-foot (15,300 m²) shopping mall that adjoins ontoRoosevelt Avenue andMain Street in theFlushing neighborhood ofQueens in New York City.^[1][2][3] The basement is occupied by a food court, the first and second floors are occupied by retail, and the third floor is occupied by a banquet hall anddim sum restaurant.^[4][5] A 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m²) Jmart grocery store serves as theanchor tenant for New World Mall,^[2][4] and the mall also contains a 350-spot underground parking garage.^[1] Upon its opening in 2011, the mall was the largest Asian shopping mall in theNortheastern United States.^[6]

The building that New World Mall occupies was originally anS. Klein department store,^[1][2] which became anAlexander's in 1975,^[7] and then aCaldor.^[1][2] It had four levels with a combined 185,000 square feet (17,200 m²), in addition to a 340-space parking garage in the basement.^[8] After Caldor closed in 1999,^[9] the property was left shuttered until 2011.^[2] There was a proposal to convert the building into a shopping mall to be named the Flushing Expo Mall in 2002,^[10][11] but this effort failed.^[12][2] A subsequent plan to convert the building into aWalmart was canceled in April 2006.^[8][13]

Petitions to renovate the building into the New World Mall were filed in August 2009.^[1] The plans called for chain stores on the first story, a supermarket on the second story, and an Asian food court on the third story.^[12] Though the mall was originally planned to open in September 2010,^[1] the opening date was pushed back.^[12] The grand opening took place on May 22, 2011.^[2]

On August 6, 2020, amid theCOVID-19 pandemic in New York City, New World Mall was shut down by theNew York City Department of Buildings after it was found to be open in violation of state-mandated COVID guidelines.^[14][15] The mall was partially reopened the following day after the violations were resolved by the building operators.^[16]

In August 2023,The City reported that New World Mall was connected to an illegalstraw donation scheme for New York City mayorEric Adams during and subsequent to his 2021 mayoral campaign.^[17] The report alleged that fraudulent donations were made to Adams in the name of mall workers to exploit New York'smatching funds program for political donations; the mall's banquet hall was additionally the site of multiple campaign fundraising events organized by Adams advisorWinnie Greco.^[17][18][19] On February 29, 2024, New World Mall and Greco's two homes were raided by theFBI as a part of their broaderinvestigation into the Eric Adams administration.^[20][21] At the time, the mall was operated by the family of Lian Wu Shao.^[17][22][23]

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