Roosevelt Mall is a medium-sized outdoor shopping mall, located along

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(Cottman Avenue) between Bustleton Avenue west end and U.S. Route 1 ( Roosevelt Boulevard) in the east end, or Rhawnhurst neighborhood, of

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. The mall has 45 stores and services. It is currently anchored by a large, three-level

Macy's Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. The first store was located in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, south of the present-day flagship store at Herald Square on West 34 ...

department store on its east end. Since 2015, the mall has featured a flea market on Saturdays during the summer.

History

Since opening in 1964, Roosevelt Mall anchors have included S. Klein, Wanamaker's,

Hecht's Hecht's was an American department store chain founded in 1857 by Samuel Hecht, Jr. It was headquartered in Washington, D.C., and operated in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States. The family business was acqui ...

, Strawbridge's, and

. The original anchor, S. Klein, closed in 1975 due to financial problems of its owner, McCrory Stores. It was replaced by Wanamaker's in 1976 and was converted to Hecht's in 1995 following

May Department Stores The May Department Stores Company was an American holding company of department stores founded in 1877 by David May. It operated several regional department stores throughout the United States, which were managed as distinct business divisions ...

' acquisition of the Wanamaker's chain. About a year later, Hecht's became Strawbridge's. During the Strawbridge's years, it had a bargain basement in which all furniture and goods were marked down by 80%. Following

Federated Department Stores Macy's, Inc. (previously Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American holding company of department stores. Upon its establishment in 1929, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus (departm ...

' acquisition of May Department Stores in 2005, Strawbridge's was rebranded as Macy's a year later, in 2006. The mall was also home to a location of prominent cheesesteak restaurant chain

Jim's Steaks Jim's Steaks is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, founded in 1939 on North 62nd Street in West Philadelphia. Jim's Steaks currently has two locations, the original in West Philadelphia and another in Springfield Township, ...

, closed due to health violations in 2017. On January 31, 2025, a Learjet 55 crashed on the perimeter of the mall shortly after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, killing 7 people (6 in aircraft, 1 on ground) and injuring several others.

Great Northeast Plaza

Located directly across from Roosevelt Mall is Great Northeast Plaza, which was formerly anchored by

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears ( ), is an American chain of department stores and online retailer founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosen ...

. Prior to Sears, it was anchored by

Gimbels Gimbel Brothers (known simply as Gimbels) was an American department store corporation that operated for over a century, from 1842 until 1987. Gimbel patriarch Adam Gimbel opened his first store in Vincennes, Indiana, in 1842. In 1887, the comp ...

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