A planned Walgreens closure in Soundview is drawing concern from community members who say they rely on the store for medication and other everyday needs.<\/p>\n
The Walgreens at the corner of Story Avenue and Noble Avenue is set to close in early September.<\/p>\n
“Tremendous loss to the community and neighborhood,” said Calvin Milligan, who lives in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Jessie Perez, who lives around the block and visits the Walgreens every week, said she was upset when she heard about the closure.<\/p>\n
“When I heard that, my heart dropped because I don’t know what I’m gonna do,” Perez said. “Not too happy about it.”<\/p>\n
Mason, who lives in Soundview, said the closure could create problems for older residents.<\/p>\n
“This is terrible for the neighborhood. You have older people who won’t be able to access their pharmacy medication,” Mason said.<\/p>\n
The Walgreens had a full parking lot Friday evening, but residents said they are concerned about what the closure will mean for people who live nearby.<\/p>\n
“I got to go to Parkchester and there’s no parking there,” one resident said.<\/p>\n
“The one by Yankee Stadium, I’m not going there,” the resident added.<\/p>\n
Residents also said the closure could affect families with children.<\/p>\n
For Perez, the store’s proximity is particularly important because she has difficulty walking long distances.<\/p>\n
“I’m right across the street and I’m handicap because I can’t walk long distances and they’re gonna close it,” Perez said.<\/p>\n
Whatever they use the store for, community members said they hope Walgreens reconsiders its decision.<\/p>\n
“Think this over before you make a final decision. Not sure if it’s too late, but the community needs this facility,” Milligan said.<\/p>\n
The closure comes as Walgreens has shut down stores across multiple states, including New Jersey.<\/p>\n
News 12 reached out to Walgreens for comment about the situation and is waiting to hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A planned Walgreens closure in Soundview is drawing concern from community members who say they rely on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-316757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}