{"id":54646,"date":"2025-11-28T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/54646\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:04:09","slug":"pamelas-black-friday-live-diary-vignettes-from-staten-island-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/54646\/","title":{"rendered":"Pamela\u2019s Black Friday live diary: Vignettes from Staten Island stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Black Friday has dawned on Staten Island, and we\u2019ll be hitting the stores to capture the deals and the energy as shoppers hunt for holiday bargains.<\/p>\n

\"StatenBaby, it’s cold out there. Temps hovered at 33 degrees but the real feel around 5:30 a.m. was 23 degrees. (Owen Reiter for the Advance\/SILive.com)Owen Reiter<\/p>\n

Advance\/SILive.com Food Editor Pamela Silvestri and photographer Owen Reiter will be in the aisles, checkout lines, and parking lots to tell the stories of Staten Islanders out and about on the biggest shopping day of the year.<\/p>\n

Here are their live updates:<\/p>\n

\"StatenShoppers flock to Target at the Bricktown Shopping Center on Friday, November 28, 2025, in Charleston. (Owen Reiter for the Advance\/SILive.com)Owen Reiter6:15 a.m.: Target is open<\/p>\n

About 100 people were in line this morning at the Target in Charleston as Black Friday shopping kicked off, according to photographer Owen Reiter.<\/p>\n

Major retailers opened their doors early Friday, with several big-box stores welcoming customers starting at 5 a.m. or 6 a.m.<\/p>\n

According to online hours, Kohl\u2019s led the pack, opening at 5 a.m. Target, Best Buy, Macy\u2019s, Home Depot, Lowe\u2019s, and Ulta all opened at 6 a.m.<\/p>\n

My fine colleague Owen Reiter spoke with Angel Quintan just before 6 a.m. at Target in Charleston. <\/p>\n

Quintan shared, \u201cI got here at 11:20 last night. It\u2019s been cold all night…really cold. I had to go to ShopRite to get warm, then come back and use the bathroom. You know, it\u2019s been really tough, but we made it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owen asked him, \u201cWhat made you decide to get here and be first in line?\u201d<\/p>\n

Quintan shared, \u201cAll the TikToks\u2014all the TikToks I\u2019ve been seeing, everybody promoting.\u201c<\/p>\n

In the meantime, T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods will open slightly later at 7 a.m.<\/p>\n

Costco was closed for Thanksgiving but will reopen at 9 a.m., according to its website. <\/p>\n

By dawn at 6:58 a.m., Staten Island will wake up to clear skies but frigid conditions and temps will hover at 31 degrees. Today will be about 44 degrees at the high with wind gusts pushing 20 mph by 10 a.m. <\/p>\n

\"StatenTarget in Charlston opened its doors to over 100 shoppers. (Owen Reiter for the Advance\/SILive.com)Owen Reiter6:45 a.m.: Lining up the day<\/p>\n

The earliest openings today on Staten Island also were at 6 a.m.\u2014 Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowe\u2019s, and Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods. Owen is headed to Best Buy now.<\/p>\n

In a shore while at 7 a.m., TJ Maxx stores at Bricktown and Forest Avenue will open, while Marshalls will open at Richmond Avenue near Dick\u2019s and on Hylan Boulevard. Michaels craft stores will also open at 7 a.m. at Bricktown, Forest Avenue, and near Best Buy.<\/p>\n

\"StatenTarget in Charleston saw crowds at opening time on Black Friday at 6 a.m. Remember the days of Doorbusters? (Owen Reiter for the Advance\/SILive.com)Owen Reiter<\/p>\n

HomeGoods and Burlington follow at 8 a.m. HomeGoods will open at Bricktown, Hylan Boulevard, and Richmond Avenue near Costco. Burlington stores will open near Best Buy, South Avenue, and Hylan Boulevard.<\/p>\n

The latest openings at 9 a.m. include Staten Island Mall, Costco as mentioned before, and Hobby Lobby. Sephora and Barnes & Noble inside the mall will also open at 9 a.m., along with Staples in Dongan Hills.<\/p>\n

At 7:45 a.m., God willing, I will be live from the road. Tune into the Advance\/SILive.com Facebook <\/a>page for the broadcast. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Black Friday has dawned on Staten Island, and we\u2019ll be hitting the stores to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-54646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54646","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=54646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}