Macy´s

Location

New York
United States
40° 45' 0.8784" N, 73° 59' 17.8656" W
US
General info: 

Macys is perhaps the best known department store in the world. This is the flagship store of the Macys chain that operates over 800 stores in the US.
This store used to be the biggest store in the world with about 200 000sqm but is now no.2 after the opening of Shinsegae in South Korea.
Macy's was founded by Rowland Hussey Macy, in 1851 in Massachusetts, originally to sell dry goods. After failing in Massachusetts, Macy moved the store to New York in 1858.
If you are from outside USA, remember that international shoppers can get a discount card good for 11% off most purchases at the Visitor's Center.

Costs: 

Address: Herald Square, between 34th and 35th on Broadway.
Closest Subways:
• A, C, E to 34th Street/Penn Station: Walk one block east on 34th Street to 7th Avenue
• 1, 2, 3, 9 to 34th Street: Exit on 7th Avenue and 34th Street
• B, D, F, V and N, Q, R, W to 34th Street/Herald Square: Exit on Broadway for Macy's main
Opening hours:
Sunday 11-7
Monday 10-8:30
Tuesday - Thurs 8 - 10
Friday & Saturday 10 - 8:30

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