Grab those onesies while you can — a popular children’s chain is rumored to be going bust.
The Children’s Place — a New Jersey-based retailer selling apparel and accessories for kids of all ages — is allegedly preparing to file for bankruptcy. The move could mean massive closures for the 57-year-old chain.
As of today, the brand has roughly 525 locations across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico with Texas at the highest spot, coming in at 58 stores.
Bloomberg recently reported that The Children’s Place Inc. is weighing its options — and will either seek a sale that may keep the business functioning or do a deal that would result in liquidation. The report revealed that bankruptcy may come as early as next week.
The Post reached out to the company for information but has not heard back.
Like many retailers over the last six years, the once-popular kid’s store faced a brutal wave of shutters. The mall staple closed 300 stores back in 2020 and 2021, as foot traffic fell and debt grew.
To date, shares have dropped to almost 90% as its debt grew. The company also had a massive drop in revenue — down nearly 19% from last year — raking in $241.8 million in three months that ended on Aug. 1.
The Children’s Place currently has over 30 locations across New York — third-largest state by store count behind Texas and California. If the company goes bust, New Yorkers could lose the following stores:
Manhattan
- 600 W 181st St, Washington Heights, NY 10033
- 132 Dyckman St, Fort George, NY 10040
- 77th St & Broadway (W 78th St), Upper West Side, NY 10024
- 173 East 86th St (Lex & 3rd), Upper East Side, NY 10028
- 126 Delancey St, Lower East Side, NY 10002
Bronx
- 2918 3rd Ave, Melrose, NY 10455
- 2501–2511 Grand Concourse, West Bronx, NY 10468
- 961 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10459
- 2184 White Plains Rd, Bronx, NY 10462
- 3451 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY 10467
- 2244 Bartow Ave, Bronx, NY 10475
Brooklyn
- 501 Gateway Dr, Brooklyn, NY 11239
- 417–419 86th St, Brooklyn, NY 11209
- 5344 Kings Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11234
- 1244 Fulton St, Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY 11216
- 139 Flatbush Ave (Atlantic Terminal Mall), Brooklyn, NY 11217
Queens & Staten Island
- 31-53 Steinway St, Astoria, NY 11103
- 57-37 Myrtle Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385
- 90-15 Queens Blvd, Elmhurst, NY 11373
- 253-01 Rockaway Blvd, Rosedale, NY 11422
- 2655 Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314
Long Island & Westchester
- 1500 Union Tpke (Lake Success Shopping Center), New Hyde Park, NY 11040
- 630 Old Country Rd, Garden City, NY 11530
- 6K Mall Walk, Yonkers, NY 10704
