Barnes & Noble has closed its location on Manhattan's Upper East Side. A company spokesperson told Patch that the store, on East 86th Street between Third and Lexington avenues, was "too large, and too expensive" for the company's needs and B&N is searching for a new location in the neighborhood.
"We have truly enjoyed serving our customers from this location for the past 12 years and appreciate their loyalty and support. We thank also the wonderful booksellers of the Upper East Side," a B&N spokesperson said. "It is always sad to close a store but we expect to return to the Upper East Side with a new bookstore before too long, and we are in active pursuit of a new site."
B&N's West 86th and Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 46th Street, Union Square and Tribeca stores are currently open for curbside pickup. The spokesman added that the closure of the East 86th Street store does not represent a round of company-wide closures, as B&N recently opened two new stores, in Illinois and Florida.