Shoes+Center

Shoes Center is located at 80-27 Jamaica Avenue between 80th Street and Forest Parkway. According to a St. Thomas' Church Bulletin from the mid 70's,this was formerly the home of Vickie's Sportswear.



It recently located here from it's previous location between 76th and 77th Streets on Jamaica Avenue (now occupied by Jamaica Variety Shop). Here's what the above location looked like before Shoes Center relocated here -- looks like it was a beauty salon:



Just for comparison sake, here's what the old Shoes Center looked like when it was 4 blocks West:



And if you want to get really detailed, it looks like they brought the same exact awning with them -- just peeled off the address!

back to 78th Street to Forest Parkway