Stop & Shop
Opened: 2015
Owner: Ahold Delhaize
Previous Tenants: Pathmark (1973-2015)
Cooperative: none
Location: 31-06 Farrington St, Queens, NY
Photographed: July 25, 2025
Before we begin, just a heads up: this was originally posted in February 2020, but was rewritten with new photos in July 2026. Now for the post! Stop & Shop has been aggressive with remodels at a lot of their locations, including redoing
stores they acquired from Pathmark and A&P in 2015. But not all have seen updates, and that's the case for this store of around 55,000 square feet in Flushing. Acquired from Pathmark in their bankruptcy, this store was lightly remodeled at the time of its reopening but hasn't been touched since, and it is looking a bit worse for the wear.
The layout is entirely left over from Pathmark, with produce running right up the middle of the store. HABA and pharmacy are in the front-left corner of the store, with bakery, deli, seafood, and meat on the back wall. Beer, frozen, and dairy are on the right side. Bread and a now-closed bank branch are in the front-right corner.
It's not hard to see that this store has been kept up poorly over the years. You can tell very clearly where mismatched flooring or ceiling tiles have been installed, for instance, and when I visited it was just a bit messy. I don't know if a bigger remodel is coming here, but what I can say is that in the summer of 2025, the owners of Food Bazaar incorporated a company called Bogopa Farrington Inc (Bogopa being the company that owns Food Bazaar). It's possible that Food Bazaar will take over when Stop & Shop's lease is up, but there's been no official announcement. Farrington Street is only five blocks long, and this is really the only location on it that could reasonably hold a large-format supermarket.
In fact, this is one of just two Stop & Shops in New York City (of the chain's 20 outposts here) that hasn't been remodeled since before COVID. The other is a
seriously old-school former Edwards up in Co-op City in the Bronx.
Also in this strip mall is a reminder of the previous supermarket tenant...
And no, it doesn't appear that MarPat liquors simply reused Pathmark lettering (Pathmark's r wasn't that long) but instead created a logo nearly identical to the bordering supermarket. Now, it's just a fun memory of what used to be here.
This post was rewritten on July 5, 2026 with new photos.
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