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29th annual summer sidewalk sale next week
Vehicles fill up the parking lots, pedestrians crowd the streets and customers pack more than 90 businesses on Central and Cedarhurst avenues, along with several other streets in Cedarhurst as more than 8,000 shoppers hunt for bargains during the 29th annual Summer Sidewalk Sale next week sponsored by the village’s Business Improvement District.
With Sunday added four years ago, there are now four shopping days: Wednesday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday, Aug. 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to closing; and Sunday Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Beauty salons, books, boutiques, jewelry, Judaica gifts and kosher restaurants and much more attracts people from the Five Towns and several surrounding communities, including, East Rockaway, Far Rockaway, Lynbrook, Long Beach, Oceanside and Rockville Centre.
“The event not only provides great shopping deals and a satisfying shopping experience, but also serves as a social and community-building event as well,’ said Teri Schure, the BID’s executive director.
With so many diverse shops and restaurants offering bargains, a substantial number of the shoppers come from as far aware as Connecticut, New Jersey and Westchester County, and from several sections of Brooklyn and Queens, Schure said.
“The Bid-sponsored sidewalk sale is expected to not only bring back thousands of longtime shoppers but attract new ones as well,” Schure said.
Trustee Ari Brown who serves as the village board’s liaison to the BID credits Schure with working to help ensure that the sidewalk sale is a success, especially during a time of the year when retail is typically slow as many people are on vacation.
“We have a wonderful executive director who tracks emails and finds out that people come from all over,” Brown said. “I just came from AHC Appliance and they said they were excited for the sidewalk sale. ‘I said why?’ and they said because of the volume of customers.
Brown said that village views the sidewalk sale as an event that could highlight what he called the “most vibrant downtown shopping district on the South Shore.” “It’s the availability of merchandise, not just older items but current merchandise,” said Brown, adding that the robust shopping allows Cedarhurst to keep village taxes in the $600 to $700 range for residents, relatively low compared to other villages.
