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Note: I have basically cut and pasted my review of the Gateway Center here because Gateway Center and Bronx Terminal Market are basically one and the same.
This is my updated review of the Gateway Center (a/k/a Bronx Terminal Market). Which is, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
I have a car now and you still have to pay to park but watch out on "Event Days." This means after 3 hours, the rate goes from $3.00 to (I think) $25.00 if you stay longer than 3 hours. Or whatever the "Event Price" is. So forget about hanging out at this "mall" all day long. It means hurry up and get out. Pick one store to do your shopping unless you want to get fined (because that's what it feels like). Oh sure, the Bx13 bus stops closer to the mall now but I don't even bother because it is so infrequent and unreliable. The taxi/gypsy problem still exists. I heard prayer works with this situation.
The layout still sucks. It is not pedestrian friendly. I cannot add or subtract anything from my previous review about this situation. The same for the eating situation. No fast food or no real restaurant. They really need to put something here to get people to stay and shop. If I have to go outside to get something to eat, I am not coming back to shop some more because I am done. Chances are it will be too much of a hassle between the traffic and gypsy/taxi people. Think about it, if you are on line to pay in BJ's and you feel like a little snack but the factory, pumped-out "food" in their café doesn't do it for you, you are going to have to trek all the way back to 161st Street to get anything worth buying. Now, are you really going to come back all the way to the Gateway Center to go to Bed, Bath & Beyond after that? Check the "no" box on that one. Everyone just wants to go home and take a nap after all that.
Staples is closed and some dollar store is there. Don't we have enough of that in the Bronx already? Do we need another one IN the damn mall because they are so hard to find OUTSIDE the mall? At least they opened up Michael's again. Yaye.