The CVS at 2495 Broadway at 93rd Street is closing on February 21. The store has occupied this space since August 2009, and there is currently no word on what will replace it.
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On online platforms, people in the neighborhood have been speculating about why the store is closing, citing everything from surging rents to a high rate of shoplifting.
We reached out to CVS’s corporate team to inquire about specifics, and Amy Thibault, Lead Director of External Communications, responded rather vaguely with this to say:
“Many factors are considered when deciding to close one of our stores, such as local market dynamics, population shifts, store density, and other access points to meet the community’s health and wellness needs.”
An employee of the store told us point blank that the location is closing because of theft, and that CVS has so many nearby stores that they really don’t need this one.
Current customers with prescriptions at the 93rd street location need not stress, as all prescriptions will be transferred to the closest CVS Pharmacy at 743 Amsterdam Avenue between 96th and 97th streets. Thibault proclaimed that this way, “patients will have uninterrupted access to pharmacy care. Patients can always choose to fill their prescriptions at any CVS Pharmacy, or the pharmacy of their choice, if another is more convenient.”
In addition, she mentioned, “All employees are being offered comparable roles within the company.”
There are more than 60 CVS Pharmacy locations remaining in Manhattan.
Keep voting in the city council progressives and soon enough there won’t be any pharmacies…or any stores for that matter…. I keep wondering why I am actually paying for items at the self checkout when the scumbag behind me just walks out the door with a garbage bagful of stuff…..
Congratulations UWSers! You voted for this. You virtue signalled your way into nail salons, smoke shops, and nearly none of those demonic ‘big box’ stores on the UWS. And nothing is open from 10pm to 7am.
“I’m a Democrat but…” isn’t going to change things.
I feel most badly for the elderly.
I can’t believe that anybody could vote the radical left into our lives. Decent hardworking people deserve so much better. Our city was once great and now it’s coming apart at the seams
This CVS has been a hot mess for years. They take forever to fill prescriptions, you can’t ever get anyone on the phone. Theft is not the issue. Poor management is.
Thank you for pointing that out. People have an almost knee-jerk reaction whenever they see a business closing on the UWS and attribute the close to theft. Theft is visibly a problem these days, but it is not the single issue driving businesses to close.
The pharmacy at the Target at 795 Columbus Ave. Is closing March 1.
In a related release:
“CVS on 93rd closing due to insane curb program headed by Streetopia”
The pharmacy at the CVS on 86th & Amsterdam is also dreadful. Almost impossible to get through on the phone, medications not available when they’ve sent texts saying that they are, long lines… and when you get to the front? A surly “Whadyou want.”
A better pharmacy, obviously. Corporate greed at CVS keeps this place understaffed & overworked & corporate greed at the company I work for forces me to get my prescriptions from CVS.
CVS, Walgreens and Duane Reade drove out all the small family owned drug stores in the neighborhood years ago. The older drug stores cared about you unlike the big corporate stores and they often knew you by name. Hopefully they’ll come back and the neighborhood will thrive once again.
Joseph Pharmacy on W 72 St. is independent, they call me when it’s time to pick up my prescription refill and…they know my name!