Rite Aid on East Hartsdale Avenue to Close

Residents are losing another essential retailer. This week we learned that the Rite Aid at 196 East Hartsdale Avenue will close. It appears that the closure is due to a restructuring due to a filing for bankruptcy.

The store was popular with people who live in the apartments on East Hartsdale Avenue along with many other Scarsdale residents who relied on their pharmacists for prescriptions and vaccines. The store also sold some grocery items to allow those walking through town to pick up food, milk and household items.

In response, Paul Feiner has posted a petition on Change.Org asking the landlord to replace the Rite Aid with another pharmacy, convenience store or grocery store.

His petition says, “The sad announcement that Rite Aid will be closing in February is devastating news to many seniors who live on East Hartsdale Ave, Hartsdale. Residents who live on the avenue have depended on Rite Aid for milk, eggs, toiletries and other items for the many years that Rite Aid has served our community.

We are signing this petition in the hopes that you will try hard to find a replacement tenant that will offer our community the same positives that Rite Aid did. Suggestions would include a grocery store (we had that in the past), a 7-11 kind of convenience store, a green natural organic grocery.

Please consider the seniors. Many seniors don't have cars and depend on stores they can walk to to purchase food and essential items.”

If you want to sign it, click here:click here: