Hip new retail hub to open in unusual — and busy — NYC location

An underground shopping arcade with cool stores and hip eateries is coming to one of the busiest subway stations in New York City.



TurnStyle is set to open in mid-April, on the subway concourse at the 59th Street Columbus Circle subway station in Manhattan. The 30,000-sq.-ft. center, the first major privatization of a New York subway station, is located along both sides of the 325-ft. long passageway from Eighth Avenue and 57th Street to the subway platforms at 59th Street-Columbus Circle. (The passageway is free to pedestrians since it is not in the fare zone.)



Some 20 shops, kiosks and pop-ups will be featured, including such familiar retailers as Lush, Starbucks, Papyrus, and Dylan’s Candy Bar. But local independent businesses dominate the mix.



The lineup also includes a number of eateries, some of them grab-and-go and others sit-down, along with a specialty food market.



TurnStyle is being developed by a partnership headed by Susan Fine. A former director of real estate for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, she led the MTA’s redevelopment of Grand Central Terminal in the 1990s, and is currently president of Oasis Development, specializing in sustainable development and project management.



New York City-based Architecture Outfit is designing the space.