Sixth Avenue Electronics Closes Lake Grove Store

Sixth Avenue Electronics closed its Lake Grove storefront on Route 347 over past weekend.

The closure is the latest move by the electronics retailer chain to bring its outstanding debt under control. Shoppers who pulled up to the store on Monday morning found the front doors placarded with a sign announcing the store closed. It directed them to visit the company's website

Twice consumer electronics reports that Sixth Avenue Electronics closed all three of its remaining Long Island stores over the weekend, leaving the chain with only four stores remaining in New Jersey.

Tom Galanis, vice president of Sixth Avenue Electronics, said the move is an effort to shift from big-box stores down to 5,000 to 7,000-square-foot showrooms; the Lake Grove store was larger than 30,000 square feet. This would bring the chain back to its brick-and-morter beginnings.

Sixth Avenue Electronics plans to return to Long Island Market in 2012, and is currently in negotiations, according to Galanis.

Read here for Twice's full report on Sixth Avenue's store closings.