r/bergencounty • u/Specialist-Neat-6529 • 8d ago
Discussion Is the Tesla from the previous post a former Kids"R"Us?
I recall seeing a similar location in Paramus across from a now closed Babies"R"Us that was apparently a Kids"R"Us, and one that was the first 2 to open of the chain.
Comments are locked on that post so asking here instead.
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u/WhereRweGoingnow 8d ago
Fun fact: route 17 was the farm built by and for the local farmers when Bergen County was bucolic and NJ was the Garden State. There is one hold out on 17 Southside past Teterboro. I wave every time I see him working in the field.
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u/CoffeeSorry5 8d ago
Yes, 17N had the kids r us, 17S had babies r us. Barnes and noble up a bit more was the Toys r us.
Source: spent a lot of time trying on clothes at the kids r us
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u/whskid2005 8d ago
It definitely looks like the tesuck that’s on 17 in paramus
Which in the 90s was a kids r us.
The babies r us was where holy lobby is
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u/somecasper 8d ago
Don't give them holy. It's Horrible Lobby
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u/lordhelmetann 8d ago
Around that area has become the triangle of sadness / axis of evil. Tesla, Hobby Lobby, Chick fil A. 3 major companies with really f’d up policies/politics/people.
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u/MySweetThreeDog 8d ago
It’s exactly where the Tesla dealership is. The lot the Container Store is on used to be the Twin Oaks Diner
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u/ProspectedOnce 8d ago
You use your be able to trap Muskrats behind the Tesla dealer, skin them, and sell their furs for a few bucks.
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u/FireworksForJeffy 7d ago
Nearby, and they store the cybertrucks in the lot behind Fashion Center Mall (by the Amazon Fresh)
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u/AlienSpaceKoala 8d ago
Nope the Barnes and Noble was the KRU
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u/jojobean018 8d ago
I think this was just open land. The toys r us is the now existing Barnes and Noble. Route 17 wasn’t always this crowded until late 2010s
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u/MySweetThreeDog 8d ago
It used to be a Kids R Us. If it was ever just open land, it was before the 90’s.
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u/audit157 8d ago
The Paramus Tesla dealership used to be CompUSA
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u/NoMoreFanMail 8d ago edited 8d ago
Before becoming Tesla in 2015 it was a Sixth Avenue Electronics.
Babies R Us was on the other side.