Colosseum Mall

This place is more like a flea market, not a mall. I didn’t like it all, walked around once and then left. It’s also dirty. Avoid it.

Place isn’t what it use to be, it’s empty in here compared to how it was years ago, but you still get Good discounts here on jewelry fragrances & sneakers ! You Can get the sneakers on early release here if you are a Jordan /​sneaker head.

This used to be a staple to many people including myself when I was in JHS back in 1998. My friends & I used to take trips to Jamaica Avenue to walk the streets that lead to the infamous «coliseum block».
Anyone who was anyone frequented the Coliseum Mall. I’m not quite sure why they call it that but it doesn’t resemble a mall at all. It has two floors (basement included). This was the number one place to get all the hottest, latest gear & sneakers.
The first floor contains sneaker shops, snack shops, perfume stand, luggage stand, dental office (I would not recommend that. Looks dingy af!). The basement level is where all the action is at. There’s a cafeteria that serves Southern Food, Chinese & Subway.
Located on the opposite side of the cafeteria lies all of the fake name plates & name belts you can possibly imagine. There’s a threading place, a sneaker store, a hair salon & the infamous booth where you take pictures with family, friends & your significant other.
Times have not changed but it’s apparent that what we all thought was a «Hot Commodity» really wasn’t. I realized what a joke this mall really is. It’s sad to see some of the people that I remember back in the days still shopping here.

This mall is not my speed but hey it’s something right? Lol I have to walk thru this mall when I go park my car to get my hair done and I dread it every time. It seems so ghetto and dirty. There is always guys trying to hit on you and begging you to go into there store for tattoos and Jordans 2 for $ 40 lmaoo like I would lmaooo. I like to get the pretzel sticks for $ 2 by the entrance on the right side and the parking is cheap so I have them two stars that’s it!

I have literally not been here since 1993. The last time I came in here I was looking for a Starter Jacket (Hornets or Knicks). I never got it as $ 200 was my allowance for a whole month. I did pick up a pair of Pat Ewings and a gang of bootleg karl kani or maybe it was real who knows. Now that I have properly dated myself lets talk about The Colosseum. Its a really cool place to get sneakers. I actually saw some pretty hard to find air max’s and jordan 4’s. The prices were ok to expensive. Also I saw a few knockoffs in a store or two. I only spent about 30 minutes inside the mall. Not enough time to dig for great sneaker deal. I simply do not have the patience for it. I think this mall if a great place to go shop in person but I prefer looking online. All around the mall are other stores where you can yes pick up sneakers and more sneakers.

Love this place best deal on shelltops and random stuff
Also hilarious place to randomly bring uptight boojee ppl

I remember coming here as a teen watching people people get ripped off buying crap jewelry than walk out and get robbed of the crap they just bought as soon as they leave. In the 90’s this was a dangerous place but we still came to buy garbage. I mean where else could you get a haircut and a tattoo in the same shop?

This place has become nothing, it’s always empty, tons of junk on sale. The jewelry department in the basement that is filled with booths makes me feel as if the hawkers think I’m a blithering idiot who knows nothing about jewelry. Everything is piss poor in presentation and it feels like you will be robbed at any minute if you turn your back.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!
The coliseum has deteriorated over the years, it’s no longer a hub that’s buzzing with life, it’s a place waiting to die, clinging on via life support. There are so many empty spaces and closed businesses, no one cares anymore.

Been coming here for years & still love this place

This was the place I was never allowed to go to as a young buck. I always managed to find myself here anyways. This was the ‘spot’ on the ave to get the hottest gear of the season: the light up belts, the new kicks, the fake bling, the dog tags with engraved writing; and those famous cheesy ass pix that everyone wanted to have taken in the basement with the funky colorful backgrounds! Then there were the Valentines day gifts that every 13 – 16 year old (in my time) picked up at the Colosseum. Cheap, gaudy teddy bears with a balloon to say I love you, a torso sized card, and a fake rose in a plastic container… Uhhhh…yuk! To think I bought my poor bf shit from here. I thought it was the best shit at the time. Just for the record Teddy Bears totally creep & freak me out now!
This «mall» is not a legit mall. It’s ONLY something you will find an area like Jamaica, Queens. It’s filled with ghettoness, hoodrats, and wannabe bad asses (the category I fell into when I used to shop here). No average person in their right mind would find this mall to have anything more or be any more convenient then any real shopping mall. The Colosseum was also the go-​to mall for all the «discounts» on the crap I mentioned above. Well you get what you pay for. The quality of the SHIT sold here is at its worst. There’s a lot of counterfeit garbage on the ave alone; a nice variety can be found in the Colosseum. I would also love to know what genius decided to call this place the Colosseum Mall. That’s not even how ‘Coliseum’ is spelt. I definitely don’t see the effin resemblance!
Pretty much there is no need to even come here. It has nothing more or better than the next. In fact this mall offers way less product, and way more CRAP! And another thing… I really feel it unnecessary to call this place a mall; doesn’t look or feel like one, nor provide what a real mall does!

Grew up going here it’s not that great at all it’s only good for sneakers and jewelry

This mall is right in the hood of Jamaica Queens. Is right on 165thst .It has a lots stores here they also have a food court downstairs… I like comin to this music store called Hall of Fame. I also like this video game store to in the mall.