NYC’s First City-Owned Grocery Store to Open in the Bronx by the End of 2027

About 25 percent of the city’s groceries pass through the Hunts Point area of the Bronx, but local residents lack access to affordable produce, officials said.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally to announce the location of a city-owned grocery store in Hunts Point, Bronx, New York City, on May 18, 2026. On his right is Economic Development Corporation Interim President and CEO Jeanny Pak. Nicholas Zifcak/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK CITY—The first city-run grocery store is slated to open in the Bronx by the end of 2027 at the site of the now-closed Spofford Juvenile Detention Center, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced at a May 18 rally of supporters and union members.

The 20,000-square-foot space that will house the grocery store is part of a New York City Economic Development Corp. project called The Peninsula, which transformed the detention center into a campus for affordable housing and office space.