5th Avenue Toy Store Bubblez Is All Cleared Out

It looks like 5th Avenue has just lost another children’s shop.

The toy store Bubblez, located at 347 5th Avenue, between 4th and 5th Streets, appears to have closed for good. When we passed by earlier this week, the gate was down and the entire storefront had been cleared out. We tried to reach out via phone, but their number has been disconnected.

The shop opened in 2011, replacing a women’s shoe store, and it’s been a handy space to have almost directly across from JJ Byrne, for those times you may have needed a ball or something else to extend the playground fun a bit.

If it is indeed closed and not just revamping, this isn’t the first children’s shop to shutter on 5th Avenue recently. Further up the street, the clothing and toy shop Area Kids closed in January, and the owners have since converted the space into a new yoga studio.