Apple Fifth Avenue is Closing Overnight Later This Week, Here's Why

[MacRumors]

Apple's iconic Fifth Avenue store in New York City is normally open 24/7, but it will be closed overnight on some days this week.

According to Apple's website, the store will be closed between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. local time starting Wednesday evening until Saturday morning.

The store already closed briefly on Monday.

Apple is closing the store to complete maintenance on the store's glass cube entrance, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Apple's official explanation is "cube preservation."

Opened in 2006, Apple Fifth Avenue features a street-level glass cube entrance, leading to an underground store. Apple's CEO Tim Cook and other company executives often attend the store for major new product launches.

The store's cube has been outfitted with everything from a giant Apple Vision Pro headset outline to colorful Siri glow in recent years.

Article Link: Apple Fifth Avenue is Closing Overnight Later This Week, Here's Why

 

[vegetassj4]

Apple Store is closing? It's the end of the world.

 

[winxmac]

They're getting ready for iPhone 16 (series) returns due to promised Siri and Apple intelligence that may end up like AirPower and Apple car.

 

[canadianreader]

The store's cube has been outfitted with everything from a giant Apple Vision Pro headset outline to colorful Siri glow in recent years.

Outfitted with two major product failures

 

[AdamHarbour]

They are installing Siri in the cube ! Living intelligence! Innovation 🍎

 

[Xavier]

One of the coolest looking Apple storefronts. I have always liked it!

 

[Justin Cymbal]

Hard to believe that they are open 24/7!

Only Apple Store in the entire world open 24/7

My favorite NYC store has always been Grand Central though:

 

[Godspeed8230]

AH, Apple Store Fifth Avenue, the Louvre of all shops. 😉


But, yeah, being open 24/7 is interesting. Has anyone ever visited the store at, say 3AM? How was ist?

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Insert “G4Cube maintenance” joke here…

 

[F23]

“Cube Preservation” is such an Apple phrase.

 

[redheeler]

Hard to believe that they are open 24/7!

Only Apple Store in the entire world open 24/7

My favorite NYC store has always been Grand Central though:

Has it always been 24/7? Seems like it had a 10 PM closing time when I was in NYC. This was a while ago.

 

[Justin Cymbal]

Has it always been 24/7? Seems like it had a 10 PM closing time when I was in NYC. This was a while ago.

I can’t recall it ever not being 24/7 but maybe Apple made that change sometime in the early 2010s

I wouldn’t know what ‘The Cube’s’ hours could have possibly been before then…

 

[russell_314]

Hard to believe that they are open 24/7!

Only Apple Store in the entire world open 24/7

My favorite NYC store has always been Grand Central though:

Apparently it’s the only one. I would love it if Apple Stores and everything else was open 24/7 because I’d rather shop without crowds. I understand security and staffing issues make that impractical though.

 

[goodcow]

Hard to believe that they are open 24/7!

Only Apple Store in the entire world open 24/7

My favorite NYC store has always been Grand Central though:

It's great that it's 24/7, I've been there at 2 or 3 am before to get support at the Genius Bar.

 

[petieg]

I've heard at night it's full of a bunch of stoners checking their emails and surfing the web... LOL

 

[MasterControlProgram]

Gotta clean those windows at some point.

 

[attohs]

Is this the first big maintenance since it was renovated in 2019?

Apple Fifth Avenue: The cube is back

Apple today previewed the new Apple Fifth Avenue, an entirely reimagined space beneath one of New York City’s most recognized landmarks.

www.apple.com

 

[ronntaylor]

AH, Apple Store Fifth Avenue, the Louvre of all shops. 😉


But, yeah, being open 24/7 is interesting. Has anyone ever visited the store at, say 3AM? How was ist?

I've visited a bit after midnight a couple times when I was in the area hosting visitors. And once a friend facetimed me from inside about 2am as a joke (I said I preferred the sparse crowds later after midnight).

 

[Chet-NYC]

Some employees are going to miss that overnight bonus they get in their paycheck.

 

[newyorksole]

Hard to believe that they are open 24/7!

Only Apple Store in the entire world open 24/7

My favorite NYC store has always been Grand Central though:

I still have my launch shirt 🙂

 

[Hank001]

One of the coolest looking Apple storefronts. I have always liked it!

I like the original design more.