GNC closing its remaining East Village outpost

With nearly $1 billion in debt, GNC filed for bankruptcy last week, announcing that it may close nearly 1,200 shops.

The East Village outpost of the vitamin and dietary supplement company is one of those that will shut down. Closing signage is up at the location on First Avenue at 13th Street.

A GNC closed on Third Avenue in NYUville in July 2018.

Thanks to Pinch for the photo!

GNC closes location in NYU's Third Avenue North retail space

An EVG reader shared the above photo from this past weekend... showing that the GNC outpost on Third Avenue between 11th Street and 12th Street has closed. (The GNC was located in one of the retail spaces in Third Avenue North, the NYU residence hall.)

Signage from the store is in the dumpster out front (FYI) ...



For now, the G of the GNC remains in place...





The GNC arrived here in the summer of 2014. Before that, 79 Third Ave. sat vacant for nearly four years. The space was previously home to East Hardware. A Yogurt Crazy was slated to open here, but that didn't go so well.

Meanwhile, the GNC outpost on First Avenue at 13th Street is still open...

A GNC branch for an NYU dorm storefront

After sitting vacant for nearly four years, 79 Third Ave. has a new tenant … as you can see, a GNC is moving into one of the storefronts in the Third North NYU dorm here at East 11th Street.

There are currently GNC branches on First Avenue at East 13th Street, East 15th Street and Union Square East, and Broadway at East Third Street.

The space was previously home to East Hardware. A Yogurt Crazy was slated to open here, but that didn't go so well.

Meanwhile, we're awaiting word on what is taking the adjacent space, where the deli used to be…