Mays, Inc. is a real estate firm based in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

From 1927 until 1988 the company ran a chain of discount department stores in the area surrounding New York City referred to as Mays, with stores located in three of New York City's five boroughs, Long Island, and Putnam County.

[1] The chain grew from a Brooklyn women's clothing store founded by Joe Weinstein, a Polish Jewish immigrant from Galicia, in 1924.

Weinstein was aggressive in his competition against other discount retailers such as Ohrbach's and Alexander's, as well as the higher—end department stores.

By the late 1970s, it started losing market share to other discount retailers, and in 1982 the store declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.