Abraham & Straus, commonly shortened to A&S, was a major New York City department store, based in Brooklyn.

[10] In 1883, the firm bought the recently built Second Empire cast-iron Wheeler Building at 422 Fulton Street to be their flagship store.

[12] Beginning in 1928, the company embarked on a $7.8 million expansion of the Fulton Street Store, which included excavating a new basement without disturbing customers above.

The company opened a central distribution center which decreased the amount of non-selling space needed in each store.

[15][16] Since both Macy's and A&S competed for the same type of middle-income customer, Federated felt that the weaker A&S brand should be eliminated.

[19] The two A&S stores getting replaced by Bloomingdale's and Sears were closed whereas most locations turning into Macy's or Stern's were rebranded without any interruption.

[20][21] The A&S locations at Queens Center and Sunrise Mall were closed to make room respectively for existing Macy's and Stern's stores relocating with their own employees in the spaces.

[22][23] Although the chain itself became defunct on April 30, the Roosevelt Field location (the one being taken over by Bloomingdale's) continued its clearance sale as a A&S store until May 28, 1995.

In 1885, the company hired architect George L. Morse to work on the Fulton Street store in Downtown Brooklyn.

Linda Timmins, head of the division, selected one juvenile and ingénue with "The Editorial Look" from each of the high schools across Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Eventually, as crowds would often stop traffic and became a safety hazard, Abraham & Straus had to move the Living Mannequins inside the store or face a stiff penalty from the city.

Each season, the young mannequin models would be allowed to move in order to do an in-store runway show for the Designer de Jour.

Unlike countless numbers of downtown department stores that have closed throughout the nation, this historic location continues as a Macy's.