CVS Announces Closure Of Popular Albany, NY Location Near SUNY

The CVS location near SUNY Albany will be closing starting in December, leaving customers and employees wondering where they'll go next.

If you've lived in the Capital Region the CVS that is located at 1170 Western Ave in Albany is one of the staple CVS locations. Now it will be shutting down for good on December 12, 2024.

WNYT spoke to a representative of CVS to confirm the information and that's exactly what they did. Where does this leave the community in that area when it comes to prescriptions? They'll now have to go to the Central Ave location near Westgate.

This is just the next in a long line of CVS stores that have already closed in 2024, and more are on the way. According to Time Out CVS has already closed 300 locations. In 2022 they announced they would be closing 900 in total.

It is always a pain when your neighborhood location closes. It leaves you now having to go well out of your way when maybe it used to be right next door. The community in this area of Albany has seen a lot of this recently. A lot of places are moving out since Saint Rose closed and I unfortunately don't think it is the end of it.

Reddit useres aren't happy about it either. This comment was left in r/albany just a day ago:

I was picking up my Rx today and they told me they’re closing Dec 12 and asked me where I want my Rx transferred to. This really sucks. I go to that CVS multiple times a week. I know Stuyvesant isn’t that far, but it’s a matter of walking vs driving.

The City of Albany needs to do something to stop businesses from moving out. How can we keep these long time places here instead of closing leaving yet another vacant building? I think the Mayor needs to step up here and provide us with real answers.