img src="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/upperwestside2.jpg" alt="" title="upperwestside2" width="560" height="417" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-322188" / br/ Apple's New York City retail stores will be closing this weekend ahead of Hurricane Irene's possible landfall over the city. NYC's mass transit system is a href="http://nytimes.com/2011/08/27/nyregion/new-york-city-begins-evacuations-before-hurricane.html"shutting down/a by noon on Saturday, which will make it extremely difficult for both employees and customers to get to the stores. br/ br/ Employees who answered the phone at a href="http://apple.com/retail/soho/"SoHo/a, a href="http://apple.com/retail/upperwestside/"Upper West Side/a, a href="http://apple.com/retail/west14thstreet/"West 14th Street/a, and a href="http://apple.com/retail/statenisland/"Staten Island/a confirmed that those stores will be closed all day on Saturday and Sunday. br/ br/ The a href="http://apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/"Fifth Avenue/a location, which is famously open 24/7/365, will be closed Saturday and Sunday as well. br/ br/ As for stores outside the city: br/ br/ strongNew York:/strong br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/smithhaven/"Smith Haven/a has no information about closing and is still "technically open". br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/manhasset/"Manhasset/a on Long Island has "no idea" if they will be open or not. br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/rooseveltfield/"Roosevelt Field/a, also on Long Island is "planning to be open as of now, but not taking any appointments for Sunday." br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/waltwhitman/"Walt Whitman/a has no word on closing. br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/palisades/"Palisades/a in West Nyack, NY says they are current planning to be open but advises customers to call ahead. br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/thewestchester/"The Westchester/a has "no idea yet" if they will be closing. br/ br/ strongNew Jersey:/strong br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/thepier/"The Pier/a in Atlantic City is already closed "due to severe weather in the area." br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/freeholdracewaymall/"Freehold Raceway Mall/a in Freehold, NJ had no information yet. br/ br/ strongConnecticut:/strong br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/stamford/"Stamford/a has not made a decision yet. "It depends on the weather." br/ br/ - a href="http://apple.com/retail/greenwichavenue/"Greenwich Avenue/a plans to be open but "can't forecast that at this time."br/ br/ br/ bRecent Mac and iOS Blog Stories/bbr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/26/sparrow-developer-working-on-iphone-version/"Sparrow Developer Working on iPhone Version/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/26/popcap-offering-bejeweled-for-free-through-sunday/"PopCap Offering Bejeweled for Free Through Sunday/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/26/steve-jobs-impact-felt-well-beyond-apple/"Steve Jobs#039; Impact Felt Well Beyond Apple/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/26/new-phishing-email-targets-mobileme-icloud-transition/"New Phishing Email Targets MobileMe-iCloud Transition/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/26/omnivisions-weak-guidance-hints-at-shift-to-sony-for-iphone-5-camera/"OmniVision#039;s Weak Guidance Hints at Shift to Sony for iPhone 5 Camera?/abr/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UI7FgDPSiSWOV5-nlfwIn_dIkM4/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UI7FgDPSiSWOV5-nlfwIn_dIkM4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UI7FgDPSiSWOV5-nlfwIn_dIkM4/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UI7FgDPSiSWOV5-nlfwIn_dIkM4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=KWv_fkCAykQ:0243-xd8NWE:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=KWv_fkCAykQ:0243-xd8NWE:6W8y8wAjSf4"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=KWv_fkCAykQ:0243-xd8NWE:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/KWv_fkCAykQ" height="1" width="1"/

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