FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   McCRACKEN BERNARD LOUIS III 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/11/2011 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CHILDRENS PLACE RETAIL STORES INC [PLCE] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE CHILDREN'S PLACE RETAIL STORES,, INC. 500 PLAZA DRIVE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) See Remarks 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) SECAUCUS, NJ 07094 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, par value $0.10 3,081 (1) D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/31/2009	04/28/2015	Common Stock	1,500	$ 44.95	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
McCRACKEN BERNARD LOUIS III C/O THE CHILDREN'S PLACE RETAIL STORES, INC. 500 PLAZA DRIVE SECAUCUS, NJ 07094	Â	Â	  See Remarks	Â

Signatures

/s/ James E. Myers, as Attorney-In-Fact for Bernard McCracken		03/15/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 1,200 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Common Stock"), of The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. (the "Company"), underlying a deferred stock award granted under the Company's Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), on July 14, 2008, 33% of which vest on the first and second anniversaries of the grant date and 34% of which vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, 1,200 shares of Company Common Stock underlying a deferred stock award granted under the Company's Plan on September 21, 2009, one-third of which vest on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, and 1,600 shares of Company Common Stock underlying a deferred stock award granted under the Company's Plan on September 21, 2010, one-third of which vest on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date.
  Remarks: Vice President, Controller and Interim Principal Accounting Officer Exhibit List  Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

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