CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Crowley, Milner and Company 1992
Incentive Stock Plan of our report dated April 3, 1997, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Crowley, Milner and
Company and Subsidiary included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended February 1, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


                                          /S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP

May 1, 1997
Detroit, Michigan