Experienced and amateur shoppers alike will no doubt be thrilled by the amount of choice offered in New York’s shopping venues. The city contains branches of almost all of the big chain stores, although Manhattan does not have any branches of Wal-Mart or Target, but you can find Wal-Mart outside NYC and you can find BJ's, Costco, Target and Kmart stores in Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island.
Major Department Stores
Barneys , ( website) 660 Madison Avenue, – originally located in Chelsea, this luxury department store now competes directly with its midtown neighbors
Bergdorf Goodman , ( website) 754 5th Avenue, – with a prime location at 57th Street and 3rd Avenue, Bergdorf remains the grand dame of all things fashionable and luxe in New York
Bloomingdale’s (*) , ( website) 59th Street & Lexington Avenue, – the flagship of the Bloomingdale’s retail chain, located in midtown east
Henri Bendel , 712 Fifth Avenue – chic boutique department store that is known for up-and-coming designers and youthful flair
Macy’s Herald Square (*) , ( website) 151 West 34th Street, – massive flagship that is a true New York landmark; choice and number of goods is so large you may have trouble buying anything!
Saks Fifth Avenue , ( website) 611 Fifth Avenue, – beautiful flagship of the Saks chain; be sure to check out their window displays, particularly during the holidays
Takashimaya , ( website) 693 Fifth Avenue, – located in a beautiful townhouse setting, this Japanese luxury store exudes a refreshing Asian vibe
(*) Foreign visitors to Macy’s and Bloomingdales should register at the customers service desk to receive an 11% discount pass. Bring your passport as proof.
Home Furnishings
ABC Carpet and Home ,( website) – home furnishing aficionados can drool over seven floors of gorgeous upscale merchandise
Terence Conran Shop , ( website) 407 East 59th Street, Bridgemarket – hip home furnishings mecca imported from the UK
Crate and Barrel (Houston Street and Broadway) and CB2 (Broadway, bwn Canal and Grand Streets.)
Pier 1 Imports - two stores in Manhattan. Bamboo, rattan, Asian, African and Carribean influences.
Restoration Hardware - (Broadway and 22nd Street) High-end reproductions of old-time bath fixtures, lamps, sconces and furniture.
Jensen-Lewis - (7th Avenue and 16th St.) Classic and well-built contemporary and modern furniture.
The Door Store - Four Manhattan locations. They don't really sell doors. Practical furniture and home furnishings.
West Elm - The premier trendy store to furnish your minimalist DUMBO loft. Two stores (Chelsea and DUMBO.)
Bo Concept - Even trendier and more minimalistic than West Elm! Five stores in Manhattan.
The Container Store - storage, boxes, baskets, modular shelves - hide your stuff in beautiful baskets and filing cabinets.
Luxury Boutiques
Tiffany and Company , ( website) 727 5th Avenue – the mother of all jewelry stores in a prime midtown location; all purchases, big and small, come in a signature blue box
Louis Vuitton, 1 East 57th Street and 116 Greene Street, –- if you’ve got the cash, Louis Vuitton welcomes you to a paradise of luxury goods.
Chanel, 15 East 57th Street, 139 Spring Street and 737 Madison Avenue, – the French designers Coco Chanel’s imperium sells beautiful blaizers and has become a fashion statement of it’s own.
Versace, 647 Fifth Avenue, – the label has to be selling quite good, because it even got its own house on Fifth Avenue. Come here for cool and wild Italian designs.
Ralph Lauren, 867 Madison Avenue, 888 Madison Avenue, 379 West Broadway, 872 Madison Avenue, 380-381 Bleecker Street, 878 Madison Avenue – Ralph Lauren is hugely popular in New York, so they’ve got lot’s of stores around town for girls, boys, women and men. Come here for stylish American clothing with a twist of Lauren.
- Addison on Madison-- 29 W. 57th St., 9th fl, New York, NY 10019 near 5th Ave--finest in men's shirts and ties
Streetwear, hip-hop clothing
Supreme, 274 Lafayette Street - a favorite of the coolest New Yorkers. Small store, with awesomely cool stuff, really worth visiting.
Transit
- Rubber Sole. This shop doesn't have a website of its
own, but one website lists the address as 740 Astor Place. Rubber Sole
is one shop of many run by alternative clothes brand Yellow Rat
B******.
Sneakers/trainers, sports and atheletics
Modell's (all sports and some outdoor recreation equip. Local sports team clothes. Various locations. Click on "Find A Store")
Sports Authority 845 Third Avenue and 636 Sixth Avenue. (track and field, basketball. Local sports team clothes.)
Foot Locker/Lady Foot Locker (various locations. Use the store locator. )
Niketown - 57th Street & Fifth Avenue
Puma - 521 Broadway and on Union Square West
Puma Black - 421 W. 14th Street
The NBA Store - Fith Avenue and 52nd Street. (Basketball gear and team clothes, celebrity appearances.)
Paragon Sports 867 Broadway, at 17th Street (all sports and outdoor recreation.)
Eastern Mountain Sports ("EMS") 591 Broadway, bwn Prince & Houston Sts. (hiking, camping, outdoor recreation.)
Tent 'n' Trails - 21 Park Place, near City Hall (tiny store bursting at the seams with camping equipment. Great prices.)
Dave's Quality Meat (specialty sneakers/trainers)
Classickicks (specialty sneakers/trainers)
Flight Club NYC (specialty sneakers/trainers)
Website for finding specialty and custom sneakers, trainers and "kicks" - Sneaker Me Stupid
For Kids
FAO Schwartz - 767 Fifth Avenue (corner of 58th Street) -- having emerged from bankruptcy not once but twice, they still seem hell-bent on driving you to Chapter 11 through it's offering of super-premium toys. A tip for those on a budget: tell your kids that FAO Schwartz is not a toy store, but a toy museum. You might actually spend less money by going to the Apple store right next door.
Toys 'r Us - 1514 Broadway (between 44th and 45th Streets) -- huge, and has the advantage of being right in the middle of Times Square. A 60-ft ferris wheel will keep your younger kids entertained for a couple of revolutions. Your older kids are going to want to head over to MTV across the street or ESPN Zone down a couple of blocks.
American Girl Place - 609 Fifth Avenue (corner of 49th Street) -- Retail store for the popular dolls.
Nintendo World Store - 10 Rockefeller Plaza -- wasn't the point of bringing your kids to New York City to get them out from in front of their game consoles so they could interact with the real world versus the virtual world? Oh well, if they really need a fix, this is the place to stop. The Sony store is also not that far away, so you could compare and contrast the two systems.
Gourmet Food And Cookware
Dean & Deluca - 560 Broadway (Prince Street) -- like the web site says, "it all started here." One of the four original gourmet food emporia (Fairway, Zabar's and Balducci's are the others) of New York. This is the main and original location, but there are several other, smaller locations throughout the city as well, but they're mostly just cafes that also sell prepared foods. Like a food museum, everything looks too good to eat.
Fairway - 2127 Broadway (between 74th and 75th Streets) -- the original location. There are two locations in New York City, but this is the one most people will find convenient. More of a traditional grocer than the other three (D&D and Balducci's), Fairway still holds it's own with a great variety and high quality foods. There is also a cafe on the second floor, as well as a very large organic section.
Zabar's - 2245 Broadway (80th Street) -- the upper west side's uber-deli. You have to love a store that regularly used to take on Macy's in full-page ads in the New York Times. First floor is all food; second floor is cookware. The smoked fish counter is worth the visit alone.
Balducci's - 81 Eighth Avenue (14th Street) -- this is more a historical listing than a current one because as all New Yorkers know, this is not the original Balducci's, the legendary store that used to operate on 10th Street and Sixth Avenue. Unfortunately, the original owners sold out, the original location closed, and the rest is history. There is another location on 66th Street, west of Broadway.
Citarella - 2135 Broadway (75th Street) -- notice a pattern here? Fairway, Citarella and Zabar's are all within five blocks of each other. Get the sense that upper westsiders are mavens about food? Originally more a butcher/fish monger, whose famous window displays made entirely of fresh fish (think Macy's holiday windows done completely in fish) were legendary. They've expanded their selection to become a more rounded grocer but meat and fish are still their strong suit, just as fresh produce is Fairway's. Several other locations throughout the city but this is the "original" that most New Yorkers identify with.
Broadway Panhandler - 65 E 8th Street (Between Broadway and University) -- A new location in the West Village, New York's local version of Williams-Sonoma or Sur la Table.
Bridge Kitchenware - 711 Third Avenue (45th Street) -- again, a new manifestation of a former legend in a new location. Fred Bridge became famous as the purveyor of professional cookware to the original celebrity chefs like Julia Child and James Beard. His store was legendary as was the man. Unfortunately, neither made the transition to the current location.
Shopping malls and centers
Queens Center Mall - Has a Hot Topic store, among many others. Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens. Take the R, G or V train to Woodhaven Boulevard. Exit north side of QB. One stop further (Grand Avenue) is the Target Mall, smaller than Queens Center.
Atlantic Center and Atlantic Terminal Mall - Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Take the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, Q, R, N or M trains to Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street station. Has Target, Chuck E. Cheese, and other chains.
Staten Island Mall - the only Hollister Store location in NYC. Also has a Hot Topic store.
Clickable and Paper maps of shopping in NYC
New York Magazine's Visitors Guide to Shopping
Includes: Lexington Avenue • Madison Ave. (58th to 66th Sts) • Madison Ave. (66th to 75th Sts)
Crosby Street • Meatpacking District • Chelsea • Lower East Side • NoLIta • SoHo • TriBeCa • West Village
Brooklyn: • Park Slope • Smith Street • Williamsburg
Queens: • Austin Street
Must See New York's Shopping Page
Includes features on Macy's, Tiffany's, Bloomingdales and maps of Madison Avenue and Soho luxury stores.
Virtual NYC's Special Shopping page
Not the most thorough list, but highlights both unique shops and discount chains
Superfuture's neighborhood maps
Includes much of Manhattan, and also Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Maps show some dining and entertainment, as well as shopping.
About.com's guides
Macy's to Bloomie's clickable map • Fifth Avenue slideshow • Top 5 discount stores • ...and more • But check for closures!
NYCtourist.com's shopping page
Includes maps and lists for 57th Street, Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue
Times Square Alliance's clickable map
Click on "I'm looking for...." in the yellow bar, and select shopping
Downtown Alliance's free guides
They'll send you free maps for dining, retail and sightseeing of Lower Manhattan
Featuring Fort Greene, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Red Hook, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Williamsburg
SmallTownBrooklyn.com scrollable maps
Featuring Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Boeurum Hill, Cobble Hill, Park Slope, and Windsor Terrace
Walking maps
