Best places: Record stores in New York, United States

Venerable independent record store for obscure & mainstream CDs & vinyl, plus live music & a bar.

Store featuring pre-1970s furniture & an eclectic array of vintage clothing, jewelry, media & more.

Showroom for restored vintage & antique furniture, lighting & decor, with new items added daily.

Indie store stocking used vinyl, CDs & DVDs, turntables & books with a performing-arts emphasis.

👍👍 What a fun new find! I hadn’t ever been here before and I’m delighted I stopped in. The bargain items outside the store caught my eye (I found two great classical records for a buck each) and then spent nearly two hours browsing and listening to their great selection of LPs. I found several really g...

👍👍 A concept difficult for some to understand: free books. This table is a labor of love. It’s a clean, friendly, well-lighted place, with books available for children as well as adults. It’s organized by a skeleton crew of volunteers, so the books are arranged mostly by size, but in general categories...

Quirky selection of vintage jewelry, clothes & midcentury modern furniture, plus gifts & more.