NYC Bookstores

New York City loves its independent bookstores. It eulogizes those that have faded and celebrates when new ventures are launched. And while the historic Book Row may have passed away in the 80s, there are still many indie bookstores dotting the map. Here, I have attempted to collect all of the currently-open general-interest independent booksellers in NYC. Any store with regular-ish hours (excluding religious booksellers and appointment-only rare book sellers) is included.

The listings here are kept up-to-date to the best of my ability; however, I make no promises about either the accuracy or reliability of the information. If you spot an error, or I've missed a shop, please let me know by email or twitter. Based on the "Hack Spots" website by @jllord.

There are currently stores indexed on this page.

NameAddress
192 Books 192 10th Ave, New York
Alabaster Bookshop 122 4th Ave, New York
Albertine Books 972 Fifth Ave, New York
Archestratus 160 Huron St, Brooklyn
Argosy Books 116 East 59th St, New York
Astoria Bookshop 31-29 31st St, Astoria
Bankstreet Bookstore 2780 Broadway, New York
Ben's Books 145 Ainslie St, Brooklyn
Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop 126A Front St, Brooklyn
Better Read Than Dead 867 Broadway, Brooklyn
Bluestockings 172 Allen Street, New York
Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks 28 East 2nd St, New York
Book Culture 536 W 112th St, New York
Book Culture on Broadway 2915 Broadway, New York
Book Culture on Columbus 450 Columbus Ave, New York
Book Thug Nation 100 North 3rd St, Brooklyn
bookbook 266 Bleecker St, New York
Bookmarc 400 Bleecker St, New York
BookMark Shoppe 8415 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn
Bookoff 49 W 45nd St, New York
Books Are Magic 225 Smith St, Brooklyn
Books Of Wonder 18 West 18th St, New York
Books Of Wonder (Upper West Side) 217 West 84th St, New York
Boulevard Books and Café 7518 13th Ave, Brooklyn
Brazenhead Books The Upper East Side, New York
Cafe con Libros 724 Prospect Place, Brooklyn
Catland 987 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn
Chartwell Booksellers 55 E 52nd St, New York
Civil Service Book Shop 38 Lispenard St, New York
Clic Bookstore & Gallery 255 Centre St, New York
Codex Books 1 Bleecker St, New York
Community Bookstore 143 7th Ave, Brooklyn
Cooking, Cocktails, and Culture 212 Degraw Street, Brooklyn
Dashwood Books 33 Bond St, New York
Desert Island Comics 540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn
East Village Books 99 St. Mark's Place, New York
Every Thing Goes Book Cafe and Neighborhood Stage 208 Bay St, Staten Island
Freebird Books 123 Columbia St, Brooklyn
Greenlight Bookstore 686 Fulton St, Brooklyn
Greenlight Bookstore (Prospect Lefferts Gardens) 632 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
Here's A Book Store 1964 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn
Housing Works Bookstore Café 126 Crosby St, New York
Hullabaloo Books 711A Franklin Ave, Brooklyn
Human Relations Books 1067 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn
Idlewild Books Brooklyn 249 Warren St, Brooklyn
Idlewild Books Manhattan 12 West 19th St, New York
Idlewild Books Williamsburg 218 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn
James Cummins Bookseller 699 Madison Ave, 7th Floor, New York
Joanne Hendricks Cookbooks 488 Greenwich St, New York
Kew & Willow Books 81-63 Lefferts Boulevard, New York
Kinokunya 1073 Avenue of the Americas, New York
Kitchen Arts & Letters 1435 Lexington Ave, New York
Loft Book Store Cafe 350 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn
Logos Bookstore 1575 York Ave, New York
Mast Books 72 Avenue A, New York
McNally Jackson Books 52 Prince St, New York
McNally Jackson Books Williamsburg 76 North 4th St, Brooklyn
Melville House Publishers 46 John St, Brooklyn
Mercer Street Books & Records 206 Mercer St, New York
Mil Mundos Books 323 Linden St, Brooklyn
Molasses Books 770 Hart St, Brooklyn
Namaste Bookshop 2 W 14th St, New York
Pioneer Books 289 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn
Posman Books Chelsea Market 75 9th Avenue, New York
Posman Books Rockefeller Center 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York
PowerHouse Arena 28 Adams St, Brooklyn
PowerHouse on 8th 1111 8th Ave, Brooklyn
Printed Matter 195 10th Ave, New York
Quest Bookshop 240 E 53rd St, New York
Respect For Life Books-N-Things 537 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn
Revolution Books 437 Malcolm X Blvd, New York
Rizzoli Bookstore 1133 Broadway, New York
Shakespeare & Company 939 Lexington Ave, New York
Shakespeare & Company (Upper West Side) 2020 Broadway, New York
Sister's Uptown Bookstore 1942 Amsterdam Ave, New York
Spoonbill 99 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn
Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers 218 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn
Standards Manual 212 Franklin Street, Brooklyn
Stories 458 Bergen St, Brooklyn
Strand Bookstore 828 Broadway, New York
TASCHEN 107 Greene St, New York
Terrace Books 242 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn
The Austin Book Shop 104-29 Jamaica Ave, Richmond Hill
The Book Cellar 1465 York Ave, New York
The Center for Fiction 17 East 47th St, New York
The Corner Bookstore 1313 Madison Ave, New York
The Lit. Bar 131 Alexander Ave, Bronx
The Mysterious Bookshop 58 Warren St, New York
Three Lives & Company 154 West 10th St, New York
Topos Bookstore Cafe 788 Woodward Ave, Brooklyn
Turn The Page... Again 39-15a Bell Blvd, Flushing
Unnameable Books 600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn
Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books 34 Carmine St, New York
Ursus Books 50 East 78th St, Suite 1C, New York
Westsider Rare & Used Books 2246 Broadway, New York
Westsider Records 233 West 72nd St, New York
Word Bookstore 126 Franklin St, Brooklyn
Word Up Books 2113 Amsterdam Ave, New York