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.
| Name | Address |
|---|---|
| 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 |