Illustration of a thrift store window in Brooklyn

Thrift stores in Brooklyn

  • 62 shops
  • 15 thrift
  • 47 used books & secondhand
  • 3 walking routes
  • within 5 mi of downtown

Out of the Closet and 4 more is where to start in Brooklyn, 5 stores in an 11 minute walk. Salvation Army has 2 branches around the borough, so it turns up more than once. The Hester Street run adds another 3 stops in a 6 minute walk if you want a second stretch. Brooklyn has 62 stores in total, from thrift stores to used bookstores.

Showing 62 shops

  1. The Word Is Change Used bookstore

    Tompkins Avenue · 11216

    Wed–Sun 12:00–19:00

    0.5 mi
  2. Marché Secondhand store

    Mon–Sat 12:00–20:00

    0.6 mi
  3. Back Then Secondhand store
    0.9 mi
  4. Su'juk Secondhand store

    Greene Avenue · 11238

    Tue–Sun 12:00–19:00

    1.1 mi
  5. Unnameable Books Used bookstore

    Vanderbilt Avenue · 11238

    Mon–Sun 11:00–23:00

    1.3 mi
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  7. Hee-Space Thrift Shop Thrift store

    Thu–Sun 12:00–18:00

    1.3 mi
  8. L Train Vintage Secondhand store
    1.4 mi
  9. RGR Family Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Broadway

    1.5 mi
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  11. 1170 Thrift store
    1.6 mi
  12. Myrtle Second Hand Dealer Secondhand store
    1.6 mi
  13. Troubled Sleep Used bookstore

    Mon–Sat 12:00–19:00+

    1.7 mi
  14. Reuse America Secondhand store

    Bushwick Avenue · 11206

    Wed,Sun 12:00–18:00

    1.8 mi
  15. Domsey Express Secondhand store

    Wilson Avenue · 11237

    Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00

    1.8 mi
  16. Human Relations Used bookstore

    Flushing Avenue

    Mon–Sun 12:00–20:00

    2.0 mi
  17. 5th Avenue · 11215

    Mon–Sat 12:00–18:00

    2.0 mi
  18. Out of the Closet Thrift store

    Atlantic Avenue · 11217

    Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00 · Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 1

    2.1 mi
  19. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Mon–Sun 10:00–19:00 · Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 2

    2.2 mi
  20. Big Reuse Thrift store

    Troutman Street

    Mon–Sun 11:00–19:00

    2.2 mi
  21. Goodwill Thrift store

    Bond Street · 11201

    Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00 · Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 4

    2.2 mi
  22. Foyer Vintage Secondhand store

    Thu–Sun 11:00–18:00+ · Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 3

    2.2 mi
  23. CBK Studio Secondhand store

    Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 5

    2.3 mi
  24. Grand Leaners Secondhand store

    Grand Street · 11211

    2.3 mi
  25. NYC Thrift Store Secondhand store
    2.4 mi
  26. Life Boutique Thrift Secondhand store

    5th Avenue · 11215

    Mon–Fri,Sun 11:00–19:00

    2.5 mi
  27. Myths Of Creation Secondhand store
    2.7 mi
  28. Mother of Junk Secondhand store

    Driggs Avenue · 11211

    Mon–Sun 09:00–21:00

    2.7 mi
  29. Big Reuse Thrift store

    12th Street · 11215

    Mon–Sun 10:00–19:00

    2.8 mi
  30. Book Thug Nation Used bookstore

    North 3rd Street

    2.8 mi
  31. Mon–Sat 12:00–19:00

    2.8 mi
  32. Ridgewood Thrift Corp. Secondhand store
    2.9 mi
  33. Little Gotham Secondhand store
    2.9 mi
  34. 2nd STREET Secondhand store
    2.9 mi
  35. Freebird Books Used bookstore

    Sat,Sun 11:00–20:00||"other days by chance"

    3.1 mi
  36. Union Max Secondhand store

    Union Street · 11231

    Thu–Sun 13:00–19:00

    3.1 mi
  37. Dream Fishing Tackle Secondhand store

    Norman Avenue · 11222

    3.3 mi
  38. Khata Secondhand store

    Hester Street

    Hester Street run · stop 1

    3.6 mi
  39. Happy 99 Gifts and Souvenirs Secondhand store

    Forsyth Street

    Mon–Tue closed · Hester Street run · stop 3

    3.7 mi
  40. Boutique Retroactive Secondhand store
    3.7 mi
  41. All St Secondhand store

    Hester Street

    Hester Street run · stop 2

    3.7 mi
  42. East Village Buyers Secondhand store
    3.8 mi
  43. Mast Books Used bookstore

    Avenue A · 10009

    Mon–Sun 12:00–20:00

    3.8 mi
  44. The Thing Secondhand store

    Manhattan Avenue · 11222

    3.8 mi
  45. East 12th Street · 10009

    Wed–Sun 13:00–18:00

    3.9 mi
  46. Aura Photo Secondhand store

    East 12th Street · 10009

    4.0 mi
  47. Mr. Goods Secondhand store

    Maiden Lane

    4.1 mi
  48. Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks Used bookstore

    East 2nd Street · 10003

    13:00–19:00 "usually closed one day a week, see website for schedule"

    4.1 mi
  49. Downtown Funk & Junk Secondhand store

    East 9th Street · 10003

    4.1 mi
  50. Crosby Street · 10012

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00

    4.2 mi
  51. East Village Thrift Shop Secondhand store
    4.2 mi
  52. Valu-Plus Secondhand store
    4.4 mi
  53. Van Dam Street

    Mon–Tue, Thu–Sat 09:00–16:00

    4.4 mi
  54. Alabaster Bookshop Used bookstore

    4th Avenue · 10003

    Mon–Sat 10:00–22:00

    4.5 mi
  55. Sunnyside Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Greenpoint Avenue · 11104

    Mon–Sun 11:00–20:00

    4.6 mi
  56. Just Things Secondhand store

    Vernon Boulevard · 11101

    Sat, Sun 12:00–17:00

    4.6 mi
  57. 4.6 mi
  58. Vintage Thrift Thrift store

    3rd Avenue · 10010

    Mon–Thu 10:30–19:00 · The Salvation Army and 2 more · stop 2

    4.6 mi
  59. East 23rd Street · 10010

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00 · The Salvation Army and 2 more · stop 3

    4.7 mi
  60. Goodwill Thrift store

    West 8th Street · 10011

    4.7 mi
  61. Remix Market Secondhand store

    46th Avenue · 11101

    Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00

    4.8 mi
  62. Goodwill Thrift store

    West 14th Street · 10011

    Mon–Sun 11:00–19:00

    4.8 mi
  63. Third Ave. Thrift Shop Secondhand store

    3rd Avenue · 10016

    4.8 mi

Book hunting in Brooklyn

Nearest-first is a decent route plan on its own: cluster your visits, start with the shops closest to each other, and save the outliers for days you're passing anyway. Thrift stores re-shelve constantly, most put new donations out every day or two, so a shop that was quiet on Saturday can be a different shop by Wednesday. Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons, and it's always worth asking staff when the book cart comes out.

34 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 32 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 37 of the 62 are general second-hand shops.

If you want the odds on your side, read our guides to finding good books in thrift and charity shops and spotting the books worth grabbing before you set out.

Donating books in Brooklyn

15 of the shops here are charity-run and take book donations during opening hours. Ask at the counter for a receipt if you want to claim the donation against tax. Shops pay to dispose of what they cannot sell, so a bad donation costs the charity money. The test before you pack a bag: would someone buy this today? Recent fiction, classics, cookery and children's books move. Old textbooks, out-of-date travel guides and anything damp or mouldy do not.

Our guide to where to donate books covers which shops suit which books, and what to do with a whole house clear-out.

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Nearby: Thrift stores in Manhattan· Thrift stores in Staten Island· Thrift stores in Boston· Thrift stores in Richmond· Thrift stores in Greensboro· Thrift stores in Chicago

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