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.
Chains with several branches: Goodwill (4) · Housing Works (3) · Salvation Army (2)
Book-hunting routes
3 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Out of the Closet and 4 more5 shops
Out of the Closet → The Salvation Army → Foyer Vintage → Goodwill → 1 more
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The Salvation Army and 2 more3 shops
The Salvation Army → Vintage Thrift → Housing Works Thrift Shop
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Hester Street run3 shops
Khata → All St → Happy 99 Gifts and Souvenirs
· ~6 min
Showing 62 shops
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Marché Secondhand store
Mon–Sat 12:00–20:00
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Back Then Secondhand store0.9 mi
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1.1 mi
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1.3 mi
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Hee-Space Thrift Shop Thrift store
Thu–Sun 12:00–18:00
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L Train Vintage Secondhand store1.4 mi
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RGR Family Thrift Store Secondhand store
Broadway
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Flushing Vintage Thrift Store Secondhand store1.5 mi
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1170 Thrift store1.6 mi
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Myrtle Second Hand Dealer Secondhand store1.6 mi
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Troubled Sleep Used bookstore
Mon–Sat 12:00–19:00+
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Out of the Closet Thrift store
Atlantic Avenue · 11217
Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00 · Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 1
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The Salvation Army Thrift store
Mon–Sun 10:00–19:00 · Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 2
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2.2 mi
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Goodwill Thrift store
Bond Street · 11201
Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00 · Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 4
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Foyer Vintage Secondhand store
Thu–Sun 11:00–18:00+ · Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 3
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CBK Studio Secondhand store
Out of the Closet and 4 more · stop 5
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Grand Leaners Secondhand store
Grand Street · 11211
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NYC Thrift Store Secondhand store2.4 mi
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2.5 mi
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Myths Of Creation Secondhand store2.7 mi
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2.8 mi
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Book Thug Nation Used bookstore
North 3rd Street
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Housingworks Thrift Shop Thrift store
Mon–Sat 12:00–19:00
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Ridgewood Thrift Corp. Secondhand store2.9 mi
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Little Gotham Secondhand store2.9 mi
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2nd STREET Secondhand store2.9 mi
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Freebird Books Used bookstore
Sat,Sun 11:00–20:00||"other days by chance"
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3.1 mi
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Dream Fishing Tackle Secondhand store
Norman Avenue · 11222
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3.6 mi
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Happy 99 Gifts and Souvenirs Secondhand store
Forsyth Street
Mon–Tue closed · Hester Street run · stop 3
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Boutique Retroactive Secondhand store3.7 mi
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3.7 mi
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East Village Buyers Secondhand store3.8 mi
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3.8 mi
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The Thing Secondhand store
Manhattan Avenue · 11222
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Aura Photo Secondhand store
East 12th Street · 10009
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Mr. Goods Secondhand store
Maiden Lane
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Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks Used bookstore
East 2nd Street · 10003
13:00–19:00 "usually closed one day a week, see website for schedule"
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Downtown Funk & Junk Secondhand store
East 9th Street · 10003
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4.2 mi
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East Village Thrift Shop Secondhand store4.2 mi
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Valu-Plus Secondhand store4.4 mi
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4.4 mi
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4.6 mi
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Vintage Thrift Thrift store
3rd Avenue · 10010
Mon–Thu 10:30–19:00 · The Salvation Army and 2 more · stop 2
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Housing Works Thrift Shop Thrift store
East 23rd Street · 10010
Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00 · The Salvation Army and 2 more · stop 3
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Goodwill Thrift store
West 8th Street · 10011
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4.8 mi
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4.8 mi
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Third Ave. Thrift Shop Secondhand store
3rd Avenue · 10016
4.8 mi
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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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