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Thrift stores in Manhattan

  • 51 shops
  • 21 thrift
  • 30 used books & secondhand
  • 3 walking routes
  • within 4 mi of downtown

The 2nd Avenue run is the place to start in Manhattan, 4 thrift stores in a 12 minute walk. Salvation Army has 4 branches across the borough, so it turns up more than once. Steinway Thrift Shop and 2 more add another 3 stops in an 8 minute walk if you want more ground to cover. Manhattan has 52 stores in total, from thrift stores to used bookstores.

Showing 51 shops

  1. Westsider Rare & Used Books Used bookstore

    Broadway · 10024

    10:00–22:00

    0.4 mi
  2. Housing Works Thrift Shop Thrift store

    Columbus Avenue · 10023

    Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00

    0.4 mi
  3. 2nd STREET Secondhand store

    Broadway · 10025

    0.7 mi
  4. Housing Works Thrift Shop Thrift store

    Broadway · 10025

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00

    0.8 mi
  5. 2nd STREET Secondhand store

    Mon–Sun 11:00–20:00

    1.0 mi

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  7. Unique Boutique Secondhand store

    3rd Avenue

    2nd Avenue run · stop 1

    1.1 mi
  8. Upper East Side Thrift Shop Secondhand store

    2nd Avenue

    2nd Avenue run · stop 3

    1.1 mi
  9. Housing Works Thrift Shop Thrift store

    2nd Avenue · 10128

    Mon–Fri 11:00–19:00 · 2nd Avenue run · stop 2

    1.1 mi
  10. Upper East Side Thrift Shop Secondhand store

    1st Avenue · 10128

    Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00 · 2nd Avenue run · stop 4

    1.2 mi
  11. The Book Cellar Used bookstore

    York Avenue

    Tue–Thu 12:00–17:00

    1.4 mi
  12. Housing Works Thrift Shop Thrift store

    2nd Avenue · 10065

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00

    1.4 mi
  13. Argosy Used bookstore

    East 59th Street · 10022

    Mon–Sat 11:00–18:00

    1.4 mi
  14. Anne Mary's Place Secondhand store

    3rd Avenue

    Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00

    1.6 mi
  15. Goodwill Thrift store

    1st Avenue · 10065

    Mon–Sun 11:00–19:00

    1.6 mi
  16. El Barrio Thrift Secondhand store

    2nd Avenue

    Mon–Fri 11:00–18:00

    1.7 mi
  17. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    West 47th Street · 10036

    1.8 mi
  18. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00

    1.9 mi
  19. Goodwill Thrift store

    3rd Avenue · 10035

    Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00

    2.2 mi
  20. Remix Market Secondhand store

    46th Avenue · 11101

    Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00

    2.7 mi
  21. Just Things Secondhand store

    Vernon Boulevard · 11101

    Sat, Sun 12:00–17:00

    2.8 mi
  22. City Opera Thrift Shop Thrift store

    West 26th Street · 10010

    Mon–Sat 11:00–18:00

    2.8 mi
  23. Third Ave. Thrift Shop Secondhand store

    3rd Avenue · 10016

    2.9 mi
  24. Goodwill Thrift store

    West 25th Steet · 10001

    Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00

    2.9 mi
  25. Materials for the Arts Secondhand store

    Northern Boulevard · 11101

    Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00

    3.0 mi
  26. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    8th Avenue · 10011

    Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00

    3.1 mi
  27. Housing Works Thrift Shop Thrift store

    East 23rd Street · 10010

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00 · Housing Works Thrift Shop and 2 more · stop 1

    3.1 mi
  28. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    208

    Housing Works Thrift Shop and 2 more · stop 3

    3.1 mi
  29. Vintage Thrift Thrift store

    3rd Avenue · 10010

    Mon–Thu 10:30–19:00 · Housing Works Thrift Shop and 2 more · stop 2

    3.1 mi
  30. Steinway Thrift Shop Secondhand store

    Steinway Street · 11103

    Steinway Thrift Shop and 2 more · stop 1

    3.2 mi
  31. The Hour Children Shops Thrift store

    Steinway Thrift Shop and 2 more · stop 3

    3.2 mi
  32. Ditmars Thrift Shop Secondhand store

    Ditmars Boulevard · 11105

    3.2 mi
  33. Housing Works Thrift Shop Thrift store

    West 17th Street · 10011

    Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00

    3.3 mi
  34. Broadway Thrift Shop Secondhand store

    Broadway

    Steinway Thrift Shop and 2 more · stop 2

    3.3 mi
  35. Goodwill Thrift store

    West 14th Street · 10011

    Mon–Sun 11:00–19:00

    3.4 mi
  36. Goodwill Outlet Store & Donation Center Thrift store

    Van Dam Street

    Mon–Tue, Thu–Sat 09:00–16:00

    3.5 mi
  37. The Thing Secondhand store

    Manhattan Avenue · 11222

    3.5 mi
  38. Alabaster Bookshop Used bookstore

    4th Avenue · 10003

    Mon–Sat 10:00–22:00

    3.6 mi
  39. Thriftland Secondhand store

    Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00

    3.6 mi
  40. East Village Thrift Shop Secondhand store
    3.7 mi
  41. Goodwill Thrift store

    West 8th Street · 10011

    3.7 mi
  42. Aura Photo Secondhand store

    East 12th Street · 10009

    3.8 mi
  43. East Village Vintage Collective Secondhand store

    East 12th Street · 10009

    Wed–Sun 13:00–18:00

    3.8 mi
  44. Downtown Funk & Junk Secondhand store

    East 9th Street · 10003

    3.8 mi
  45. Housing Works Thrift Shop Thrift store

    West 10th Street · 10014

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00

    3.9 mi
  46. Sunnyside Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Greenpoint Avenue · 11104

    Mon–Sun 11:00–20:00

    3.9 mi
  47. Mast Books Used bookstore

    Avenue A · 10009

    Mon–Sun 12:00–20:00

    4.1 mi
  48. Dream Fishing Tackle Secondhand store

    Norman Avenue · 11222

    4.1 mi
  49. 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
  50. East Village Buyers Secondhand store
    4.2 mi
  51. Habitat for Humanity ReStore Thrift store

    Northern Boulevard · 11377

    Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00

    4.2 mi
  52. Housing Works Bookstore Cafe Used bookstore

    Crosby Street · 10012

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00

    4.3 mi

Book hunting in Manhattan

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 23 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 23 of the 51 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 Manhattan

21 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 Brooklyn· 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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