Bookstores in New York
A guide to the best independent
New York bookstores
Albany
The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza - 1475 Western Ave. - (518) 489-4761
Flights of Fantasy - 381 Sand Creek Rd. - (518) 435-9337 - Specialty: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Gaming
Batavia
Present Tense - 101 Washington Ave. - (585) 815-7640
Binghamtom
RiverRead - 5 Court St. - (607) 217-7292
Brockport
Lift Bridge Book Shop - 45 Main St. - (585) 637-2260
Bronx
The Page Turner - 490 W. 238th St. - (646) 327-1903 - Children's books
Bronxville
Womrath Bookshop - 76 Pondfield Rd. - (914) 337-0199
Brooklyn
Atlantic Bookshop - 179 Atlantic Ave. - (718) 797-5756 - Used, Rare books
Babbo's Books - 242 Prospect Park W. - (718) 788-3475 - Used books
BookCourt - 163 Court St. - (718) 875-3677
The BookMark Shoppe - 8415 3rd Ave. - (718) 833-5115
Boulevard Books & Cafe - 7518 13th Ave. - (718) 680-5881
Community Bookstore - 143 Seventh Ave. - (718) 783-3075
Greenlight Bookstore - 686 Fulton St. - (718) 246-0200
Here's A Book Store - 1964 Coney Island Ave. - (718) 645-6675 - Used books
P.S. Bookshop - 76 Front St - (718) 222-3340 - Used, Rare, Out-of-Print books
Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers - 150 Campus Rd. - (718) 434-5326
Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers - 218 Bedford Ave. - (718) 387-7322 - Used books
Unnameable Books - 600 Vanderbilt Ave. (@St. Marks) - (718) 789-1534 - Used, New books
WORD - 126 Franklin St. - (718) 383-0096
Buffalo
Dog Ears Bookstore & Literary Arts Center - 688 Abbott Rd. - (716) 823-2665
Talking Leaves Books - 3158 Main St. - (716) 837-8554
Talking Leaves Elmwood - 951 Elmwood Ave. - (716) 884-9524
Cambridge
Battenkill Books
15 E. Main St.
Phone: (518) 677-2515
Type: New books
Sidelines: Gifts, Greeting Cards/Postcards,
Magazines/Newspapers, Toys/Games
Specialty: General Interest, Children's, Regional
Events: Book clubs, poetry night, knitting night, summer
story hour
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Part of the community for 25 years (under a few different names), Battenkill Books is a local, independent bookstore selling general interest, new books in the Battenkill Valley. The store offers a broad range of books from current bestsellers to the classics, and from history and romance to gardening and cooking, and more. We have a large selection of books on local history and the surrounding area. Battenkill Books also carries maps, gifts, cards, and an eclectic selection of magazines.
Cedarhurst
Blue Door Books - 501A Central Ave. - (516) 837-0040
Chatham
Chatham Bookstore - 27 Main St. - (518) 392-3005
Chestnut Ridge
Cuppa Pulp Booksellers
817 Chestnut Ridge Rd.
Phone: (856) 290-1572
New - Specialty: Alternative/Political, Children's,
Literary, Metaphysical/New Age, Parenting Resources
Sidelines: Greeting Cards/Postcards, Gifts, Toys/Games
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Meadowlark Toys/Cuppa Pulp Booksellers is owned and managed by a collective of families at Green Meadow Waldorf School. We strive to meet the needs of our customers for carefully sourced, natural toys, children's books, craft supplies, and gifts; foundational and innovative anthroposophical research, commentary, and literature; and for trade fiction and nonfiction that both challenges and entertains.
Clarence
Monkey See, Monkey Do - 9060 Main St - (716) 218-4121 - Children's books
Dansville
The Book Den - 174 Main St. - (585) 335-6805*
Dryden
A Book Barn of Finger Lakes - 198 North Rd - (607) 844-9365 - Used books
East Hampton
BookHampton - 41 Main St. - (631) 324-4939
Geneva
The College Store - 51 Saint Clair St. - (315) 781-3449 - General books
Hamilton
Colgate Bookstore - 3 Utica St. - (877) 362-7666 - General books
Hastings-on-Hudson
Galapagos Books - 22A Main St. - (914) 478-2501
Hobart
Hobart International Bookport - 615 Main St. - (607) 538-3010 - New & Used books - Specialty: Internatial Literature/Foreign Language
Hudson
The Spotty Dog Books & Ale - 440 Warren St. - (518) 671-6006
Hunter
Village Square Bookstore - 7950 Main St., Rte. 23A - (518) 263-2050
Huntington
Book Revue - 313 New York Ave. - (631) 271-1442
Ithaca
Autumn Leaves Used Books - 115 the Commons - (607) 273-8239 - Used, Rare books - Specialty: Alternative
The Bookery - Dewitt Mall, 215 N. Cayuga St. - (607) 273-5055 - Used, Rare books
The Cornell Store - 135 Ho Plaza - (607) 255-2933 - General books
Johnstown
Mysteries on Main Street - 144 W. Main St. - (518) 736-2665
Kinderhook
Blackwood & Brouwer Booksellers - 7 Hudson St. - (518) 758-1232 - Specialty: Regional
Lake Placid
The Bookstore Plus - 2491 Main St. - (518) 523-2950
Larchmont
Anderson's Book Shop - 96 Chatsworth Ave. #A - (914) 834-6900
The Voracious Reader - 1997 Palmer Ave. - (914) 630-4581 - Children's/YA books
Manhattan
The Strand Central Park Kiosk - E. 60th St. & 5th Ave.
Mattituck
BookHampton - 50 Love Ln. - (631) 315-5064
Millbrook
Merritt Bookstore - 57 Front St. - (845) 677-5857
Millerton
Oblong Books & Music - 26 Main St. - (518) 789-3797
Montauk
Montauk Bookshop - 37 The Plaza - (631) 668-4599
New Paltz
Barner Books - 3 Church St. - (845) 255-2635 - Used, out-of-print, collectibles
Inquiring Minds Bookstore - 6 Church St. - (845) 255-8300
New York City
192 Books - 192 Tenth Ave. @ 21st St. - (212) 255-4022
Asia Store - 725 Park Ave. @ 70th St. - (212) 327-9217 - Specialty: Asian
Bank Street Bookstore - 610 W. 112 St. - (212) 678-1654 - Children's books
Bluestockings bookstore, fair trade cafe, activist center - 172 Allen St. - (212) 777-6028 - Specialty: Feminist/Alternative books
Book Culture - 536 W. 112th St. - (212) 865-1588
Book Culture - 2915 Broadway @ 114th St. - (646) 403-3000
bookbook - 266 Bleecker St. - (212) 807-8655 or (212) 807-0180
Books of Wonder - 18 W. 18th St. - (212) 989-3270 - Children's books
The Center for
Fiction Bookshop - 17 E. 47th St. (between 5th &
Madison) -
(212) 755-6710 - Specialty: Literary
Corner Bookstore - 1313 Madison Ave. - (212) 831-3554
Crawford Doyle Booksellers
1082 Madison Ave.
Phone: (212)
288-6300
Type:
New books
Specialty: General Interest
A neighborhood independent bookstore on the Upper East Side with a focus on literary fiction and history and biography for the general reader. Crawford Doyle Booksellers also has an intriguing selection of first editions of 20th century American and British fiction.
The Drama Book Shop - 250 W. 40th St. - (212) 944-0595 or (800) 322-0595 - Specialty: Plays/Performing Arts
Idlewild Books - 12 W. 19th St. - (212) 414-8888 - Specialty: Travel/World Literature
Ink - 66 Avenue A - (212) 228-7868 - Specialty: Newspapers/Magazines
The Juilliard Store - 114 W. 66th St. - (212) 799-5000 x237 - Specialty: Music/Performing Arts
La Casa Azul Bookstore - 143 E. 103rd St. - (212) 426-2626 - Specialty: Latino
McNally Jackson - 52 Prince St. - (212) 274-1160
Mercer Street Books - 206 Mercer St. - (212) 505-8615 - Used, Out-of-Print books
Namaste Bookshop - 2 W. 14th St. - (212) 645-0141 - Specialty: Metaphysical/New Age
NYU Bookstore - 726 Broadway - (212) 998-2667 - General books
Partners & Crime - 44 Greenwich Ave - (212) 243-0440 - Specialty: Mystery
Posman Books - 9 Grand Central Terminal - (212) 983-1111
Posman Books - Chelsea Market, 75 9th Ave. - (212) 627-0304
Posman Books - Rockefeller Ctr., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Concourse Level - (212) 489-9100
Revolution Books - 146 W. 26th St. - (212) 691-3345 - Specialty: Politics
Rizzoli Bookstore - 31 W. 57th St. - (212) 759-2424 or (800) 522-6657
Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers - 716 Broadway @ Washington Place - (212) 529-5711
Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers
939 Lexington Ave.
Phone: (212) 570-0201
Type: New & Used books
Specialty: General Interest, Alternative/Political,
Literary, Textbooks
Sidelines: Greeting Cards/Postcards
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Shakespeare & Co. is an independent bookstore that has been serving the New York community for over three decades, with books for general audiences and higher-education customers.
St. Mark's Bookshop - 31 3rd Ave. - (212) 260-7853
The Strand - 828 Broadway - (212) 473-1452 - New, Used, Rare books
Three Lives & Co - 154 W. 10th St. - (212) 741-2069 - Used books - Specialty: Alternative
Unopressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books - 34 Carmine St. - (212) 229-0079 - Used books
Westsider Rare & Used Books - 2246 Broadway - (212) 362-0706 - Used, Rare books
Niagara Falls
The Book Corner - 1801 Main St. - (716) 285-2928 or (716) 694-8242 - New & Used books
Nyack
Pickwick Book Shop - 8 S. Broadway - (845) 358-9126 - New & Used books
Onetona
The Green Toad Bookstore - 198 Main St. - (607) 433-8898
Orchard Park
B is for Books - 6562 E. Quaker St. - (716) 667-2383 - Children's books
Oswego
The College Book Store - Bookland, SUNY, Hewitt Union - (315) 312-2260 - General books
the river's end bookstore - 19 W. Bridge St. - (315) 342-0077
Owego
Riverow Bookshop - 187 Front St. - (607) 687-4094 - Used, Rare books
Pawling
Book Cove - 22 Charles Coleman Blvd. - (845) 855-9590
Peekskill
Bruised Apple Books - 923 Central Ave. - (914) 734-7000 - Used, Rare books, records, CDs, movies
Penn Yan
Long's Cards & Books - 115 Main St. - (315) 536-3131
Perry
Burlingham Books - 2 S. Main St. - (585) 237-3190
Pleasantville
The Village Bookstore - 10 Washington Ave. - (914) 769-8322
Port Washington
Dolphin Bookshop - 299 Main St. - (516) 767-2650
Poughkeepsie
The Three Arts - 3 Collegeview Ave. #1 - (845) 471-3640
Rensselaer
Friar Tuck Newsroom - Amtrak Rail Station, 525 East St. #1 - Periodicals, Newspapers
Rhinebeck
Oblong Books & Music - 6422 Montgomery St. - (845) 876-0500
Rochester
Worldwide News - 100 Saint Paul St. - (585) 546-7140 - Magazines, Newspapers
Sag Harbor
Canio's Books - 290 Main St. - (631) 725-4926
Saranac Lake
Fact & Fiction Bookshop - 14 Broadway, Ste. 2 - (518) 891-8067
Saugerties
Inquiring Minds Bookstore - 200 St. - (845) 246-5775
Schenectady
Old Book Surfer - 2334 Guilderland Ave. - (518) 229-0562 - Used books, LPs
Open Door Bookstore - 128 Jay St. - (518) 346-2719
Schuylerville
Old Saratoga Books - 94 Broad St. - (518) 695-1301 - Used books
Shelter Island
Black Cat Books - 54 N. Ferry Rd. - (631) 725-8654 - Used, Collectible, Rare books
Skaneateles
Creekside Books & Coffee - 35 Fennell St. - (315) 685-0379
Southampton
BookHampton - 16 Hampton Rd. - (631) 283-0270
Staten Island
Clove Lake Book Store - 1174 Victory Blvd. - (718) 442-5355
Stephentown
Down in Denver Books - 874 Route 43 - (518) 733-6856 - Used books
Syracuse
The University Bookstore - 303 University Place, Syracuse University - (315) 443-9900 - General books
Tarrytown
BookTonix - 29 Central Ave. - (914) 564-6527 - Used & New books
Troy
Market Block Books - 290 River St. - (518) 328-0045
Warwick
Ye Old Warwick Book Shoppe - 31 Main St. - (845) 544-7183 - New, Used, Rare books
Webster
Yesterday's Muse - 32 W. Main St. - (585) 265-9295 - Used, Rare books
West Point
USMA Bookstore - Thayer Hall 4th Floor - (845) 938-5293 - General books
Westhampton Beach
Books & Books - 130 Main St. - (631) 998-3260
Woodstock
The Golden Notebook - 29 Tinker St. - (845) 679-8000
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