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
Black Cat Books - 2491 Main St. - (631) 725-8654 - Used, Collectible, Rare books
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 - 145-A Front St - (718) 222-3340 - Used books
Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers - 150 Campus Rd. - (718) 434-5326
Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers - 218 Bedford Ave. - (718) 387-7322 - Used 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. - (518) 677-2515
Cedarhurst
Blue Door Books - 501A Central Ave. - (516) 837-0040
Chatham
Chatham Bookstore - 27 Main St. - (518) 392-3005
Clarence
Monkey See, Monkey Do - 9060 Main St - (716) 218-4121 - Children's books
Dansville
The Book Den - 174 Main St. - (585) 335-6805*
Delmar
Friar Tuck Bookshop - Delaware Plaza, 180 Delaware Ave. - (518) 439-3742
Dryden
A Book Barn of Finger Lakes - 198 North Rd - (607) 844-9365 - Used books
Dunkirk
Book Nook - Dunkirk-Fredonia Plaza, 1170 Central Ave. - (716) 366-0685
East Hampton
BookHampton - 41 Main St. - (631) 324-4939
Geneva
The College Store - 51 Saint Clair St. - (315) 781-3449 - General books
Glen Falls
Red Fox Books - 28 Ridge St. - (518) 793-12801
Hamilton
Colgate Bookstore - 3 Utica St. - (877) 362-7666 - General books
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.
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
Archivia Books - 993 Lexington Ave - (212) 570-9565 - Specialty: Architecture/Design
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
Choices Books & Gift Shop - 220 E 78th St - (212) 794-3858
Corner Bookstore - 1313 Madison Ave. - (212) 831-3554
Crawford Doyle Booksellers - 1082 Madison Ave. - (212) 288-6300
The Drama Book Shop - 250 W. 40th St. - (212) 944-0595 or (800) 322-0595 - Specialty: Plays/Performing Arts
Hue-Man Bookstore - 2319 Frederick Douglas Blvd. - (212) 665-7400 - African-American
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
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
Penn Books - 1 Penn Plaza, Penn Station-Lower Level
Penn Books - Lower Level-NJ transit/amtrack, Penn Station - (212) 239-3109
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. - (212) 570-0201
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
Oceanside
Chapter One Books - 3185 Long Beach Rd. - (516) 764-5101
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
BookHampton - 20 Main St. - (631) 725-8425
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
Open Door Bookstore - 128 Jay St. - (518) 346-2719
Schuylerville
Old Saratoga Books - 94 Broad St. - (518) 695-1301 - Used books
Skaneateles
Creekside Books & Coffee - 35 Fennell St. - (315) 685-0379
Southampton
BookHampton - 93 Main St. - (631) 283-0270
Staten Island
Clove Lake Book Store - 1174 Victory Blvd. - (718) 442-5355
Syracuse
The University Bookstore - 303 University Place, Syracuse University - (315) 443-9900 - General books
Troy
Market Block Books - 290 River St. - (518) 328-0045
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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