Secondhand Bargains
New York has some of the best thrift and secondhand shops in this country.
Cheap Jacks
303 5th Avenue (at 31st Street)
East 33rd Street station (6 train)
212-777-9564
Cheap Jacks sells the best in vintage clothing, mainly from the 1920s to the present, but the stock can go as far back as the War of 1812. A favorite of the performing arts industry, you can rub shoulders with your favorite star as you check out a 1920s flapper dress. The service is high-end, along with some of the prices (but that Civil War uniform is
This is the place for the unique and the unusual, not necessarily the cheapest. From furs to Tees, from a World War II bomber jacket to fifty-year-old cuff links, if you have a yen for the unusual, here it is. Cheap Jack's will make alterations while you wait.
Love Saves the Day
119 2nd Avenue (between East 7th Street and St. Marks Place)
Astor Place (6 train)
212-228-3802
At Love Saves the Day, you'll find wacky clothes and all the vintage lunchboxes and highball glasses you could ever want. Open seven days a week from noon until 9
St. Luke's Thrift Shop
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (at Grove Street)
Christopher Street-Sheridan Square station (1 train)
212-924-9364
This large thrift shop carries a wide range of clothing for men, women, and children from tots to teens. There is also a selection of toys and games, furniture, and even bridal gowns. Locals shop here for designer duds for peanuts. St Luke's accepts credit cards. Open Monday to Friday, 11
You can sit in on one of the famous auctions at Sotheby's (1334 York Avenue, at East Seventy-second Street, East Seventy-seventh Street station (6 train), 212-606-7000,
Trash & Vaudeville
4 St. Marks Place
East 8th Street-NYU station (N, R, or W train) or Astor Place station (6 train)
212-982-3590
Legend has it that this shop was started in the late 1970s by one of the former New York Dolls. This spacious thrift shop (really two — Trash
