New York City is a shopper’s paradise. Our stores include everything from the world’s largest department store (Macy’s) to tiny, hip boutiques. You can find anything here from every corner of the globe.
Flagship Department Stores
Macy’s Herald Square, the world’s largest department store, is one of New York City’s most famous retail icons and is renowned for its annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. A highlight is The Cellar, a gourmet paradise featuring everything from unique utensils to creative takeout cuisine. With 10 floors and half a million items for sale, it’s a good idea for first-time shoppers to head up to the Visitor’s Center on the 34th Street balcony.
Affectionately known as “Bloomie’s,” Bloomingdale’s has been a Saturday afternoon “see-and-be-seen” institution for decades. This East Side Mecca’s main floor handbag department has one of the best selections in the city. Visitors can find young designer favorites on the second floor, and the tempting fourth floor shoe salon stocks many of the models seen in fashion magazines. Thousands line up during the holiday season to see the whimsical Christmas window displays.
Lord & Taylor. The renowned department store carries moderate to upscale merchandise. Seasonal sales can net incredible steals on men’s and women’s designer clothing, shoes, and handbags.
Saks Fifth Avenue opened its flagship store in 1924, a location now across the street from Rockefeller Center (at the time midtown was “uptown” and mainly a residential district). It has grown to operate 62 stores selling the finest in women’s and men’s designer collections, sportswear, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, fragrances, and jewelry.
Fifth Avenue
For many visitors, Fifth Avenue from 50th to 59th Street is New York City’s must-see shopping destination. Filled with a mix of upscale boutiques, well-known chains, and attractions like Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, this area is home to stores such as Tiffany & Co., Fortunoff, Piaget, and Wempe Jewelers, the Disney Store for classic Mickey memorabilia and more. The NBA Store and NikeTown showcases for cool athletic apparel.
Madison Avenue
Manhattan’s Gold Coast, which extends from 59th to 96th streets and from the East River to Fifth Avenue, has designer stores to match its reputation. Try Nicole Miller and Burberry for designer wear recognizable the world over.
Times Square
The new Times Square has become a hub for attractions, accommodations, restaurants, and stores like the most famous toy store in the world, the flagship FAO Schwarz and the new Toys R Us Times Square, which has an indoor 58-foot Ferris wheel, two-story life-size Barbie dollhouse, kid-friendly café, and more.
Grand Central Terminal
A spectacular renovation of the Grand Central Market, has made this great New York landmark has become a place to travel to, not just from. Reminiscent of a European food hall, two dozen stalls along an elegant Main Concourse corridor sell gourmet edibles for takeout or on-site sampling. The many fine shops throughout the Terminal range from national retailers to fine local merchants of European chocolates, wines and spirits, elegant leather gloves and lingerie.
SoHo
www.SoHoNYC.com
Within only a quarter of a square mile, SoHo has an estimated 250 art galleries, four museums, nearly 200 restaurants, and 100 stores. The Scholastic Store sells Scholastic brands – including Clifford the Big Red Dog and Harry Potter – in an interactive, multimedia environment. Bloomingdale’s opened a SoHo location in April 2004.
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