Secondhand & Vintage New York

The culture of thriftiness runs deep in New Yorkers. The immigrants of the Lower East Side knew about hand-me-downs, mending and making-do, pushcarts and the rag-and-bone pickers; in 1921 the actress Fanny Brice sang about "Secondhand Rose" in the Ziegfeld Follies. Covering Manhattan plus Williamsburg and downtown Brooklyn, this new volume in our popular series provides an insider's guide to the best shops and markets for almost anything you would want to buy. The first part of the book is organized into sections by type of object. All the key information you need to know is provided along with a brief description of the shop or stall. The second part of the book is organized by area. Each district has a useful map and a QR so that you can connect to interactive maps specially created for this book.