Where is the Best Bookstore in New York, New York?
Partners and Crime is THE bookstore for the mystery lover/collector. I travel and have been in many stores across the country and this is my favorite store. They have an extensive signed and vintage collection in the basement and book signings all year long. Famous authors and new authors are both welcomed to this little store with a big following, located in the heart of Greenwich Village. They even have a small publishing company that brings back oldies but goodies that may not have seen print type for 20 years. The owners are friendly and will go out of their way to meet your needs. Lee Child, Lawrence Block and Christopher Moore are just three authors they have had there in the last year. You can add your name to their email list and never miss an event. They also sponsor a funky, old time radio show once a month. Check it out!!Pros + great signings, lots of food and drink at events, famous authors, nice ownersCons – parking after 6 is free on the street, during the
This is the premier culinary bookstore in New York City. Owned by the white-bearded Nachum Waxman, who has a 256 k hard drive memory when it comes to anything related to food, you won’t be able to tear youself away. More than 10,000 books are stocked, and if you can’t find it changes are “Nat” get if for you.
OK, it’s just one of the B&N empire’s outposts, now almost as ubiquitous as Duane Reades, but it’s one of the better ones. First, the location, convenient to many subway lines, makes this store’s excellent reading series even more accessible. Then, unlike the Astor Place locale, this one’s got some room to sprawl so the claustrophobic aspect of so many Manhattan stores, particularly those with so much to sell, suffer from. Stock’s respectable and service is usually decent. All in all, quite a good effort for a store that’s not the flagship.
Community has been one of the good guys — a small, non-chain bookstore — in Park Slope for some time. With a good selection of literary books, a strong program of readings, and, of course, coffee, it’s a vital part of the Park Slope experience. That said, it’s incredibly cramped and overcrowded — since the last thing they should do is cut down on stock, maybe they could expand?
