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Geeky, less-known locales in New York City?
Erios
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Greetings H/A. This isn't a girl thread! Yay!
I am the president of one of our local university's science fiction clubs. We're the catch-all set of nerds for the university, so everything expressed on these forums is certainly acceptable. We do a geeky tour every year or so of Manhattan and there's where I'm a bit stumped.
I am updating the list of destinations for our first meeting tomorrow night and I was wondering if any of you homps had a few out of the way places to recommend that I might otherwise have missed. Care to chip in? Just a name and maybe a URL is all I require.
I'm updating this list:
Thanks a bunch if you managed to brave the list. If you know of anything that's dead and gone that I may have missed (already had to nix Neutral Ground), please let me know. Thanks again, best of dudes.
I am the president of one of our local university's science fiction clubs. We're the catch-all set of nerds for the university, so everything expressed on these forums is certainly acceptable. We do a geeky tour every year or so of Manhattan and there's where I'm a bit stumped.
I am updating the list of destinations for our first meeting tomorrow night and I was wondering if any of you homps had a few out of the way places to recommend that I might otherwise have missed. Care to chip in? Just a name and maybe a URL is all I require.
I'm updating this list:
Anime
Book-Off New York
14 E. 41st St between Madison and 5th
Hours: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. daily
Notes: used Manga and Japanese CDs
Image Anime
103 West 30th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Kinokuniya, Manhattan
10 W. 49th between 5th and 6th (across from Rockefeller Center)
Hours: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. daily
Notes: new Japanese books/comics
Books
The Strand
828 Broadway at 12th Street
New York, N.Y. 10003
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. / Sunday: 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
The Strand Annex
95 Fulton Street (3 blocks east of Broadway)
New York, N.Y. 10038content/space.gif[/IMG]
Mercer Street Books
206 Mercer Street between Bleeker and Houston
New York, NY 10012
Hours: 10 - 10, Monday to Thursday; 10 - Midnight, Friday and Saturday; 11-10, Sunday
Notes: Used, out-of-print, and rare books. They buy books and records.
Comics
Cosmic Comics
36 E. 23rd Street between Park and Broadway(2nd Floor)
New York, NY 10010
Notes: Next $20 is free when you buy $100 worth of comics
Forbidden Planet
840 Broadway at 13th Street
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10-10; Sunday, 11-8
Jim Hanley's Universe
4 West 33rd Street at 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 9-11; Sunday, 10-9
Notes: Considered by most to be the best store in the city
Midtown Comics
200 W 40th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
New York, NY 10018
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11-9; Sunday, 12-7
Notes: Next $20 is free when you buy $100 worth of comics
Roger's Time Machine
207 W. 14th Street between 7th and 8th (Second Floor)
New York, NY 10011
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 12-7 / Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11-7:30 / Sunday: 1-6
Notes: This place is reputed to have some really great dollar bins. They don't take credit cards, so be sure to bring cash.
The Sleep of Reason
47 West Eighth Street between 5th and 6th Avenues (Second Floor)
New York, NY 10011
St. Marks Comics
11 Saint Marks Place between Second and Third Avenues
New York, NY 10003
Hours: Monday: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. / Tuesday -
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 1 a.m. /Sunday: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. 150 Chambers Street between Greenwich and West Broadway
New York, NY 10007-1000
148 Montague Street (Second Floor)
Brooklyn, NY
Notes: Watch out for their semi-annual back-stock sale. Supposedly very worth it.
Costuming / Period Clothing / Unique Fashions
Religious Sex
7 St. Marks Place between Second and Third Avenues
New York, NY 10003
Halloween Adventure
104 Fourth Ave between 11th Street and 12th Street
New York, NY 10003-5232
The Fashion District
Gaming
Forbidden Planet
See the Comics section for location information.
Notes: Has a pretty decent selection of d20 stuff, though at times they've been known to completely ignore RPGS.
The Compleat Strategist
11 East 33rd Street between 4th and 5th Avenues
New York, NY 10016
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10:20-6 / Thursday: 10:30-9
Notes: They carry all sorts of games, not just RPGs.
Games Workshop
UWS:
271 Amsterdam Ave
(between 72nd St & 73rd St)
New York, NY 10023
Others:
1457 Third Avenue, New York, NY
54 E 8th St # A, New York, NY
Eateries
Mars 2112
1633 Broadway at 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 12-9 / Friday: 12-12 / Saturday: 11:30 a.m. - midnight / Sunday: 11:30-9
Notes: Overpriced and shlocky, but it's genre. May be worth checking out once, especially if you can get your local sci-fi society to pick up half the tab.
Jekyll and Hyde Club
1409 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) between 57th and 58th Streets
New York, NY 10019
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 11:30 a.m. - midnight / Wednesday and Sunday: 11 a.m. - midnight / Friday: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. / Saturday: 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Notes: See www.eerie.com for info on the Jekyll and Hyde Pub, the Slaughtered Lamb Pub, and Dark (vampiric dance club)
Movies
Various Kim's Locations
Museums
American Museum of the Moving Image
35th Ave at 36th Street
Astoria, Queens
Hours: Tuesday - Friday: noon - 5 p.m. / Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Admission: $8.50 / students and seniors: $5.50 / children 5-18: $4.50 / children under 5 and members: free
Now Playing: Expanded Entertainment. "Follow the four-decade evolution of digital game play from the research lab to the arcade and into the home, while brushing up on your skills at more than 20 games and interactive works of art."
American Museum of Natural History / Rose Center
Central Park West at 79th Street
Hours: 10 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. daily (on Fridays, the Rose Center stays open until 8:45 p.m.)
Suggested Admission: $12, students and seniors $9, children $7.
Now Playing: "On view in the Hayden Planetarium: the Planetarium launches its second space show, narrated by Harrison Ford. The movie takes viewers beyond the cellestial sphere to plumb the heights and edepths of the universe in search of alien life."
Museum of Television and Radio
25 West 52nd Street
Hours: Tuesdays through Sundays: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Thursdays until 8 p.m. and Fridays until 9 p.m. (theatres only)
Contribution: Members free; $6 for adults; $4 for students and senior citizens; $3 for children under thirteen.
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
56th Street between Madison and Fifth
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. / Thursday: 10- 8 / Sunday: 12-6
Points of Interest
Description of NYC's reaction to popular Sci-Fi Events
Supposedly there's LOTR-related graffiti all over the city. We've yet to find any (except for the obvious stuff in Columbia's tunnel system), so let us know if you've been luckier than we have. Also see this article on Tolkein fandom in New York.
History of Fandom
Monster Walks
Gargoyles and monster statues throughout NYC
The Spinning Cube in Cooper Union Square
Intersection of St. Marks Place and Third Avenue
Toys / Gadgets / Miscellaneous Fun Stuff
Love Saves the Day
119 Second Avenue at 7th Street
New York, NY 10003-8331
Hours: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. daily
Notes: Vintage toys, cheap vintage clothing, and much, much more
See Hear
59 E. 7th Street between 1st and 2nd
New York, NY 10003-8117
Hours: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. daily
Star Magic Space Age Gifts
745 Broadway between 8th and Waverly
New York, NY 10003-6810
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. / Sunday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. 1256 Lexington Avenue between 85th and 86th
New York, NY 10028-2046
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. / Sunday: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Toy Tokyo 121 Second Avenue at 7th Street
New York, NY 10003-8337
N.B.: May make your head explode.
Book-Off New York
14 E. 41st St between Madison and 5th
Hours: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. daily
Notes: used Manga and Japanese CDs
Image Anime
103 West 30th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Kinokuniya, Manhattan
10 W. 49th between 5th and 6th (across from Rockefeller Center)
Hours: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. daily
Notes: new Japanese books/comics
Books
The Strand
828 Broadway at 12th Street
New York, N.Y. 10003
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. / Sunday: 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
The Strand Annex
95 Fulton Street (3 blocks east of Broadway)
New York, N.Y. 10038content/space.gif[/IMG]
Mercer Street Books
206 Mercer Street between Bleeker and Houston
New York, NY 10012
Hours: 10 - 10, Monday to Thursday; 10 - Midnight, Friday and Saturday; 11-10, Sunday
Notes: Used, out-of-print, and rare books. They buy books and records.
Comics
Cosmic Comics
36 E. 23rd Street between Park and Broadway(2nd Floor)
New York, NY 10010
Notes: Next $20 is free when you buy $100 worth of comics
Forbidden Planet
840 Broadway at 13th Street
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10-10; Sunday, 11-8
Jim Hanley's Universe
4 West 33rd Street at 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 9-11; Sunday, 10-9
Notes: Considered by most to be the best store in the city
Midtown Comics
200 W 40th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
New York, NY 10018
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11-9; Sunday, 12-7
Notes: Next $20 is free when you buy $100 worth of comics
Roger's Time Machine
207 W. 14th Street between 7th and 8th (Second Floor)
New York, NY 10011
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 12-7 / Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11-7:30 / Sunday: 1-6
Notes: This place is reputed to have some really great dollar bins. They don't take credit cards, so be sure to bring cash.
The Sleep of Reason
47 West Eighth Street between 5th and 6th Avenues (Second Floor)
New York, NY 10011
St. Marks Comics
11 Saint Marks Place between Second and Third Avenues
New York, NY 10003
Hours: Monday: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. / Tuesday -
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 1 a.m. /Sunday: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. 150 Chambers Street between Greenwich and West Broadway
New York, NY 10007-1000
148 Montague Street (Second Floor)
Brooklyn, NY
Notes: Watch out for their semi-annual back-stock sale. Supposedly very worth it.
Costuming / Period Clothing / Unique Fashions
Religious Sex
7 St. Marks Place between Second and Third Avenues
New York, NY 10003
Halloween Adventure
104 Fourth Ave between 11th Street and 12th Street
New York, NY 10003-5232
The Fashion District
Gaming
Forbidden Planet
See the Comics section for location information.
Notes: Has a pretty decent selection of d20 stuff, though at times they've been known to completely ignore RPGS.
The Compleat Strategist
11 East 33rd Street between 4th and 5th Avenues
New York, NY 10016
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10:20-6 / Thursday: 10:30-9
Notes: They carry all sorts of games, not just RPGs.
Games Workshop
UWS:
271 Amsterdam Ave
(between 72nd St & 73rd St)
New York, NY 10023
Others:
1457 Third Avenue, New York, NY
54 E 8th St # A, New York, NY
Eateries
Mars 2112
1633 Broadway at 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 12-9 / Friday: 12-12 / Saturday: 11:30 a.m. - midnight / Sunday: 11:30-9
Notes: Overpriced and shlocky, but it's genre. May be worth checking out once, especially if you can get your local sci-fi society to pick up half the tab.
Jekyll and Hyde Club
1409 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) between 57th and 58th Streets
New York, NY 10019
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 11:30 a.m. - midnight / Wednesday and Sunday: 11 a.m. - midnight / Friday: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. / Saturday: 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Notes: See www.eerie.com for info on the Jekyll and Hyde Pub, the Slaughtered Lamb Pub, and Dark (vampiric dance club)
Movies
Various Kim's Locations
Museums
American Museum of the Moving Image
35th Ave at 36th Street
Astoria, Queens
Hours: Tuesday - Friday: noon - 5 p.m. / Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Admission: $8.50 / students and seniors: $5.50 / children 5-18: $4.50 / children under 5 and members: free
Now Playing: Expanded Entertainment. "Follow the four-decade evolution of digital game play from the research lab to the arcade and into the home, while brushing up on your skills at more than 20 games and interactive works of art."
American Museum of Natural History / Rose Center
Central Park West at 79th Street
Hours: 10 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. daily (on Fridays, the Rose Center stays open until 8:45 p.m.)
Suggested Admission: $12, students and seniors $9, children $7.
Now Playing: "On view in the Hayden Planetarium: the Planetarium launches its second space show, narrated by Harrison Ford. The movie takes viewers beyond the cellestial sphere to plumb the heights and edepths of the universe in search of alien life."
Museum of Television and Radio
25 West 52nd Street
Hours: Tuesdays through Sundays: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Thursdays until 8 p.m. and Fridays until 9 p.m. (theatres only)
Contribution: Members free; $6 for adults; $4 for students and senior citizens; $3 for children under thirteen.
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
56th Street between Madison and Fifth
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. / Thursday: 10- 8 / Sunday: 12-6
Points of Interest
Description of NYC's reaction to popular Sci-Fi Events
Supposedly there's LOTR-related graffiti all over the city. We've yet to find any (except for the obvious stuff in Columbia's tunnel system), so let us know if you've been luckier than we have. Also see this article on Tolkein fandom in New York.
History of Fandom
Monster Walks
Gargoyles and monster statues throughout NYC
The Spinning Cube in Cooper Union Square
Intersection of St. Marks Place and Third Avenue
Toys / Gadgets / Miscellaneous Fun Stuff
Love Saves the Day
119 Second Avenue at 7th Street
New York, NY 10003-8331
Hours: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. daily
Notes: Vintage toys, cheap vintage clothing, and much, much more
See Hear
59 E. 7th Street between 1st and 2nd
New York, NY 10003-8117
Hours: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. daily
Star Magic Space Age Gifts
745 Broadway between 8th and Waverly
New York, NY 10003-6810
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. / Sunday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. 1256 Lexington Avenue between 85th and 86th
New York, NY 10028-2046
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. / Sunday: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Toy Tokyo 121 Second Avenue at 7th Street
New York, NY 10003-8337
N.B.: May make your head explode.
Thanks a bunch if you managed to brave the list. If you know of anything that's dead and gone that I may have missed (already had to nix Neutral Ground), please let me know. Thanks again, best of dudes.
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toy Tokyo 121 2nd Ave # 2F
New York, NY 10003-8337
(212) 673-5424
has lots of figurines, way more than the hipper design figurines stores in Soho..
Hayden planetarium in museum of natural history was freggin amazing, and the entire museum was waaay cooler than i imagined it to be.