Adorn yourself in glamour at Tiffany & Co, hunt down avant-garde fashions in
SoHo, or dress down to dress up in the Village.
Shopping Streets
The smartest shops are on Madison Avenue and nearby Fifth Avenue (home
to Tiffany & Co). Saks, Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Barney's New York and
Bergdorf Goodman are the top department stores. Head to SoHo for one-off
boutiques and designer labels and Greenwich Village or the Lower East
Side for vintage clothes.
One of the biggest and most famous food markets is the Union Square
Greenmarket, which sells locally grown organic and traditional produce. Follow
the cool crowd to The Market NYC, held every weekend in a youth centre's
gymnasium on Mulberry Street, where you'll find independent designers hawking their
wares at great prices. For furniture, decorations, jewellery, clothing and works of
art, try Annex/Hell's Kitchen Flea Market on 9th and 10th Avenues. Chelsea
Market in West Chelsea is a food lover's paradise.
Standard shopping hours are Monday to Saturday 9am-6pm, but many stores open later
and on Sundays. Department stores open daily, except on Thanksgiving (fourth Thu in
Nov) and Christmas Day. Clothing and shoes under $110 are not eligible for 4% city
sales tax. There is no tax refund for goods purchased.
