Read about Church Street Surplus in the Tribeca Citizen Shopping Guide.
For the most challenging cohort, there is a wealth of original ideas in the neighborhood -- you just may have to look in unlikely places.
The shops of Tribeca are what makes our streets seem warm and alive. And if there's ever been a time to shop local, it's now. So give Amazon a rest and get out there. / 2 comments
Plus: Landmarks votes to preserve the back of a Worth Street building; "special report" on retail vacancies; that big oyster; how a Parsons's dean spends his Sundays. / 10 comments
There's an addictive new interactive map with photos of the city in the mid-1980s. It's a stark reminder of how many one- and two-story buildings have been torn down in subsequent decades. / 16 comments
"I'm a surplus guy!" says Lable Horowitz, explaining how Church Street Surplus came to be stuffed to the gills. Over the years, he has bought odds and ends of everything from police sirens to hospital traction bars, but the store now mainly focuses on military clothing and other vintage apparel. / 6 comments
Know where this was shot? Prove it. (Update: The answer has been posted.) / 5 comments
Marching again and again and again. Plus: Where a "supermodel" shops in Tribeca; Washington Market Park lawn (or lack thereof); DSK house; Seaport shopping struggle; columnist miffed. / 1 comment
Having stopped by each and every store in Tribeca over the past few weeks, I can say with authority—and a bit of pride—that there's something here for everyone. / 2 comments
Elisa Casas, star of the new TV show "Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys," on the chef with the sexiest accent, the best Cobb salad, and the famous couple she spotted making out on the street.
The most covetable stuff at Western Spirit, World Journal, Transit, Church Street Surplus, T&T Plastic Land, OK Uniform, Apexart, Birdbath, Kidville, and SP's Nuts & Candy.
The apple does not fall far from the tree ... when my daughter spotted a big colorful canvas on our... — Jolene / Crowd Sourcing: What cool stuff have you found on the curb?
It is a fun post with curb alerts. I posted pics of what I found on the curb on Buy... — TribecaMom / Crowd Sourcing: What cool stuff have you found on the curb?
Ok, you guys just took all the fun out of this post. — Tribeca Citizen / Crowd Sourcing: What cool stuff have you found on the curb?
Penny's New Chair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JvTtpOjU0 — N / Crowd Sourcing: What cool stuff have you found on the curb?
Beware. It is also a new "golden age" of bedbugs! Per the New York City Department of Health and Mental... — James / Crowd Sourcing: What cool stuff have you found on the curb?
To all my old friends and to the ones I have yet to meet, THANK YOU for your kind words.... — Sharon Hershkowitz / Local Business Update: Balloon Saloon
*him — j. / Police are searching for suspect in attempted rape