Shopping in East Village, New York

With a growing number of great vintage shops, resale emporiums, home decor stores and book shop, East village is now one of the preferred shopping locations for young and hip people. Here’s our pick of best shopping stores in East Village neighbourhood.

Community 54

This street wear shop opened in 2011 on the Lower East Side and later relocated to East Village. The store is well-known for offering a mix of vintage designer labels and unique objects. The store somewhat looks like a vintage video arcade. Visit the store to explore men’s apparel and accessories that include vintage Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger jackets.

Fabulous Fanny's

A one-stop shop for all different types of shades and frames, Fabulous Fanny offers posh sunnies and cosmetic frames at reasonable rates. Unique rhinestone-adorned frames to West–style shutter shades; everything in the shop is created to grab your attention. Frames dating back as the late 1800s, the store has more than 40,000 vintage specs.

Strand Book Store

The Strand Book Store houses a impressively large collection of more than 18 million used and rare books. In the store all the books are stacked in chaotic, towering shelves. Spend some extra time here and you will find everything from an out-of-print Victorian book to sci-fi pulp. The store now buys books including recent perennial bestsellers, popular works, and graphic novels.

VeraMeat

VeraMeat is a beautiful jewellery store opened by Ukrainian model Vera Balyura, who turned her hobby of jewellery making into a profession. The jewellery collection offered is designed using recycled sterling silver, brass, copper and pure 14 karat gold.