What is the best place for shopping in NYC?
I would be deeply grateful if you can tell a first-time in NY brazilian tourist the best places to buy: 1) Laptops and cameras 2) Unexpensive Clothes 3) NIKE Sneakers 4) Unexpensive small products for my friends in Brazil. AH! Is there any place I should avoid? Or because they're expensive or cheap quality? Thank you very much!
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Answer 1 :
stay out of manhattan, they are priced kinda high....i find that shopping in the boro's...brooklyn, queens etc is much better. try steinway street in queens. every other store is a shop like what ur looking for. and they even sell 220 watts for overseas outlets. i once bought a microwave there to send to my sister in law from egypt.
Answer 2 :
Brooklyn is the place to get cheap goods. Try to prevent Manhattan
Answer 3 :
I agree with the other person..Canal Street used to be great for that stuff...but due to tourists, the people who sell there have jacked up the prices because they feel they can (this frustrates me because growing up in new york, i loved going there for cheap items that weren't all that bad with quality) If your idea for inexpensive is different than mine, there are great places in the city for that...Uptown has really nice designer spots as well as the fashion district..but they're not cheap as these brands never are unless they're bootlegs. **If you are dead set on getting "souvenirs" for your friends in Brazil though, Canal has tons..just don't let them rip you off and try to talk them down in price. If they tell you they are the only ones who have these items, tell them you saw them right down the block at "that other stand/store" and they'll probably try to work with you. I caught a tourist couple in that situation and helped them out with it.
Answer 4 :
electronics probably go to chain stores in bestbuy, target. unexpensive brand name clothes go to burlington coat factory, tj maxxx, marshalls. sneakers go to the manhattan mall, queens center mall. unexpensive small products go to chinatown canal street. i would not buy electronics from chinatown since they are all fake and will break easily
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