New York City has numerous retail establishments, however it doesn’t have the huge sprawling malls that are found in other parts of the USA. Space is available at a premium in New York City and there are hardly any malls or shopping centers (except for one -the smallish Manhattan Mall on 33rd street and Broadway) on the island of Manhattan. However in the outer boroughs where slightly more space can be found there are a few malls like the Queen’s Center Mall in Elmhurst, Queens and the Kings Plaza Mall in Brooklyn.
| Shopping Area (Manhattan, unless otherwise noted) | Type of Stores | Price Level |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown and Tribeca | Discount designer retail, boutiques, electronics stores | Moderate to Expensive |
| Lower East Side (the original bargain district) | Independant boutiques, discount stores | Cheap to Expensive |
| West Village | Designer retail, independant one-of-a-kind stores | Expensive |
| The Meatpacking district/Chelsea | Big name brands | Expensive |
| Chinatown | Street vendors, ethnic stores | Cheap |
| The East Village | Small, independant quirky stores | Cheap to Expensive |
| Soho | Chic boutiques, big name brands, outlet of Bloomingdales, the Museum of Modern Art Design store | Expensive |
| Union Square | Big discount stores, sports stores, furniture retail | Moderate to Expensive |
| Midtown 34th Street and the Fashion district | Outlets of the best known domestic brands and Macy’s, the world’s largest department store, fur retailers | Moderare to Expensive |
| Diamond district | Jewelry retail | Expensive |
| Fifth Avenue and 57th Street | Big Name designer stores, Department stores – Bergdof Goodman, SAKs, the Apple Store, Bloomingdales on 59th and Lexington | Expensive |
| Madison Avenue fom the 40’s to the 90’s | European Designer, American Designer, Barneys Department store. | Expensive |
| Columbus Circle 59th Street | Big name designer | Expensive, |
| 125th Street, Harlem | Outlets of popular brands | Moderate |
| Smith Street, CarollGardens Brooklyn | Chic independant boutiques | Moderate to Expensive |
| Atlantic Avenue | Outlets of popular brands, Target Super Store | Moderate |
| Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn | Stylish Boutiques of many Brooklyn based designers | Moderate to Expensive |
| Jackson Heights, Queens | Ethnic South Asian apparel and Jewelry | Moderate to Expensive |
| Fulton Street, Brooklyn | Outlets of major retailers like Macys, Modells, Conway, Cookies, Jimmy Jazz | Moderate to Expensive |
