Thrift stores in Brooklyn? (Buffalo, Utica: transplants, buy, price)

[tc2011]

My friend and I are going thrifting tomorrow in Williamsburg. The link to Beacon's Closet was disappointing because the online store showed clothes priced at $25 - $50. At that price I can buy things at the mall. Anyone know of good thrift stores in the Williamsburg area?

[babo111]

My wife loves thrifty stores and her comment about thrift stores in gentrified parts of Brooklyn is that it's not thrift store...it's boutique store.

So unless you venture out of gentrified areas, I don't think you'll find a real thrift store.

[UrbanAdventurer]

You want cheap stuff cheap or "vintage/cool" stuff cheap? Fat Albert's is the holy grail of cheap stuff cheap.

[SeventhFloor]

Bobby's on Church and Utica. Cheap.

[SUPERCHIC]

this is a great website TheThriftShopper.Com National Thrift Store Directory Listing Charity Resale Shops just put in your location and it will give you a list of thrift stores. Some of them have comments from people who visited the shops. BTW my fave is Salvation Army and Goodwill.

www.thethriftshopper.com

[sekhmet1974]

Buffalo Exchange in Williamsburg is awesome. They also have locations in the LES, Chelsea and I believe a few others.

[SUPERCHIC]

Is Buffalo Exchange expensive?

[sekhmet1974]

Originally Posted by SUPERCHIC

Is Buffalo Exchange expensive?

nope! Some really good finds can be found in there, too.

[SUPERCHIC]

what is the price range at BE?

I shop a lot of thrift and charity shops world wide and love it but, there are some that are a total rip off.

I get most of my best deals at Salvation Army across the country more so in lil towns

[el77]

What do the hipsters and transplants love about these stores?