Index for Album ManhattanStores: Manhattan StoreFronts

Orginally these pictures were of dealers referred to in articles posted to the rec.photo.digital newsgroup. Now it's anyone in Manhattan selling cameras over the web. Also see pictures of Brooklyn Storefronts and StoreFronts in Other Locations.

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28 17th St Photo Supply, d.b.a 17Photo.com (and 17thStreetPhoto.com)
34 W. 17th St., 3rd Fl.
Address from web site. Walk-ins are welcome. They also use American Appliances & Electronics, a.k.a. Advanced Photo Source, d.b.a. AdvancedPhotoSource.com. This had been the mailing address from their web site's info page. Now that address is 1029 Dahill Road in Brooklyn. This still is the Advanced Photo Source Site Administrator address on the privacy policy page. Various Brooklyn addresses have also been used.
30 17th St Photo Supply, d.b.a 17Photo.com (and 17thStreetPhoto.com)
34 W. 17th St., 3rd Fl.
Entrance picture. I wanted a picture of their door, but they have the entire 3rd floor and the elevator and fire stairs open directly into their space.
31 42nd Street Photo, d.b.a. 42ndPhoto.com, a.k.a. 47 St Audio & Photo
378 5th Avenue
Address on 42ndPhoto web site. BestDealsAround.com was one of their sites, but is now defunct. Its whois is registered to 42StPhoto and the phone number at the site reversed to 42nd.
35 5th Avenue Photo, Inc., d.b.a. Comp-U-Photo (comp-u-photo.com), a.k.a. Digital On 5th Ave. (digitalon5th.com, digital-on-5th.com)
402 5th Ave.
Manhattan store. Company name from a search on address. The whois for all three domains used this address. And a reverse lookup on the Digital On 5th whois phone gets Comp-U-Photo. This was an eBay store that appears to now be closed. All domain names have now expired. Also see Brooklyn Office.
1 Adorama, d.b.a. adorama.com
42 W. 18th St.
2 B&H, d.b.a. BHPhotoVideo.com
9th Ave between 33rd and 34th Streets
25 B&H, d.b.a. BHPhotoVideo.com
9th Ave between 33rd and 34th Streets
This is a shot of the checkout area. In the background are the 14 checkouts where you only pay. There are nine for credit cards (behind column 26), and five for cash (behind column 27). Above is the conveyor that transports what you bought to the pick up area. And to the right is where you pick up the merchandise after you pay for it. You can see more detail if you click on the web size picture.
26 B&H, d.b.a. BHPhotoVideo.com
9th Ave between 33rd and 34th Streets
This is a picture facing northeast. I'm standing behind the checkout area.
27 B&H, d.b.a. BHPhotoVideo.com
9th Ave between 33rd and 34th Streets
This is facing southeast. Again I'm standing behind the checkout area. There are also areas north and south of the checkout area that I did not photograph. And used equipment is on the second floor.
9 Barnett's Computer Warehouse, d.b.a. PCVideoOnline.com, PriceMad.com, ProjectorExpo.com, ProjectorExport.com, and 123BuyDirect.com; formerly PlasmaKings.com, CompDirect.com and also CompDirect.net?
417 Fifth Ave.
They used to be in the storefront that appears to the right. This new one is much deeper than the prior one and bends behind it (and is used for the shipping area). The CompDirect web sites are now just link pages. When PriceMad.com started it used a house in Brooklyn at 1751 E 10th St. for their address in CNet, but the fax was always here. ProjectorExpo.com shares a phone number with PlasmaKings. PlasmaKings.com and ProjectorExpo.com formerly used 724 Avenue P (a semi-detached house) and 6735 Ridge Blvd (an apartment building) in Brooklyn. 123 Buy Direct has this address in its whois. ProjectorExport.com is the newest name, having been created on 24-Oct-2007.
56 Big City Direct Inc., d.b.a BigCityDirect.com
161 Hudson Street, Tribeca
Address from Shopzilla; not at web site. Whois is an address in Hillside, NJ.
59 BrandNamez LLC, d.b.a. BrandNamez.com
325 West 38th Street
Address on web site on contact page. LLC also on contact page, but not found in NY entity database. But there is a bigger problem. They aren't really here! From a chat with the fellow at the front desk I learned that they have never been here. And I was not the first person to come in looking for them. I also asked the UPS driver that covers the building. She had never heard of them either. Update: After waiting for a while I searched again and thanks to DealTime I found them at 96 Ave U in Brooklyn.
33 C&A Marketing, d.b.a. Digital Goodys (DigitalGoodys.com) and Empire Photo (EmpirePhoto.com)
1357 Broadway
Both domains now use this address in the whois database. On 12/22/05 digitalgoodys had the DNS registrant as PriceRite Photo. Both sites have, buried on their Help page under Our Returns Policy, the old PriceRite phone number: 888.365.4300. See Shedding Some Light for more detail.
34 Calumet, d.b.a. CalumetPhoto.com
22 W. 22nd St.
New location for them. At the prior they were under a sidewalk shed for years.
60 Capital Audio Electronics, Inc., d.b.a. CapitalAudio.com
118-120 Duane Street, Tribeca
Addresses on web site. 118 is corporate division. 120 is retail division. It appears that this dealer is the actual location for S & P Electronics / Park Ave Electronics. On this RipOff Report the customer was told to not return to the web address, but to Capital Audio. No address is on that RipOff page, but this is the only Capital Audio around here.
36 Datavision Computer Video Inc., d.b.a. DataVis.com
445 5th Ave.
50 Edulgence Corp., d.b.a. Edulgence.com
6 West 14th Street
Address was on web site. This is the retail location and welcomes walk in customers. Office and mailing address was at 1910 Ave M in Brooklyn. But web site is down, and they are no longer at that Brooklyn address. This store, however, is very much still here.
55 Foto Care Ltd., d.b.a. FotoCare.com
136 W 21st St.
Specializes in large format and high quality lighting.
10 Go Go Tech, Inc., d.b.a. GoGoTech.com, a.k.a. 101 Phones, Inc., d.b.a. 101phones.com; FactoryOutlet.com (not active); OnlinePhoneStore.com; iSAVE.com Inc., d.b.a. iSAVE.com; PriceBreak.com; RefurbOutlet.com
213 West 35th St. #2W
Wasn new address from web site. GoGoTech web site now has 989 6th Ave. #21. Formerly at 39 W. 38th St, which the NY entity database still has for 101 Phones, Inc. Also in the past they used 63 W. 38th St, Suite 806 (which iSAVE still has in the NY entity database). PriceBreak's site says to send orders to 989 6th Ave. #21. Whois for iSave.com had 989 6th Ave 21st Floor. Most other domain name records are cloaked.
32 Go Go Tech, Inc., d.b.a. GoGoTech.com, a.k.a. 101 Phones, Inc., d.b.a. 101phones.com; FactoryOutlet.com (not active); OnlinePhoneStore.com; iSAVE.com Inc., d.b.a. iSAVE.com; PriceBreak.com; RefurbOutlet.com
213 West 35th St. #2W
Sign on their door.
52 Go Go Tech, Inc., d.b.a. PriceBreak.com, iSave.com
989 6th Ave. #21
This is the address at PriceBreak's web site for mail orders and is now on GoGoTech web site. But returns are to be sent to 213 W. 35th St #2W. I went to the 21st floor here. The elevator opened directly into the office. So no inside picture. These people are a subsidiary of Go Go Tech.
37 HighDefOnline.com, a.k.a. Prestige Plasma (PrestigePlasma.com) and Rapid Plasma, d.b.a RapidPlasma.com
Gold Shot Studios Inc.
7 West 45th St. Suite 302
This is the address now used on the web sites. See explanation of connection between addresses on the picture for their Brooklyn address.
12 J&R, d.b.a. jr.com and JandR.com
Park Row
This is just one of their storefronts. Over the years they have taken over most store fronts on the block. Different products are spread out among them.
38 Olden Camera
1263 Broadway, 4th fl.
No web site. Known for its used cameras. For many decades they were at 1265 Broadway, 2nd Floor. They had a large sign visible from the street. But that building has been renovated. Mr. Olden owns this small building next door.
39 Olden Camera
1263 Broadway, 4th fl.
This elevator inside Earrings Plaza takes you up to Mr. Olden.
57 Photo Gizzmo, Inc., d.b.a PhotoGizzmo.com
134 W 26th St., 10th Fl.
Specializes in medium format and large format equipment. Web site invites you to the store.
58 Photo Gizzmo, Inc., d.b.a PhotoGizzmo.com
134 W 26th St., 10th Fl.
The door to the store. The paint is really white, but the white balance got thrown off.
40 Photo Habitat, Inc., d.b.a. PhotoHabitat.com
928 Broadway, Suite #707
Address from web site. Building entrance picture.
41 Photo Habitat, Inc., d.b.a. PhotoHabitat.com
928 Broadway, Suite #707
Picture of door.
42 Photo Tech Camera Repair Service Inc., d.b.a. PhotoTech.com
110 E. 13th St.
43 Photo Village Inc, d.b.a. PhotoVillage.com
1133 Broadway, Suite 824
Address from web site. Building picture.
44 Photo Village Inc, d.b.a. PhotoVillage.com
1133 Broadway, Suite 824
Picture of door.
45 Skynet, d.b.a. LCDTVs.com
462 7th Avenue, 4th Floor
Address was on web site. They are now in NJ. Neither Skynet or LCDTVs is listed in the tenant directory, or on any door on the 4th floor. There are some accountants on the 4th floor, and possibly one of them is Skynet's.
15 Supreme Video, d.b.a. Etronics.com
37 Essex St.
Retail location. Web site has inside picture and encourages visits. Also see Brooklyn warehouse location.
16 Supreme Video, d.b.a. Etronics.com
31 Essex St.
Original location. Now filled with cubicles for telephone sales.
53 Tamarkin New York, Inc., d.b.a. tamarkin.com
215 Park Avenue South, Suite 1914
Specializes in Leica cameras. Outside picture.
54 Tamarkin New York, Inc., d.b.a. tamarkin.com
215 Park Avenue South, Suite 1914
Specializes in Leica cameras. Inside picture.
46 Techpro Warranty, d.b.a. TechProWarranty.com
Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3304 #5N
Address from web site. Suite 3304 is the Empire State Office Service, Inc., a maildrop used by dozens and dozens of businesses. Actual location is here in Brooklyn.
47 The Lens and Repro Corp., d.b.a. LensAndRepro.com and LensRepro.com
33 W. 17th St., 5th Floor
Website welcomes people to stop by for a visit. These people also rent cameras. A building picture. See next for front door.
48 The Lens and Repro Corp., d.b.a. LensAndRepro.com and LensRepro.com
33 W. 17th St., 5th Floor
Entrance picture. I wanted to take a picture inside (instead of this). With their rental business the place is full of neat studio equipment. But the owner said no. I couldn't get their door, as they have the entire floor and the elevator opens into their vestibule.
17 Trio Computers, d.b.a. TrioComputers.com and TrioInternational.com
242 W. 38th St.
18 Trio Computers, d.b.a. TrioComputers.com and TrioInternational.com
242 W. 38th St.
51 TriState Cameras, d.b.a. TriStateCamera.com, a.k.a. TriState Computers, d.b.a. TriStateComputer.com
338 8th Ave.
Current address of retail store. From web site. Back in 2004 their servers were hosting Digital 4 Less Inc., d.b.a. Dig4Less.com. Along with Digital 4 Less using a post office box very near to here, the evidence is Digital 4 Less is a "subsidiary" of TriState. The address 650 Ave Of The Americas is used in the TriState whois registrations. Probably an office of theirs. [To be investigated.]
19 Tristate Cameras, d.b.a. TristateCamera.com
50 W. 20th St.
Former location. They are now at 338 8th Ave.
49 Willoughby's, d.b.a. willoughbys.com
298 5th Ave, at 31st
The oldest camera dealer in Manhattan. Storefront picture is on website.
Moved to Brooklyn
8 Cambridge Camera Exchange (CambridgeCamera.com), AAA Camera Exchange (aaacamera.com) & Seymours Camera Store
119 West 17th St.
Now in Brooklyn using CambridgeWorld.com. A furniture and home decorating store is now at this location. Both these domain names are no longer in use. AAACamera.com used 113 W 17th St. Interesting thing. On their Repair Page they still have this address. I checked and they clearly are not here anyplace in the building. Probably an oversight.
Out of Business
3 Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com
12 Warren St.
Now out of business. This and the next were my first storefront pictures and the ones that started it all. Taken 22-Apr-2000.
4 Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com
12 Warren St.
Now out of business.
5 Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com
12 Warren St.
This and the next taken 10-Jun-2000. Now out of business.
6 Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com
12 Warren St.
Now out of business.
7 Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com
Entrance to 5th Fl at 12 Warren St.
Now out of business.
29 Cassandra Miller, d.b.a. www.CassandraMiller.com
498 West 159th Street Apt 5E
Address on web site and in whois record. Does not take credit cards, only eGold. [Paying by eGold gives you no recourse if what you ordered isn't shipped.] Now out of business and web site is a link page.
24 Digital Dog, d.b.a. DigitalDog.com
29 John St.
This was a mail drop they used. Digital Dog, based in Brooklyn, now out of business.
22 entore, Inc. a.k.a. Zero Delivery Inc.
214 W. 29th St.
Now out of business.
11 H&B Cameras, d.b.a. Turboprice.com?
21 West 46th St.
Note play on B&H's name. I found no TurboPrice on the tenant listing so I'm just assuming this is TurboPrice. Turboprice.com domain no longer active. There is a jewelry center now in this storefront.
23 Pricecomm.com
170 9th Ave.
Now out of business and a new store has moved in.
13 RRComputer.com
7 Laight St.
No longer in business.
14 Smile Photo & Video, d.b.a. SmilePhotoVideo.com
29 W. 35th St.
Now out of business. A Korean book store is now at this location.
20 U Save Gelt Ltd., d.b.a. USaveGelt.com
245 West 29th St.
Now out of business. There is now a "Dry Nature" store at this location.
21 U Save Gelt Ltd., d.b.a. USaveGelt.com
245 West 29th St.
Closeup of sign on window.
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