New Yorkers have always had a love affair with cutting edge technology, from radio to cars to laptops and Blackberries, and no one knows it better than these electronics stores.
The city that never sleeps was bound to get an Apple store that never sleeps. The massive underground store open 24/7/365 is marked by a sleek glass cube at the plaza in front of the drab GM building on Fifth Avenue, a dramatic setting that symbolizes the old tech vs. new tech di...
767 Fifth Avenue (East 58th & 59th Streets)Beloved of photographers, videographers, electronics junkies and tourists alike, this superstore on Ninth Avenue has been a mecca for shoppers ever since it moved here from West 17th Street. You'll find everything under the sun, including hard-to-find film, a terrific array of ca...
420 9th AveH&S has been a New York mainstay since 1848, albeit formerly as a hardware store, and they've stayed in business by carrying the "best, the only, and the unexpected" for a century and a half. All kinds of home conveniences are offered in their store—as in their cata...
147 E 57th StMassive showroom setups shake the ground beneath your feet and ensure you're getting the best stereo equipment available. Every audiophile's dreams are answered here, with six listening rooms and the largest gamut of stereo and video options in the city.
627 BroadwayPurveyors of only the finest—and most expensive—high-fidelity audio equipment, Bang & Olufsen serves the discriminating audiophile with perfection, while carrying enough reasonably priced goodies to bring in the average shopper.
63 Greene StreetPortatronics offers excellent repair services for every imaginable portable device—from smartphones to iPods to hand-held video game systems.
307 W 38th StHelpful and knowledgable staff make it easy to get what you need (even if you're not sure exactly what that is yourself) and get out without pinning you down in a thronging crowd of shoppers.
445 5th AveThe folks at RCS are masters at customer service and computer know-how, and their "technology mall" of a store is the best destination for every kind of convergence tech available.
575 Madison AveIf you want a new Apple product, the Apple Store is the place to be. Once you've bought it, though, Tekserve is where you get it repaired. For over twenty years, the guys and girls at Tekserve have been fixing everything Macintosh and have grown to include selling and re-selling ...
119 W 23rd StA boutique gadget store smack-dab in Greenwich Village, AC Gears is everything you can imagine, serving foreign electronics, strange robots, cameras, toys, and a lab-coat white paintjob that makes the place look more like a mad scientist's lair than a gadget store.
69 E 8th St