5th Ave Transforming Into Vintage Row
An awning has gone up on the old Celine clothing store space on 5th Avenue between Sackett and Degraw saying a vintage shop named Yona Lee is going to fill the storefront. Per a reader, the vintage store will be the fourth such business on this stretch of 5th Avenue: “This strip is becoming quite…
An awning has gone up on the old Celine clothing store space on 5th Avenue between Sackett and Degraw saying a vintage shop named Yona Lee is going to fill the storefront. Per a reader, the vintage store will be the fourth such business on this stretch of 5th Avenue: “This strip is becoming quite the vintage row…Beacon’s Closet up on Warren and 5th, Odd Twin on Lincoln and 5th…Monkeys’ Whistles & Motorbikes is also on this block between Lincoln and Berkeley.” GMAP
And I miss that Salval that was on 5th where the “green” condo is now. So convenient to drop off unwanted items.
$62 for all that? Great finds, 11217. You must be a master shopper. I need to hire you!
Sorry Rob, but you’re wrong. You’ve most likely never been inside ANY of these stores and you’re simply incorrect, per usual.
I just bought a pair of shoes, 2 shirts, a sweater, a tie and a winter coat at Beacons Closet over the weekend and the total was 62 dollars.
There WAS a salvation army on Flatbush up until a few months ago and it closed. So clearly there wasn’t enough business to support it. The stuff in there was largely crap.
Did you shop there? You should have if you wanted them to stick around…
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I shop at these stores regularly, know some of the shop owners (and trade in clothing at each of them) and business is BOOMING. People more than ever realize that instead of going to H&M and buying a new shirt for 30 bucks which will last a season, they can go to a vintage or thrift store and buy 3 items for that much. Some of which are pieces you will love for a lifetime.
lol please like you can find anything for UNDER 30 dollars in these kinds of stores :-/ most of these businesses are just vanity shops for people who dont work there for the money.
give me a true salvation army and goodwill ANYDAY where the money actually goes to a GOOD cause.
*rob*
Vintage is just the term used to describe anything not new, it seems when it comes to clothing, but some of you are right….it’s not totally accurate.
Beacons Closet is not really true vintage…it’s more a thrift store. You can certainly find some nice vintage stuff there, but they also sell a lot of used H&M and Banana Republic…not vintage.
Now Odd Twin on the corner of Lincoln and 5th is strictly vintage. They don’t go by designer label, but they go by look and quality and the place was named by Time Out New York as one of the top (4) new vintage stores in the city this year. It is truly an incredible store if vintage is your thing. They have men’s, woman’s and some home stuff. I shop there more than any store in the city.
The other place, Monkey’s Whistles and Motorbikes is moving into a brand new space right next door to where it’s located, and if you recall Beacons Closet moved from President Street to it’s new space now on Warren and 5th, which is double the size of the old one.
I shop at these stores regularly, know some of the shop owners (and trade in clothing at each of them) and business is BOOMING. People more than ever realize that instead of going to H&M and buying a new shirt for 30 bucks which will last a season, they can go to a vintage or thrift store and buy 3 items for that much. Some of which are pieces you will love for a lifetime.
Yona Lee is/was a vintage store on East 9th Street in Manhattan’s East Village…if she’s still there…
P.s. There is also “One of a Find” vintage store on Lincoln Place between 7th and 8th, which is doing well enough that they just opened a second location in Prospect Heights if I’m not mistaken.
And Bob and Judy’s Antique store down a few blocks on 5th (no clothing but lots of vintage items for the home).
So yes, it does kinda seem that 5th Avenue is becoming quite the mecca for these kinds of shops.
it always was “vintage row” before it was trendy to live in Brooklyn. there was even a salvation army. the only difference was you could afford the stuff.
Vintage clothing, nowadays, seems to be all from when I was a teenager, in the 1970’s, or newer. Stuff from the ’50’s is positively archaic. Personally, I consider real vintage clothing to be Victorian petticoats and other clothing, and 20’s flapper dresses and coats, and 1940’s tailored suits. It used to be you could get that stuff for a song. Then it all became very fashionable, then it was all getting snatched up by fashion designers for inspiration, and museums for their collections. Now my teenage bell bottoms are considered vintage….Getting old!
from the name sounds like yet another Asian “got canned from investment banking” so i’ll do something “trendy” businesses. if it wasn’t “vintage” clothes, career path would have been pastry chef, “fusion” restaurant, food truck or Yelp commenter
Online shopping is the only way to go for some things. In my opinion anyway. The only thing I won’t buy online though are clothes and shoes. You really need to try that stuff on and having to return something via the mail is a huge hassle. (Insert anti-9th St. P.O. rant here)