[dorkbotnyc-blabber] RE: electronics stores

[vade]

For HAM radio related items there is a store on 2nd avenue and around  
4th or 5th street - its on a corner and on the second floor, with a  
yellow sign - apologies, I cannot for the life of me find the name:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=4th+Street+and+3rd+Avenue+Manhattan+New+York&sll=40.677562,-73.98556&sspn=0.008478,0.015922&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=40.731633,-73.988349&spn=0.008471,0.015922&z=16&om=1&cbll=40.727317,-73.9886&cbp=1,258.15870895258655,,0,-1.1705647109331023

Google maps may be of some help :)


You can also check out 269 Canal St, back of the mall has a small  
selection, mostly video related components

For junk, check out Argo Electronics, right off of .. I think it is  
6th ave an canal, at the 'north west' end of the canal 'run', has used  
junk components, sometimes some *really* great finds in there. Fun to  
just casually browse stuff. :

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=4th+Street+and+3rd+Avenue+Manhattan+New+York&sll=40.677562,-73.98556&sspn=0.008478,0.015922&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=40.725925,-74.004636&spn=0.008472,0.015922&z=16&om=1&cbll=40.721614,-74.005005&cbp=1,366.2561326475998,,0,-1.1705647109331028

The little red store :)


In BK, there is also Mikeys Hookup, which has some components, but  
mostly AV related (higher end tape stock, connectors) and Computer  
related items.

While ive never been to one of those shops, I can say its pretty lame  
here in NYC for DIY-ers and walk in stores :(


On Nov 30, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Lee von kraus wrote:

> I don't know of anything other than radioshack but I did some  
> searching and found these listings, if we all call some of the  
> places up we can probably figure out if any are worth checking out  
> (I tried to find websites for ones that looked promising but couldn't)
>
> http://www.brooklynyes.com/brooklyn-Consumer-Electronics-shops.html
> http://www.hellobrooklyn.com/Brooklyn_home_and_garden/Brooklyn_Electronics.html
>
> -Lee
>
> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:19:59 -0500
> From: jebjeb at gmail.com
> To: dorkbotnyc-blabber at music.columbia.edu
> Subject: Re: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] [Fwd: FW: Interactives is hiring]
>
> Sadly, the great rando electronics market of New York was destroyed  
> in the name of urban renewal years ago.  Manhattan used to have its  
> own little Akihabara down where the World Trade Center was.  That  
> said, check out Leeds Radio ( http://www.leedselect.com/) in  
> Williamsburg.  That has basic stuff, but it also has a wide variety  
> of weird crap, especially tubes, tube sockets, stuff for building  
> audio circuits like transformers, etc.  For certain electronic bits,  
> there are a couple stores on Canal Street in the blocks immediately  
> west of broadway that sell stuff, and another good resource is the  
> lighting stores on Broadway downtown, but only for general  
> electrical components, not like transistors.  As far as I know,  
> though, there's no equivalent of like Active Surplus thats so cool  
> that people write blog posts about it.
>
> Check out this depressing story: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D6133AF931A15754C0A9679C8B63
>
> On Nov 29, 2007 9:36 PM, Adela Kuehn <adelalk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings one and all-
>
> I remember this coming up in a post not too long ago, but I don't  
> remember/can't find the response. I am looking for an electronics  
> parts store in the city.  I'm not looking for anything complicated,  
> just where I can find a decent selection of basic components; lets  
> just say that my local RadioShack was laughable. Any suggestions? I  
> just moved here from LA not too long ago and I really miss All  
> Electronics, not to mention browsing in Apex; sigh...
>
> Thank you,
> Adela
>
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