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- Beacon's Closet
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220 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-230-1630; 88 North 11th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-486-0816
In the nineties, Domsey’s Warehouse was a de facto town square for Williamsburg hipsters; when it closed in 2002, Beacon’s Closet assumed the mantle. Exchange buyers at both locations tend to a steady stream of cash-strapped sellers lining up to trade last week’s Sevens for this week’s grocery money. And unlike in Manhattan shops, where thrift-shop items rarely come with thrift-shop prices, everything is priced to move: Diesel jeans and vintage dresses are $14.95 to $19.95; a pair of seventies Gucci pumps was $24.95. Celebrity sightings are frequent—so be prepared to battle for that Heatherette skirt with drop-ins like Anna Sui and Hilary Swank.
Best Used Hipster Clothes
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PrintFrom the 2004 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine
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Our mission this year: to hunt down not just the best but the best values in the eating, shopping, drinking, and general-consuming universe of New York. It’s quite the process, this, requiring eating and shopping and drinking (all in the name of research), followed by heated but civil discussion, and heated but less-civil discussion, until a winner emerges in each category.
