NY Skate Shop Directory
Skate shops in New York are the lifeblood of the New York skateboarding community. To them it’s not just selling product it’s more about supporting and being a part of the New York skateboarding community. They support local brands, skateboarders and host events. If you’re visiting New York it’s a must to visit these shops. Support your local shops!
*still a work in progress, this page was last modified on 3/19/2013
SUPREME NYC (1994)
274 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012
Categories: Skateboarding, Streetwear, Sneakers
Neighborhood: SOHO
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About: In April 1994, Supreme opened its doors on Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan and became the home of New York City skate culture. At its core was the gang of rebellious young New York skaters and artists who became the store’s staff, crew and customers. Supreme grew to be the embodiment of the downtown culture, playing an integral part in its constant regeneration. Skaters, punks, hip-hop heads – the young counter culture at large – all gravitated towards Supreme. While it grew into a downtown institution, Supreme established itself as a brand known for its quality, style and authenticity. Over its eighteen year history, Supreme has worked with some of our generation’s most groundbreaking designers, artists, photographers and musicians – all who have helped continue to define its unique identity and attitude.
DQM SKATE SHOP (2003)
7 E3rd Street, New York, NY 10003
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers
Neighborhood: East Village
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About: When DQM opened for business on November 1st, 2003, on a nondescript street in Manhattan’s Bowery district, a site of counterculture since the 1950s, home to CBGBs, the beatniks and punk rock, it had just twenty styles of sneakers, a few skateboards and five styles of house brand t-shirts on the shelves. Founded by professional skateboarder Chris Keeffe, born and raised in the heart and streets of New York City, DQM was built on a culture and relationships that began long before the store was conceived, and it quickly found the support of the neighborhood and the downtown scene. Remaining true to this history and its roots in skateboarding, DQM has grown to become not only New York’s premiere location for sneakers, menswear and skate goods, but also a fully-fledged brand in its own right, with a complete seasonal collection of clothing and accessories sold in select locations around the world. DQM has been proud to work regularly with New York City’s up and coming designers and photographers as well as with companies as well-known as Vans, Nike, Crescent Down Works, Mark McNairy, Stormy Kromer, Adidas, G-Shock, and Incase.
SHUT MECHANICS (2006)
158 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002
Categories: Skateboarding
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
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About: SHUT is New York City’s first skateboard company, making decks and gear since 1986 designed for skating the toughest of city streets.Their flagship store is located in New York City’s historical Lower East Side, SHUT continues to support the growth of NYC skateboarding.
VANS / DQM GENERAL (2011)
93 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers
Neighborhood: Soho
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About: DQM is proud to announce the opening of our second store, in partnership with Vans, The VANS DQM General. The store is located in the heart of Soho at 93 Grand Street, in a landmark building and a neighborhood full of history. The General will not only carry on the mindset, respect and authenticity of DQM, but teams it up with the knowledge and values of Vans, to cater to the growing skateboarding and lifestyle community in New York City and beyond. “Over the past five years, no fewer than 100 people have asked me why we don’t have a store in New York City,” says Doug Palladini, Vans’ Vice President of Marketing. “My answer always was that we had so many great wholesale partners that our own store didn’t make sense, so when Chris from DQM approached us, it was the perfect opportunity. Chris and DQM really understand Vans as well as city culture and history, and know just how to bring our brands together to make something new and relevant for an area like SoHo”. “Vans has been a huge part of my life in New York both in the world of professional skateboarding, I rode for Vans for a time in the early 90s, and then as a retailer, selling them to my customers every day for the past 8 years,” says Chris Keeffe, founder and owner of DQM. “Vans has this long and storied history coming out of California, but at DQM we felt like the story of what Vans means to people in New York City can still be told through the prism of our Vans experience: we don’t have pools to skate and we have snow on the ground for five months a year. We grew up finding a way to wear Vans that fit the style and climate of our city. I wanted to create a space where we can tell this story from the ground up; a place that’s rooted in our local community and makes sense to New Yorkers.” The General will carry a curated selection of Vans footwear and apparel for men, women and kids; DQM apparel; and a special collection of DQM for Vans designed apparel and footwear available only at the New York store.
DAVE’S WEAR HOUSE (2012)
123 Baxter Street, New York, NY 10013
Categories: Skateboarding, Biking, Sneakers
Neighborhood: Chinatown
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About: Dave’s Wear House (DWH) is a retail brand based on the well known merchant Dave Ortiz and his industry colleagues. DWH currently operates 1x store in Manhattan located in Chinatown at 123 Baxter Street. The store features top name brand sneakers, clothing, bags, skateboards and BMX accessories. In addition to the wear-house themed shopping experience, the space has a separate built out space with a large window for specialty brands to feature their products in a in-store pop-up shop. DWH offers an eclectic mix of products not often sold together but that complete the needs and desires of the urban action athlete. This includes pro model skateboards, performance footwear, single speed and BMX bikes, bags, eyewear, accessories and more. The most popular merchandise at DWH is the brand Another Dave’s Design (ADD+). ADD+ is inspired by the large number of creative individuals that design and create for and with Dave. ADD+ manufactures its own clothing and develops collaborative products with leading brands.
LABOR SKATE SHOP (2012)
141 Canal Street, New York, NY 10001
Categories: Skateboarding
Neighborhood: Chinatown, NY
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About: Labor is a skateboard shop located where the Lower East Side of Manhattan meets Chinatown. Labor is open 7 days a week, 12pm-7pm. They carry 5Boro, Palace, Girl, Chocolate, Independent, Magenta, Spitfire, Bones, Thunder, Venture, Alien Workshop, Habitat, Brixton, Emerica, and many more. The shop is close to the F train at East Broadway, and the B and D trains at Grand Street are a short skate away. It’s also located just up the street from the newly redesigned Coleman Oval/LES Skatepark.
KCDC SKATE SHOP (2001)
85 N3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers
Neighborhood: Williamsburg
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About: In the fall of 2001 KCDC opened its doors to the community of Williamsburg, and its powder keg of a skateboarding scene. In the years that have followed the New York skate scene continued to grow, reaching all sorts of new people. During these years skateboarding has evolved from its counter culture roots into a lifestyle that is accessible to anyone who is interested, and KCDC has evolved with it. KCDC is both refuge and a breeding ground for creative types- with no shortage in Art shows, video premieres, fundraisers, autograph signings, parties, and other events to help promote up-and-coming artists and companies in the skate industry. These events cater to skateboarders of all ages, with all styles and interests. Today, KCDC resides in a new home at 85 North 3rd Street, just a few blocks from its original location that opened over a decade ago. KCDC’s staff and skate team are committed to the continuous growth of New York skateboarding as a whole. KCDC is there for skateboarders; KCDC is there for skateboarding.
HOMAGE SKATE SHOP (2007)
64 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Categories: Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Lessons
Neighborhood: South Brooklyn
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About: NYCs only legitimate full service skate/snowboard shop. skateboarder/snowboarder owned & operated since day one. Homage Brooklyn is located at 64 bergen st in cobble hill and carries only the finest in skateboarding & snowboarding hard and soft goods.
PARK DELI SKATE SHOP (2009)
533 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Categories: Skateboarding, Flowers, Graph
Neighborhood: Crown Heights
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About: Park Deli first opened in 2009 and is New York’s only skate shop that sells flowers. A unique shop with some unique goods it’s a great place to check out if you’re in the neighborhood.
TRE TRUCK MOBILE SKATE SHOP (2009)
Categories: Skateboarding, Flowers, Graph
Neighborhood: Mobile
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About: Tre Truck is New York City’s first mobile skateboard shop. Featuring a walk-to window and display case, we carry over 30 brands selected by seasoned professionals. Our staff are all avid skaters and will gladly answer any questions you may have, or assist you in making the best selection for your individual style.
COMMON GROUND SKATE SHOP (2012)
Categories: Skateboarding, Streetwear, Sneakers, Surf
Neighborhood: Brighton Beach
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About: Common Ground opened at 3105 Coney Island Ave. in Brooklyn New York in the Summer of 2012. The mission of Common Ground is to offer a diverse range of products and brands for the people of Southern Brooklyn, NYC, and beyond. Our selection is a well edited mix of men’s footwear, clothing, and accessories with roots in skate, streetwear, art, music, surf, menswear, outdoors, and so on…
SKATE BROOKLYN SKATE SHOP (2012)
Categories: Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Biking
Neighborhood: Brooklyn?
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About: Skate Brooklyn is here to serve all your skate & snow needs. We are committed to giving our customers the best service with a superior selection of skateboard and snowboard hard goods, apparel & accessories.
SILKY’S SKATE SHOP (2012)
Categories: Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Silk Screening
Neighborhood: Bushwick
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About: Silky’s is a Brooklyn based skate shop/screen printing shop that specializes in creating custom t-Shirts and apparel. They also offer graphic and web design services to take your ideas even further!
BELIEF SKATE SHOP (2010)
29-20B 23rd Avenue, Astoria, NY 11105
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers
Neighborhood: Astoria
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About: Belief is a New York City based skateshop & clothing boutique, as well as a lifestyle apparel brand. Our aim is to enroll our community into a positive and productive lifestyle. Heavily influenced by the NY hustle, we believe that you can achieve anything you set your mind to. To us, the term “Ever Upward” is more than just the NY state motto. It sums up our belief that if you strive to do what you love, you can reach your full potential in the face of any adversity.
TERMINAL SKATE SHOP (201x)
235 Wadsworth Ave apt 5-a, New York, NY
Categories: Skateboarding
Neighborhood: Washington Heights
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About: Terminal Skateshop, serving the Washington Heights skateboard community in uptown NYC.open 24/7, just call or text to make sure i’m up and around.thanks for your continued support! Call before you come. i skate just like you and just as much as you.
RICHMOND HOOD CO (200x)
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers, Streetwear
Neighborhood: Staten Island
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About: The freshest place to shop on Staten Island for unique and stylized brands and products. Footwear, Apparel, Hats, Accessories & more. East Coast, West Coast, Worldwide.
CD SKATE SHOP (200x)
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Categories: Skateboarding
Neighborhood: Staten Island
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About: N/A
KRUDCO SKATE SHOP (1994)
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers
Neighborhood: Rochester
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About: So you want to know how Krudco. came to be ? Ok, well I can’t remember the exact day or even the exact year for that matter , but it was around ’92 or ’93 . The KRUDS came first.
O ne day Ron Beutera and I were out skating and we started talking about gangs and how the Crips and Bloods had a truce. Well one thing lead to another and we got into this big discussion about gangs joining together for a common cause, and became super gangs like the Blips or Cruds. Then Ron looked at me and was just like, “Shit dude we should call ouselves the KRUDS”,” hell yeah! I said, it’ll be fun.” And after that our crew became the KRUDS.
We were a bunch of skateboarders havin’ and makin’ fun of society and its “rules” (remember we’re skateboarders) . The OG KRUDS were, myself(Aaron), Ron B., Kurt S., Arden Z., Paul M,. Kerry B., Rachel D., and a few others were initiated into the family, but for the most part that was the OG crew. Well off to college,(MCC) fall ’93. Design class project,business card and logo for an imaginary business, mmmm,how about a skateboard shop?(mind you opening a store wasn’t even in my mind yet.) . . .
So in class we had to design/create a logo and company for the logo. Well as you know class projects take time, and in that time i meet a few really good people that i still see today. Al Beman (of the al beman band) and John Twentyfive. just given a shout out… so any way, i came up with a name that was a derivative of our crew. KRUDco. SKATES it only made sense to have a skateshop shop that was owned and run by you and your crew, so why not use Kruds in the title? my teacher kept asking me “why is the co. lower case?”, “why dose it have the period on the end?” “because that’s how i want it to be.” i don’t know why but she had a hard time with my answers to her question. oh’well. i passed the class and had a idea in my head for skateshop owned and run by skaters… it was the beginning.
I opened the first Krudco. in a office above my dads store (Tire Associates) at 209 N. Clinton Ave. on July 13th 1994… the shop was super small, it only had room for around 5 or 6 people at one time. we stayed in that shop for around 1 and 1/2 years… The hours were very limited so i had a pager and packed my Volkswagen rabbit with decks and did deliveries to people, i met the Boys from Brockport that way… Thomas Brodesser,Corey Vance and Danny Coleman. I also met Greg Lang and DanO. at this time and the Webster Heads, those were good times up in that place. thanks everyone who help us out so we could have our first demo at Sink Hole(Consolidated) and hosted our first contest… Thanks go out to My Dad and all the guys that worked at Tire Associates, Ben White, Travis Duke, Greg Lang, Dan O., The Webster Heads, Jim Young, Tumyeto, Consolidated, Natalie V., Elizabeth, Jen Fowler and all the heads at MCC… The Chili boys, and more people than i could possibly remember… THANK YOU!!
Then we moved…. with the help of Ben White,Travis Duke,Jamie and Jon Wolf, we found and set up the 83 Howell st. store in one week. Arden Zollweg and Alan Presutti help me move all the product into the new place. we had a grand opening and have been at this location ever since… that was around 1996.
2ND NATURE SKATE SHOP (200x)
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers
Neighborhood: Mamaroneck & Peekskill
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About: 2nd Nature is a skater owned and operated skate shop. We have shop locations in Mamaroneck and Peekskill, NY as well as a large indoor skate park in Peekskill. We do our best to support the local community that supports us and pride ourselves on carrying the finest product at the best prices. If you find a lower price on any item we carry we will match or more likely, beat it. You won’t find a more specialized and knowledgeable skateboard shop in the Westchester area.
SEASONS SKATE SHOP (2010)
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers
Neighborhood: Albany’s Capitol District
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About: We are the ONLY skater owned and operated shop in the Capitol District which is something we take great pride in. The shop is located at 211 Lark St at the corner of State. The shop opened in March of 2010 with the hopes of providing people with the finest selection of boards, clothing, shoes and accessories. Our plan is simple; stay loyal to the customer, the brands and skateboarding. We hope to see you soon.
SUNDAY SKATE SHOP (200x)
Inspired by Samurai skate shop JP Gillespie opened Sunday in Buffalo New York to continue being part of the skateboard community.
Categories: Skateboarding, Sneakers
Neighborhood: Buffalo
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About: N/A
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