Astoria – Shopping

Astoria is filled with many small independent retailers. While it doesn’t necessarily attract tourists or crowds of better-known destinations like the Village or Williamsburg, there are plenty of twee shops offering unique products, gifts, and local products. Each of the commercial districts in the neighborhood are distributed around the elevated subway stations, making them convenient on the way to and from the train and creating a Main Street feel at each station.

 

Lockwood

Not just a single store, Lockwood offers home furnishings, clothing, and paper products from three different storefronts. The main shop features unique gifts, ceramics, candles, and local products like Astoria calendars. There are also products for children, like toys, books, and other things to keep them entertained. The paper store offers stationary, greeting cards, and desktop products like pens. The fashion store has adult and children’s clothing, a mix of novelty clothing and casual fast fashion.

 

 

Astoria Bookshop

This neighborhood bookstore boasts a sizable children’s book section and first-run books for adults including literary fiction, genre fiction, and cookbooks. The shop regularly hosts author’s and children’s storytime, as well as events like zine-making workshops.

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Gamestoria

From board games to collectible card games, Gamestoria offers all sorts of fun. The shop stocks children’s games like Pass the Pigs, more adult-oriented strategy games like Settlers of Catan, and party games like Beer IQ. Gamestoria has a full range of options to help you find the right match for you. The shop also hosts in-person gaming with tournaments for Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons.

 

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Brass Owl

Offering an eclectic mix of gifts, beauty supplies, accessories, clothing, and paper products, the Brass Owl is a one-stop shop. Whether it’s a wooden subway for a child or bath bomb for mom, there’s a big selection of unique offerings. The shop also has a selection of crystals if your self-care regimen is more ethereal. The store hosts popups, sidewalk sales, and children’s storytime throughout the year, so check out their events page.

 

 

Gift Box Astoria

The Gift Box offers exactly what the name suggests – gifts of all sorts, from candles to paper goods. The shop also highlights local-to-Astoria goods and products from local artists.

 

Morning Glory

This Japanese-focused specialty shop has toys, home decor, bath, travel, and paper products from Japan. It’s the neighborhood destination for Hello Kitty everything, collectible plushies, trinkets, accessories, and a variety of other things that will bring you joy.

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