Flashlight store in NY city

[LG&M]

I will be going to Manhattan for work soon. Any one know of a good place to shop for flashlights? Thanks

 

[qip]

not sure but my first stop would be chinatown to see if you find something interesting or a diamond in the rough ,you might get lucky , definitley find some hosts for led swaps

and if you do go there , theres a store on mott street that have bunch of knives and kubatons etc that are cool its a ninja shop if i recall

 

[Russianesq]

near chinatown there is a store ( web site http://www.newyorkironworks.com ) that carries some surefire flashlights

not cheap and staff not too friendly unless u are NYPD by any means

 

[LG&M]

Thanks I hope I have the time to shop around & do some geocaching.

 

[wmirag]

May I suggest shopping online at http://www.opticshq.com/ ?

They discount to CPF members; see the CPF specials page for instructions:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=56067
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1133154&postcount=11

W.

 

[senecaripple]

there's a dollar store on mulberry st. in chinatown that sells some cheapo led lights and lasers.
and that ironworks store on chatham square is a police store, serving the 1st precinct..

 

[scrappy]

I think what I am about to say has already been said by Russianesq, but there is a store in Chinatown "army/navy" something or other, lots of surefires lots of bucks. m6 was 499 (I went last thursday just to see) - they are moving and everything is on sale 20-60 percent off, but not surefires, she tells me, nastily, that she can give me 10 off on the lights, I said give me another 15 off and you might be down to normal prices... then i walked out.

Rich

 

[Sinjz]

scrappy, you're thinking Iceberg. Different from the one Russianesq mentioned.

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The major flashlight carrying stores in Manhattan; in order from downtown to uptown. Websites are for addresses. Some of the websites just suck, but don't reflect on the quality of the store themselves.

Tents and Trails
http://www.tenttrails.com/

New York Ironworks
http://www.newyorkironworks.com

Iceberg Army Navy Of Soho
http://www.icebergarmynavy.com/

Paragon Sports (address on bottom left of screen)
http://www.paragonsports.com/Paragon/Shop
===

Did I miss any?

I know there are a couple of Eastern Mountain Sports (ems.com) store in Manhattan as well, but not having been to them in awhile. I'm not sure what flashlights they carry, but I'd expect mostly Petzl and Princeton Tec type stuff.

 

[LG&M]

Thanks all, Most of the time when I find myself out of town I just check the phone book for sporting / camping stores. This is much better.

 

[secamp32]

There is a Victorinox store in Westchester Mall (not the Galleria) in White Plains. They have a great assortment of Streamlight and Surefire lights as well as Swiss Army and other knifes. You can take the Metro-North train from Grand Central to White Plains (40 minutes). The Victorinox store is on the top level, in the food court area. The mall is a hefty walk from the train station so you might want to take a taxi to the mall. If you have a better half she can spend the day (and your money) in the mall. They have all kinds of high end stores.

 

[senecaripple]

There is a Victorinox store in Westchester Mall (not the Galleria) in White Plains. They have a great assortment of Streamlight and Surefire lights as well as Swiss Army and other knifes. You can take the Metro-North train from Grand Central to White Plains (40 minutes). The Victorinox store is on the top level, in the food court area. The mall is a hefty walk from the train station so you might want to take a taxi to the mall. If you have a better half she can spend the day (and your money) in the mall. They have all kinds of high end stores.

there's also an apple store I frequent there.
my brother in law's a police lieutenant in white plains.

 

[Russianesq]

I think that any decent flashlight is going to be overpriced by NYC retailers.

I have not been able to find anything in NYC that is within reason.

 

[LG&M]

There is a Victorinox store in Westchester Mall (not the Galleria) in White Plains. They have a great assortment of Streamlight and Surefire lights as well as Swiss Army and other knifes. You can take the Metro-North train from Grand Central to White Plains (40 minutes). The Victorinox store is on the top level, in the food court area. The mall is a hefty walk from the train station so you might want to take a taxi to the mall. If you have a better half she can spend the day (and your money) in the mall. They have all kinds of high end stores.

That sounds great if I have time. I will be staying in Manhattan but working in Yonkers. Thanks

 

[vic2367]

been to that mall in white plains,,,great knives not only victorinox stuff,,prices in ny are overly priced,,,thats why i do all my shopping on line,,

 

[vic2367]

but i dont remember them carrying any lights ?

 

[senecaripple]

there's target in the bronx, REI in new rochelle, couple of radio shacks in yonkers. where in yonkers will you be working?

 

[LG&M]

I will be working at KRC ( Kawasaki Rail Car) I know most things can be found cheaper some place else but it's always fun to look. I would like to see REI.

 

[senecaripple]

I will be working at KRC ( Kawasaki Rail Car) I know most things can be found cheaper some place else but it's always fun to look. I would like to see REI.

that's in downtown getty square. I think kimber arms is also down there. there should be some stores down there that sells flashlights.
if you have a gpsunit you can probably get to new rochelle, there's costco's and home depot on your way to REI.
where are you coming from? and when? you might wantto check out the get together in NJ on the 14th. check out the thread.

 

[GarageBoy]

You're not working on the M7s and R160s for the MTA ara ya?

 

[vic2367]

hey..i work for the mta ,,,,whos working on the r160s ?